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Do Business Plan Contest Winners Make It in the Real World?

by Tim Berry on May 18, 2009

in Angel investment, Business plan marathon, Venture Contests

Craig from trackster.com asked me last week in a comment he added to my Willamette Angel Conference post:

I was wondering with all these business plan competitions that you judge, how many winners or even non winners have you seen turn into successful companies? Are there any examples that you could give?
Yes, a lot of these [...]

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Business Plans and Prizes and Too Many Winners

by Tim Berry on April 17, 2009

in Business Planning, Venture Contests

Most venture contests deal with three elements: the business plan, the pitch presentation, and the question and answer session. Where does the plan itself stand, in the mix? What I’ve gathered from 13 years of judging graduate level business venture contests is the following:

The best business plan isn’t always the best venture.
The best venture usually has [...]

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Don’t Shade Your Eyes, Summarize

by Tim Berry on April 14, 2009

in Business Education, Business plan marathon, Venture Contests

What if you had to take the classic business plan, developed for an MBA-level venture competition, and shrink it down to 10 pages?
Last Friday I spent a fun and fascinating day as a semi-finals judge at the University of Oregon New Venture Competition. My part of the program was evaluating four ventures developed by MBA [...]

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