The Competition with $100,000 in Prizes
Enterprize Business Plan Competition: The $1000 Pitch Competition
This year to encourage interest and emphasize the realistic approach to entrepreneurial financing, BDC and Faskens will be awarding a $1000 dollar prize to the top selected executive summary. This will be based on the criteria listed in the information sheet. Enter it now. Winners of the pitch competition are not obligated to attend the conference. Winning the Pitch Competition does not guarantee a placing in the Final 8.
Theme for 2006: Teams Should Have a Viable and Lucrative Product Alongside a Financeable Business Plan
Prizes
TOP PRIZE:
- $10,000 CASH
- $25,000 Entrepreneurship Start-Up Loan from Business Development Bank of Canada (Details to follow)
- Year long Industry Mentorship with Final Round Judges valued at over $50,000
- Concentrated Feedback Session from Final Round Judges
Second & Third Place:
- $5,000 - Second Prize Cash
- $2,500 - Third Prize Cash
- Concentrated Feedback Session from Final Round Judges
All Teams Chosen to Submit a Business Plan:
- Pre-Conference Workshop on "How to Present to a Potential Investor", held at your local BDC office.
- Access to our online materials on business plan criteria, due diligence review, and intellectual property issues.
All Teams:
- Chance at $1000 Cash Executive Summary Prize
- Access to our online learning modules (same as above)
Key Dates
| Executive Summaries due. | |
| 01 December 2005 | Teams selected to work on full Business Plan notified. |
| 02 January 2006 | Business Plans due, team membership must be finalized. |
| 25 January 2006 | Finalist 8 Teams selected to start work on presentations notified. |
| 23 February 2006 | Semi-Final Competition takes place in Vancouver, BC. |
| 25 February 2006 | Final Competition takes place in Vancouver, BC. |
Process
Teams must submit their Executive Summary by Nov 14, 2005. The winner of the Executive Summary Pitch Competition and teams selected to submit a full business plan will be notified on Dec 01, 2005. Teams required to submit their business plans have to do do before January 2nd, 2005.
Eight teams will be chosen to present at the semi-final round of the Enterprize Conference on February 23rd, 2006. Before the Conference, finalist teams can attend a workshop at their local BDC office on "How to Present to a Potential Investor".
The Final 8 Teams will present to two panels of judges on Feb 23, 2005. Student delegates (non-commpetitors) arrive on Feb 24, 2005. The Final 4 teams chosen will present to the audience of judges and student delegates on Feb 25, 2005 and have the chance at winning the first, second and third prize.
For more detailed information on the Competition, please download the Business Plan Competition Information Sheet (PDF Format).
Judges
Representatives From BDC, Telus Ventures, Growthworks Capital, McCarthy Tetralut, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, KPMG LLP, Resort Reservation Network Inc.
Back To TopInformation Sheet
This PDF document details the competition structure, eligibility criteria, prizes, judging criteria and intellectual property issues. All Business Plan Competitors should have this document on hand. Click to Download
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Executive Summary Template Available Now (Download the PDF). Thanks to Dr. Gary Albach of the University-Industry Liaison Office at UBC.
Back To TopEnergy Aware - 2005 Winners
Soon after Enterprize 2005, team Energy Aware became incorporated and continued to move forward with their idea. They are currently refining their third business plan after competing at the Telus New Ventures competition and completing their prototype. This team also won Energy Ambassadors, which is a federal competition hosted by Natural Resources Canada for undergraduate students. Now an official Energy Ambassador of Canada, the team is working on competing at an industry competition, New Ventures BC.
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For more information about the Business Plan Competition, please contact naim@enterprize.sauder.ubc.ca.
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