CometX Accelerator

 

Overview
Application and Eligibility
Key Dates
Contact

OVERVIEW

CometX, is an eight-week, experiential accelerator program that pulls student entrepreneurs into an environment that incubates ideas and engages prospective customers in preparation for the launch of a new business concept. CometX concludes with a pitch competition lead by a panel of guest judges where teams compete for funding to support their venture.

Spring 2019 Class Schedule

 

Instructor

Shaz Amin “Shahzil Amin started his first company in high school. He started his second company in college. By his mid-20s, he’d sold his Dallas-based mobile advertising company, Blue Track Media, to Karlani Capital and was named managing partner at the Philadelphia-based venture capital firm. Its portfolio includes investments in startups, such as Plugged, a headphone company Amin co-founded, and fantasy sports company FanDuel.”
Dallas Morning News

OVERVIEW

CometX, is an eight-week, experiential accelerator program that pulls student entrepreneurs into an environment that incubates ideas and engages prospective customers in preparation for the launch of a new business concept. CometX concludes with a pitch competition lead by a panel of guest judges where teams compete for funding to support their venture.

 

Instructor

Shaz Amin “Shahzil Amin started his first company in high school. He started his second company in college. By his mid-20s, he’d sold his Dallas-based mobile advertising company, Blue Track Media, to Karlani Capital and was named managing partner at the Philadelphia-based venture capital firm. Its portfolio includes investments in startups, such as Plugged, a headphone company Amin co-founded, and fantasy sports company FanDuel.”
Dallas Morning News

APPLICATION & ELIGIBILITY

All current UTD students of all majors and class are eligible to apply.

Applications will open again in Fall 2019

KEY DATES

When: Wednesday’s from 5 pm – 7 pm

Where: on campus at the Blackstone LaunchPad  (in Parking Structure 3, next to IHOP)

Applications Due: February 01, 2019

Program Begins: February 06, 2019

Program Ends: April 10, 2019

CONTACT

If you are interested in or have any questions about CometX, please contact:

Bryan Chambers

Program Director - Blackstone LaunchPad

Senior Lecturer