I³

Judging for the I³ is conducted in several rounds.

First Round Judging

The first round of judging is done by a collection of Venture Capitalist, former entrepreneurs, and experts in the field, many of whom are Harvard alumni. The judging criteria are listed on the apply page.

Last year's first round judges included:

• Don Aubrecht, SEAS
• Daniel Behr, Harvard Technology Development Office
• Paul Bottino, Co-founder and Executive Director, Technology & Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard
• Sushil Bhatia, President/CEO, JMD Manufacturing
• Andrew Chung, Principal at Lightspeed Venture Partners
• John Fawcett, CTO and Co-Founder of Tamale Software
• Brian Feinstein, Analyst at Bessemer Venture Partners
• Alan Gordon, Harvard Technology Development Office
• Dayna Grayson, Associate at North Bridge Venture Partners
• Bill Helman, Partner at Greylock Ventures
• Jen-Ling Liu, Former VP of Veritude and Broderbund Software
• David Mitby
• Sunil Nagarag, CEO, Triangulate
• Konstantinos Papkonstantinou, Analyst at Pisces Capital
• Tali Rapaport, Matrix Partners
• Jon Sakoda, Partner at NEA
• Dan Scherlis, CEO of Etherplay
• Michael Sha, Founder of Wikinvest.com
• Marc Slovak, VP Product Technology at LexisNexis, former CTO of Marketspan Inc
• Erin Treacy Solovey, Tufts University
• Gitika Srivastava, Founder of Skyris Networks
• Chris Thorpe, SEAS
• Joe Winkler, Founder of Everyday Wireless
• Adelyn Zhou, Consultant at BCG

Second Round Judging

The top applications from the first round will become finalists in the competition, and will present their business plans in person before a committee of second round judges. (These interviews are not opened to the public.) These interviews will take place Wednesday, March 10 and Thursday, March 11.

Stayed tuned for more information on the second round judges.