Judging

Judging for the I3 Competition 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.

The 2010 judges included:

  • Abbie Davies -- Founder, MyFirstYoga
  • Adam Apfel -- EIR, .406 Ventures
  • Adam Siegel -- Associate, Booz & Company
  • Adelyn Zhou -- Consultant, Boston Consulting Group
  • Alan Gordon -- Harvard Technology Development Office
  • Alexander Taussig -- Senior Associate, Highland Capital Partners
  • Andrew Artz -- Director, OMGPOP
  • Brian Feinstein -- Analyst, Bessemer Venture Partners
  • Charles Baakel -- Consultant, The Lucus Group
  • Chris Clayton -- Founder, GroupSpeak
  • Chris Colosi -- Business Lead, Linden Lab
  • Christine Gulbranson -- Senior Fellow, Kauffman Foundation
  • Daniel Behr -- Harvard Technology Development Office
  • Daniel Lee -- Immediate Past President, Harvard Student Agencies
  • David Ager -- Lecturer on Sociology, Harvard University
  • David Mitby -- Lead Program Manager, Tellme
  • David Vivero -- Founder, RentJuice
  • Dayna Grayson -- Principal, North Bridge Venture Partners
  • Don Aubrecht -- SEAS
  • Erin Solovey -- Tufts University
  • Gitika Srivastava -- Founder, Skyris Networks
  • Jen Liu -- Senior Director, Business Development & Strategic Alliances, InnoCentive
  • Jim McKellar -- CEO/General Manager, Harvard Student Agencies
  • Joe Winkler -- Founder, Everyday Wireless
  • John Fawcett -- Senior Director, Advent Software
  • Kirk Phelps -- Associate, Foundation Capital
  • Konstantinos Papakonstantinou -- Analyst, Pices Capital
  • Linda Kanner -- Executive in Residence, Babson College; Founding Principal, The Orchard Group
  • Marc Slovak -- VP Product Technology, LexisNexis
  • Martha Deery -- Consumer Content Editor, JustGiving
  • Matthew Witheiler -- Associate, Flybridge
  • Matthias Wagner -- Founder, Zthere Corp
  • Meagan Hill -- President, Harvard Student Agencies
  • Michael Cronin -- Managing Partner, Weston Presidio
  • Michael Sha -- Founder, Wikinvest.com
  • Michael Sullivan -- Founder, Affine Systems
  • Paul Bottino -- Co-founder and Executive Director, Technology & Entrepreneurship at Harvard
  • Richard Mairs -- COO Falling Pixel
  • Robin Mount -- Director, Office of Career, Research, and International Opportunities, Harvard College
  • Scott Randall -- Cofounder and CEO, Yokel
  • Sunil Nagaraj -- Former Consultant, Bain
  • Tim Creamer -- Analyst, Weston Presidio
  • Tom Hadfield -- COO LaboGroup
  • Whitney Baxter -- HBS Student
  • William Hauser -- Founder, Give Bars


About the I3 Competition

Harvard undergraduates of all interests and concentrations (as well as entrepreneurs from across Boston and beyond who have at least one Harvard College student on their team) compete annually to win summer funding and space by submitting plans for projects in the following two tracks:

The I³ Innovation Challenge is organized by the Harvard Student Agencies, Inc., the Technology and Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard, and the Harvard College Entrepreneurship Forum.