Business Plan Requirements and Deliverables for 2011 Entrant Teams

For the 2011 competition, the following three documents must be submitted by entrant teams to UC Berkeley as instructed below.

1. Business Plan Guidelines

• Business Plan must be limited to 25 pages of text, including the executive summary and summary financial data (typed, 12-point font, and 1-1-1-1 inch margins, page size: 8 1/2 x 11 inches). Detailed spreadsheets and appropriate appendices may follow the text portion of the plan but must be limited to 5 pages. Your resumes are not included in the 25 page total. In total, the plan should be no longer than 30 pages. Pages should be formatted to 8 1/2 x 11 inches (standard U.S. page size) and double spaced.

• The Business Plan must have three distinct sections:
  1. An executive summary, which should not exceed 3 pages in length.
  2. The business plan, which should not exceed 22 pages in length
  3. One team resume booklet, wherein each individual’s resume should not exceed 2 pages in length.

• Financial data should include a cash flow statement, income statement, and balance sheet. Include an explanation of the offering to investors indicating how much money is required, how it will be used, and the proposed structure of the deal, i.e., stock, debentures, etc. The team is not required to reveal its desired deal, although the judges may ask questions about it. Also, delineate the possible exit strategies.

The IGC organizers will make black and white copies of all received plans and distribute to the judging panel. The judges will have an opportunity to review all plans prior to the presentations. Should your team want the plans printed in color you will need to send ten paper copies of your plan in color to the address below to be received no later than 12:00 pm Pacific time on Wednesday, October 26, 2011. Please be sure to follow the formatting guidelines outlined above.

Mailing Address to send color paper copies:

University of California, Berkeley
Walter A. Haas School of Business, F453
Lester Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation
2220 Piedmont Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94720-1930, USA

Please email a copy of your business plan as a Word or PDF (preferred) attachment to entrant@entrepreneurshipchallenge.org no later than 12:00 pm Pacific time on Wednesday, October 26, 2011.

2. Short Summary and Team Registration

Each team is required to register and submit a short summary outlining your business plan. This summary will not be used by the Judging panel, but will be used for marketing purposes on the IGC websites and printed materials, and will be available to potential investors and other representatives who will visit your public presentations on Thursday, November 10. The level of technical detail should be suitable for a general audience. Please include your contact information on the summary. Additional summary details and guidelines will be available on the registration site.

3. PowerPoint Presentation for Semi-Final Judging on Wednesday, November 9, 2011

To allow you the most time possible to work on your presentation, each team is responsible for bringing their presentation on a USB thumb-drive to their assigned competition time the day of the Semi-Finals.  We will not be pre-loading presentations, so please be sure to have a back-up thumb-drive as a precaution.

Presentation Guidelines

1. During the Semi-Finals and Finals, each team will be given 15 minutes to present its business plan followed by a 10-minute question and answer session between the presenting team and the judges. THESE TIME LIMITS WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED.
2. We strongly recommend that only two members of the team present. A student team member must be one of the two presenters during the formal presentation of the plan, and give most of the presentation.
3. Equipment needs: The presentation room will be set up with a LCD projector and a computer (PC) on which you will load your PowerPoint presentation. You will not be allowed to use your own computer, so please make sure your presentation is compatible with a PC using Office 2007.
4. Any additional requirements cannot be guaranteed due to the short timeframe of the judging event. If you have an outstanding reason for additional equipment requirements, please contact the organizers no later than 5:00 pm Pacific Time on Wednesday, November 2, 2011.
5. Formal business attire (a suit and tie) is required for Semi-Final and Final presentation judging rounds.

Summary of Deadlines for Deliverable Deadlines and Events

• Team Registration and Short Summary due Thursday, September 15 (registration site available in early September)
• Individual Registrations due Friday, October 7 (registration site available in early September)
• Full Business Plan due Wednesday, October 26 - paper copy and/or email submission in Word or PDF format.
• Private Presentation due November 9 – bring PowerPoint presentation on thumb drive to Semi-Final competition.

All email submissions should be sent to:
entrant@entrepreneurshipchallenge.org

All hardcopy submissions should be sent to:
University of California, Berkeley
Walter A. Haas School of Business, F453
Lester Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation
2220 Piedmont Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94720-1930, USA

FedEx or DHL shipping of hardcopy materials is strongly recommended.

Contact for questions regarding deliverables and travel:

Jill Erbland
Tel +1 510 642 4255
Email : info@entrepreneurshipchallenge.org