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INFORMATION SESSION

INFORMATION SESSION. Overview. Introducing the Beall Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship Introducing the Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth Business Plan Competition Benefits of Participation What’s New This Year Key Dates Where to Get Information. MISSION

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INFORMATION SESSION

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  1. INFORMATION SESSION

  2. Overview • Introducing the Beall Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship • Introducing the Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth Business Plan Competition • Benefits of Participation • What’s New This Year • Key Dates • Where to Get Information

  3. MISSION The Center provides research, education, inspiration, and opportunity for our students to enhance their ability to successfully transfer new ideas into business ventures. DON BEALL CENTER FOR INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP VISION Provide global thought leadership in the science of innovation and the art of entrepreneurship.

  4. LEVERAGING OUR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE UCI Merage School of Business Talent, Insight & Passion The Don Beall Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship World Class Technology Global Resources Business & Investment Community UCI Technology Entrepreneurs

  5. THE CIE INNOVATION PROCESS Licensing review Self license? Business plan required $ If based on UCI Research Introduction to investor networks Friends and Family • Needs of an Innovator • Business Plan • Education • Introductions • Programs for the Innovator • Stradling Business Plan Competition • SCORE One-on-One Advising • Students to Start-ups • Technology Initiatives Eureka!! …now what? Investor network referral Seed Financing Industry Expertise Needed VC Investment & Corporate Partners

  6. Introducing the Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth Business Plan Competition • Tenth year running • Administered by Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship • First with Seed Financing Invitational concept • Open to all UCI students, researchers and faculty • Each team must have at least 3 members • Each team must have at least 2 full time, currently registered UCI students

  7. Benefits of Participation • Key skill to have whatever one does in life • Develop analytical and team building skills • Consummate networking opportunity • $30,000 in cash awards • Tech Coast Angels Seed Financing Invitational • Free download of Business Plan Pro by Palo Alto Software • 7 great skills workshops taught by experts in their fields • Very few other places you can form a team, create a business plan and generate financing for your idea in four months • It’s fun!! • Potentially create first job out of college • Bottom line: It’s about realizing dreams

  8. Highlights for This Year • Support of Stradling • Cash prizes totaling $30,000 • New workshop on intellectual property rights and licensing • Contact with a premier law firm • Tech Coast Angels Seed Financing Invitational • Top 5 teams automatically screened by the largest seed financing organization in the US for investment • Average TCA deal between $250,000 and $1,000,000 • People’s Choice Poll • Exposure for your team • Recognition by The OC Register

  9. Key Dates • BPC Kick-off:     Jan. 16, 2008 • Meet other teams, coaches, Tech Coast Angels and Stradling partners • Energize your teams, hit the ground running • Entry Deadline: Feb. 1, 2008 • Final Judging:    May 16, 2008 • Registration begins Dec. 10, 2007

  10. 2008 Prizes and Awards Overall Competition Prizes: $15,000 First Place Prize and advance to Tech Coast Angels Seed Financing Invitational $7,500 Second Place Prize and advance to Tech Coast Angels Seed Financing Invitational $2,500 Third Place Prize and advance to Tech Coast Angels Seed Financing Invitational 2 Wild card teams advance to Tech Coast Angels Seed Financing Invitational Best Concept Paper Undergraduate Specific Prizes: $2,500 Cash First Place Prize $1,500 Cash Second Place Prize $1,000 Cash Third Place Prize Best Undergraduate Concept Paper

  11. How Does It Work? 2 3 1 Turn-in Concept Paper by March 5 Attend Workshops 4 Register at merage.uci.edu By February 2 7 Semi-Finalists Selected and Coach Assigned March 14 Winners Announced 5 6 Turn-in finished Business Plan by April 30 Present Business Plan On May 18

  12. 2007 COMPETITION COACHING STAFF ARA/Liffy Susanna Bennett Artificial Antibody Dick Hartl BigDaddy: IM Monitoring Tom Miller Bone-Rad Therapeutics Craig Jack Digital Effusions Jim Anderson Eye Delivery Systems (EDS) Larry Jordan Gnaritas Software Dave McCoy Goobay Brent Marcus Innovonix LLC Jack ReVelle Microfinance Laura de Soto MindSteins Esther Delurgio ParkQuest Rich Steele Pendler Motors Joel Calvo Plasma NetSystems Ken Rohl Prime Time Advertising Warren Long SeeGreen Consulting Mark Deckard Social Media Technologies Christopher Meyer Tutorz.com Thomas Pearson Vespid Esther Delurgio Visimatrix John Brant

  13. COMPETITION TIMELINE Workshop: Intellectual Property Rights Workshop: How to Organize for Success Workshop: Presentation Skills And Judges Breakfast Workshop: Business Plan Writing Workshop: New Business Ideas Workshop: Financial Projections Workshop: Assessing the Market Final Presentations/Awards Team registration Deadline Team/Coaches Breakfast Semi-Finalists Selected Business Plans Due Finalists Announced Concept Papers Due Kick-Off Event Info Sessions Nov 2007 June 2008 2/1/ 2008 2/6/ 2008 3/3/ 2008 4/9/ 2008 3/10/ 2008 3/14/ 2008 1/16/ 2008 1/23/ 2008 1/30/ 2008 2/20/ 2008 4/28/ 2008 4/29/ 2008 5/16/ 2008 4/23/ 2008 11-12/ 2007 3/3-10/ 2008 Denotes mandatory for Coach attendance

  14. Where to Get Information Charlie Baecker, Director Don Beall Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship The Paul Merage School of Business 949-824-1172 cbaecker@uci.edu

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