Sponsors - Benefits of Sponsorship

To date, the PrincetonEN's focus has been to build a following around a shared vision: to facilitate the founding, funding, development, and servicing of entrepreneurial and other rapid-growth companies. We have accomplished this goal through the following:

• A National Conference held each May. The 2009 conference attracted more than 200 entrepreneurs, investors, and professional-services providers. The program is available on our website - www.PrincetonEN.org.

• Regional Chapters in New York, Boston, Princeton, Washington DC  and San Francisco hold events throughout the year that offer networking opportunities as well as educational content.

• A website (www.PrincetonEN.org) that announces PrincetonEN's regional events, provides links to other entrepreneurial information, and offers articles on relevant topics.

• An email listserv with over 4000 participants that provides an online forum for participants to exchange ideas and ask questions.
  

• An email newsletter monthly from October through June where you can be listed as a sponsor. Reach is aprox. 15000

Current Development Activities

PrincetonEN is actively building on its successes as more people join the network and participate in our activities. Currently, we are pursuing the following initiatives:

• New Regional Chapters: We are expanding PrincetonEN's formal presence into more chapters

• National Conference: PrincetonEN's 13^th Annual Conference will enhance its traditional format of keynote addresses, panel discussions, and networking to include a job and internship fair.

• Web site with enhanced functionality: PrincetonEN's new site will be an ever more useful resource for our constituency. Some of the new features will include:

  • Job postings
  • Forums
  • Resume listings
  • Searchable directory of PrincetonEN participants
  • Blogging Capabilities

Future Plans

Our accomplishments to date have been achieved on a modest budget with the support of a small number of loyal sponsors. Having delivered obvious benefit to the community of entrepreneurs, both within and outside the ranks of Princetonians, we realize how much more is possible. The future is exciting, but we need your help to fulfill the promise. With proper funding, PrincetonEN could benefit its constituency in additional ways, including:

• Joint events and emails: Our service to the community of entrepreneurs could be enhanced by coordinating and making common cause with such entrepreneur organizations as the MIT Enterprise Forum, Stanford University, and others that have a national or strong regional presence. Our goal is to expand our reach, through other groups, to over 5000 new contacts.

• Student sponsorship: PrincetonEN would like to integrate more closely with the Princeton students' Entrepreneurs Club by helping them find summer internships, find entrepreneurial careers upon graduation, connect their business plans and ideas with funding sources, and promote on-campus business-plan contests and similar events.

Sponsorship Levels

Through our annual conference, regional events, web site, and email groups, sponsors have potential exposure to 70,000 alumni/ae, some 18,000 of whom attend reunions (which are held on the same weekend as our annual conference) and 14,000 of whom participate in Princeton email groups. The Princeton Entrepreneurs' Network offers four levels of sponsorship, with commitment levels ranging from $1,000 to $15000. The benefits of each level are:

Bronze -- $2,500 per year

• Your company will be listed as a sponsor of PrincetonEN and its Annual Conference on all materials used to market and publicize the PrincetonEN organization and activities (including web site, press releases, and the publicity materials and program for the Annual Conference).

• Your company's name will appear on the front cover of the Annual Conference program.

• Your company will have a 1/4-page advertisement inside the Annual Conference program.

• Complimentary registration at the Annual Conference for one of your employees. (including lunch and the cocktail / networking party)

• Your company will have the opportunity to display and distribute promotional materials at the Annual Conference.

• Your company's name and logo (with link to your website) will appear on our web site.

• Your company's name and sponsorship role will be recognized in the opening remarks at the Annual Conference as well as at events held by Regional Chapters of the PrincetonEN.

Silver -- $5000 per year

All the benefits of Bronze sponsorship PLUS...

• Your company will have a 1/2-page advertisement inside the Annual Conference program.

• Complimentary registration at the Annual Conference for two of your employees.

Gold -- $7,500 per year

All the benefits of Silver sponsorship PLUS...

• Your company's name will appear in the center of the front cover of the Annual Conference program.

• Your company will have a full-page advertisement inside the Annual Conference program.

• Complimentary registration at the Annual Conference for up to three of your employees.

• Your company's name and logo (with link to your website) will appear on our web site's home page.

• Custom opportunities

Platinum -- $15,000 -- available to five sponsors only

All the benefits of Gold sponsorship PLUS...

• Your company will be featured as the lead sponsor of PrincetonEN and primary sponsor of the PrincetonEN Annual Conference on all materials used to market and publicize the PrincetonEN organization and activities (including web site, press releases, and the publicity materials and program for the PrincetonEN Annual Conference.

• Your company's name will appear in bold-face type in the center of the front cover of the Annual Conference program.

• Your company will have a full-page advertisement on the back cover of the PrincetonEN Annual Conference program.

• Complimentary registration at the Annual Conference for up to four of your employees.

• Your company's name and logo (with link to your website) will have prominent placement on our web site's home page.

• Your company can gain exclusive sponsorship at the annual conference to one of the following:

•      KeyNote Address

• Business Plan Competition

• Elevator Pitch Compeition (NEW)

• Lunch Panel

• Cocktail Reception