Dear Colleagues:
I am delighted to invite your graduate students to submit proposals to compete in the 7th
annual University of San Francisco International Business Plan Competition.
The USF
International Business Plan Competition is one of the World's Premier Graduate Student Entrepreneurial Events. The 2009 Contest will be held March 4-6. All Graduate Students from every nation are invited to submit business plan proposals for participation.
Total Awards for the 2009 Competition will total approximately $25,000; however, the real prize is the chance for your students to offer their business proposals before dozens of leading
Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists and
Chief Executives. Judges from our previous competitions have included
venture capital partners with: Crosslink Capital,
Draper Fisher Jurvetson, De Novo Ventures, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Nth Power, Garage Technology Ventures, Globespan Capital, and many more; such as those featured in the
Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index (Bloomberg ticker: USFSVVCI)
http://www.usfca.edu/sobam/nvc/pub/svvcindex.html.
As the only
University Business Plan Competition in
Silicon Valley open to complete graduate teams from other universities, the USF Competition provides a unique entrepreneurial opportunity for all graduate students.
Full contest information is at:
http://www.BusinessPlanCompetition.orgor email:
USFbplan@usfca.edu for information.
Please consider posting this opportunity for your students on your university website.
best,
Mark V. Cannice, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship
Executive Director/Founder, USF Entrepreneurship Program
University of San Francisco (cannice@usfca.edu">cannice@usfca.edu) www.EntrepreneurshipProgram.org