Young Entrepreneurs at Tufts ("YET") organizes entrepreneurship-focused events on campus and builds valuable connections between faculty, alumni, students, and Boston-area professionals. YET hosts an annual entrepreneurship conference, which is co-sponsored by the Tufts Entrepreneurial Leadership Program.

The 2008 Entrepreneurship Conference included multiple keynote speakers, as well as entrepreneurial student speakers:

Clark Waterfall, A85, Founder of The Boston Search Group
Greg Altman, A97, Founder of Serica Technologies
David Friedman, E03, Founder of BostonLogic.com
Chris Pape, A99, Founder of Genuine Interactive
David Greenwald, M10, Co-founder of Relay
Arthur Horiatis, A91, Tory Row Real Estate
Matthew Malatesta, A04, Jones Lang LaSalle
Aaron Goldman, A07, Besen & Associates, Valcor
Greg Hering, E10, Founder of Emergent Energy Group
Eduardo Rodriguez, A10, Founder of Figa Jewelry and On Target Investments LLC
Ali Osman, E10, Founder of We Love Morocco SARL

YET also has an advisory board, comprised of prominent Tufts faculty members including professors Pamela Winer Goldberg, George Norman and John Hodgman.

The YET annual Entrepreneurship Conference on October 14th of 2009 will include an elevator pitch competition. Brian Shin, a Tufts Alumni entrepreneur and founder of Visible Measures will be a keynote speaker at the conference.

For further information about this group, contact current YET president Jason Nochlin at jason.nochlin@tufts.edu until January of 2010.