The African-American Student Union (AASU) of the Harvard
Business School would like to announce the 6th Annual Entrepreneurial
Ventures Competition, as a component of the 33rd Annual H. Naylor
Fitzhugh Conference (February 26, 2005).
The Entrepreneurial Ventures Competition is designed to provide an
opportunity for entrepreneurs to present business plans before a panel
of judges comprised of leading venture capital professionals. In addition
to a cash award, finalists will have the opportunity to develop valuable
contacts with venture capital firms and other entrepreneurs, gain
visibility at a premier business conference and, potentially, secure
seed financing for their venture.
Industries
The competition will accept business plans from across all industries
including the social enterprise sector.
Entry guidelines
Teams must include at least one (1) member of an underrepresented
minority group (African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic-American,
Native American, or women).
Judging
All submitted plans will be screened by venture capital professionals
and the competition organizers. Finalists will be selected from the
eligible plans submitted by the deadline, January 9, 2004. Selected
Finalists will present their plans before a panel of venture capital
professionals on February 21, 2004 during the AASU Annual Conference.
Judging Criteria
Plans will be evaluated on the following criteria: viability of concept,
value creation potential, analysis of the market and competition,
strength of financial impact, creativity and management team.
Prize
A cash award will be presented to the contest winner.
Schedule
January 7, 2005 - Statement of Interest
and Executive Summary Due
January 19, 2005 - Notification of Semi-Finalists
January 28, 2005 - Business plans of
semi-finalists due
February 4, 2005 - Notification of Finalists
February 26, 2005 - Finalist Presentations
and selection of winners
Enter
Submit a Statement of Interest and Executive Summary by January 7,
2005.
Download
Executive Summary Format (word doc)
Please make all submissions in adobe acrobat format to AASU_ventures@yahoo.com.
If you have any questions, please contact:
Charles Holmes at cholmes@mba2006.hbs.edu
or
Otey Smith at tsmith@mba2006.hbs.edu
