Dear Colleagues:
I am delighted to invite your graduate students to submit proposals to compete in the 6th 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. Please note the
NEW DATES. The 2008 Contest will be held April 24 - 26 in San Francisco. All Graduate Students from every nation are invited to submit business plan proposals for participation.
Total Awards for the 2008 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 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.
We invite currently enrolled graduate students to submit a 5 - 7 page executive summary of their business plans by email attachment by
February 18, 2008 (NEW DATE) for full consideration. Submissions should be emailed to the contest founder: 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).
Full contest information is at:
http://www.BusinessPlanCompetition.org
Please consider posting this opportunity for your students on your university website.
Mark V. Cannice, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship
Executive Director/Founder, USF Entrepreneurship Program
School of Business and Management
University of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
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