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USF promo video illustrates competitive juices
The University of San Francisco’s International Business Plan Competition is a well-established event for grad students from around the world. Not only are there hefty cash prizes for the winners, but numerous venture capitalists and angel investors come to seek … Continue reading
Stretching the definition of competition
There ought to be labeling laws for business plan competitions. Well, maybe not – we probably have too many laws already. But what strikes us as a bit odd are some of the contests we see promoted “business plan competitions” … Continue reading
What You’ll Learn at Business Plan Boot Camp – Day 2
By Megan Last week I reported on Day 1 of High Tech Rochester’s Business Plan Workshops. This week’s session (Day 2) covered two different areas – Funding Your Business (The Financials Section) and Communicating Your Business Plan.
World’s richest business plan competition
Rice University promotes its student business plan competition as the world’s richest and largest. And who can argue? With yesterday’s announcement that the NASA Johnson Space Center has added another prize – this one the $50,000 “Game Changer” Commercial Space … Continue reading
What You’ll Learn at Business Plan Boot Camp – Day 1
By Megan Last week, I attended the initial session of High Tech Rochester’s series of business plan workshops. Geared toward helping the Rochester Regional Business Plan Competition participants hone their business plan writing and presenting skills, the workshop was typical … Continue reading
Why we enter business plan competitions
Update: Subsequent to this article being published, The Lawyer Market went on to win the Consumer/Web Technology division of the University of San Francisco International Business Plan Competition. Congratulations to The Lawyer Market! By Jian Yang, CFO of Leximetrics LLC … Continue reading
