Coaches Corner

Get feedback before submitting your business plan! Meet with coaches from venture, legal and accounting firms to help you polish up your entry before the Round 1 submission.

This year, we invited experienced professionals from firms such as KPMG, Greenberg Traurig, Meditrina Pharmaceuticals, Commonwealth Capital Ventures, Google Ventures, BPG Motors, Spark Capital, Bingham McCutchen, Commonwealth Capital Ventures, Wilmer Hale and Biogen Idec, etc.

Time, date and location

Session 1: Thu, Feb 25 from 6:30pm to 9pm

Session 2: Mon, Mar 1 from 6:30pm to 9pm

Location: MIT Campus, Building E51. Click here for directions.

How does Coaches Corner work?

In a 25-minutes session, you will meet with a pair of coaches, one with experience in your specific track industry and the other from the legal or accounting profession. Before the coaching session, you will have to submit a draft version of your business plan executive summary two business days in advance for your coach to review. The more complete your draft, the more valuable advice you will get from the coaches. If you do not submit a draft before the deadline below, you will give up your spot to someone on the waitlist.

Draft business plan submission deadline:

  • Session 1: Tue, Feb 23 at 6:30pm
  • Session 2: Fri, Feb 26 at 6:30pm

How do I sign up?

Coaches Corner registration is currently closed for this year.

Rules and restrictions

  1. In order to provide everyone a coaching opportunity, you can only sign up for one coaching session.
  2. Coaching spots will be assigned on a first-come-first-serve basis.
  3. If all the sessions are full, you will be put on the waitlist. Your position on the waitlist is also based on first-come-first-serve.
  4. If you do not submit the draft business plan executive summary for review by the timeline outlined above, you will give up your spot to someone on the waitlist.
  5. The business plan executive summary draft submitted for review has to be fully completed. This is to ensure that you get the most out of the coaching session.