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The UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition provides aspiring entrepreneurs with invaluable resources, including team creation, education, networking, mentorship, and new venture financing, to turn their ideas into reality. Eligibility requires at least one team member to be a current student or alum from UC Berkeley or UCSF. The competition features three rounds of judging by venture capitalists and industry professionals, with significant prizes totaling over $50,000. Key events include preliminary business plan submissions, mentoring sessions, and pitch competitions. For more details, visit bplan.berkeley.edu.
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2011 Competition Overview • Purpose: provides entrepreneurs with the best possible resources to help convert ideas into reality – team creation, education, networking, mentorship and new venture financing • Eligibility: At least 1 team member is a current student or alum from U.C. Berkeley or UCSF • Format: 3 rounds of judging by a panel of VCs and select professionals. • Exec Summary & Semi-Finals: teams compete in industry-focused tracks, which will likely include: • Internet & Web • Life Sciences • Finals: Track winners compete for Grand Prize and People’s Choice Award • Semi-finalists not competing participate in Elevator Pitch Competition • Energy & Resources • Products & Services
Prizes & Competition Timeline • Prizes: $50k + in prizes will be awarded in the Semi-Final & Final Rounds • Semi-Final Round: $20k + • Track winners and Second place • Final Round: $30k + • Grand Prize, People’s Choice, Elevator Pitch • Key Dates: You have all fall to form teams, hone ideas and get ready! • Fall: Best Practices Series and mixers with UCSF, EECS, Haas, Boalt • Late January: Exec summary due • Early February: VCs and entrepreneurs judge exec summaries • February through April: Mentoring and feedback sessions for 40+ teams • Mid-March: Preliminary business plans due • Early April: Feedback and mentorship event • Mid-April: Final business plans due • Late April: Semi-finals and Finals
Getting Started What you should do? • Learn from the best: Attend more Best Practices Series • Find Teammates: Stay tuned for dates and times of BPlan mixers with EECS, Haas, Boalt & UCSF • Visit the Bplan website: bplan.berkeley.edu • Ask questions:Bplan committee is here!
Bplan Executive Committee • Co-Chairs • Brandon Piper: brandon_piper@mba.berkeley.edu • Jonathan Stull: jonathan_stull@mba.berkeley.edu • Judging & Sponsorship • Luc-Emmanuel Barreau: lucemmanuel_barreau@mba.berkeley.edu • Alex Chou: alex_chou@mba.berkeley.edu • Emma Qian: emma_qian@mba.berkeley.edu • Mohamed Shommo: mohamed_shommo@mba.berkeley.edu • Marketing • Ted Smith: ted_smith@mba.berkeley.edu • Jenny Stingle: jenny_stingle@mba.berkeley.edu • Ashley Trachtenberg: ashley_trachtenberg@mba.berkeley.edu • Mentorship & Events • Len Conapinski: len_conapinski@mba.berkeley.edu • Laura Englert: laura_englert@mba.berkeley.edu • Galina Vlaeva: galina_vlaeva@mba.berkeley.edu