The Entreclub announces its spring business competitions
Paul G. Silva
Please find below a notice of several contests and speaking engagements
that have been organized by the students, including two contests that
will culminate in an awards ceremony on the 31st of this month.
-Paul
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Hello,
The Entreclub announces its spring business competitions.
1. The Concept Pitch Competition
o Open only to students who are still at the "idea" stage, meaning
their business cannot already be in operation.
o The winner of the final round walks away with $100 and a spot in
the Regional Concept Pitch Competition where you have an opportunity
to win a $1,000 or more!
o Submission deadline is March 28, 9:00 AM
2. The Executive Summary Competition
o Open to students with ideas as well as those with businesses
already in operation.
o The winners from the final round will walk away with actual grant
funding of up to $5,000 and a spot in the regional competition where
you will have an opportunity to win thousands of dollars in
additional funding!
o Submission deadline is March 28, 9:00 AM
The competition is the opportunity to have your business plan or
business idea evaluated by successful entrepreneurs and business
people and to receive feedback, pointing out the strengths and
weaknesses of your idea or new business.
For more information about these events, please visit
http://www.entreclub.org/grants.html.
Date, Time, and Location
Event
24 March, Thursday, 6:30 PM
Location: Isenberg School of Management, Room 210
Tutorial -
1. How to give a successful business pitch (speaker: Paul G. Silva)
2. How to write an executive summary I (speaker: Paul G. Silva)
28 March, 9:00 AM
Deadline - Submission of qualifying round draft of concept pitches
to pi...@entreclub.org
Deadline - Submission of qualifying round draft of executive
summaries to e...@entreclub.org
28 March, Monday, 11:59 PM
Announcement - The names of all finalists for both the Concept Pitch
Competition and the Executive Summary Competition will be announced
to the Entreclub mailing list
29 March, Tuesday, 6:30 PM
Location: Isenberg School of Management, Room 210
Tutorial - How to write an executive summary II (speaker: Paul G.
Silva)
30 March, Wednesday, 5:00 PM
Deadline - Submission of final draft of executive summaries to
e...@entreclub.org
31 March, Thursday 6:30 PM
Location: Isenberg School of Management, Room 106
Awards Ceremony - Here finalists from qualifying rounds of the
Initiative various contests give their final presentations, are
judged, and awarded their rank and grant funding. Attendance is free
and open to all.
1 April, Friday, 8:30AM - 4:30PM
Massachusetts Room: Mullins Center 3rd Floor
Invention2Venture (Workshops in Technology Entrepreneurship) - Don't
miss the related workshop.
Take care,
Neal Van Patten