Dear Colleagues:
We are delighted to invite your graduate students to submit proposals to compete in the 5th annual University of San Francisco Pacific Specialty Insurance International Business Plan Competition.
The USF PSI International Business Plan Competition is one of the World's Premier Graduate University Business Plan Competitions. The 2007 Contest will be held March 28 - 31. All Graduate Students from every nation are invited to submit business plan proposals for participation.
Total Awards for the 2007 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: Kleiner Perkins, 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 USF Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index (Bloomberg ticker: USFSVVCI)
http://www.usfca.edu/sobam/nvc/pub/svvcindex.html. This year's contest winner will also be offered a one hour presentation to VC partners at Kleiner Perkins.
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. CNET covered part of last year's event - link below.
http://news.com.com/Cancer+cure+company+wins+business+plan+challenge/2100-1008_3-6054488.html?tag=cd.topWe invite currently enrolled graduate students to submit a 5 - 7 page executive summary of their business plans by email attachment by February 1, 2007 for full consideration. Submissions should be emailed to the contest director: Professor Mark Cannice (
Cannice@usfca.edu&YY=66700&order=down&sort=date&pos=1&view=a&head=b" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">
Cannice@usfca.edu).
Please consider posting this opportunity for your students on your university website.
Mark V. Cannice, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship
Leader-Founder, USF Entrepreneurship Program
School of Business and Management
University of San Francisco
2130 Fulton Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
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