A view of IIM-A's Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship
Another business school joins the business plan contest bandwagon. IIM Ahmedabad is inviting entries for its first B-Plan Showcase, which is part of its maiden Venture Capital & Private Equity Conference scheduled for February 6th and 7th on-campus at the Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE). A three-step evaluation process will shortlist ten business plans, which will be showcased to investors, industry experts and academicians at a closed-door session at the conference in February. There is no cash prize – the showcase is the prize. January 10th is the deadline for Stage 1, which involves the submission of ‘executive summaries’. I’m not sure since when IIM-A has been promoting the showcase, but given the detailed format required for these executive summaries – see Rules – the deadline is too short. But, give it a good shot. An IIM or IIT business plan contest, anywhere, is always value for money because of the alumni network. Watch this space for more in the countdown to the showcase.
Since we’re on business school contests, a quick look at the latest at IIT Bombay’s Eureka! 2008 — which has been rather sleepy in terms of updates this year. Last Saturday (December 27th) was the deadline for submitting detailed business plans. Results are scheduled to be announced on January 18th. More when I hear more.
Meanwhile IIT Kharagpur is gearing up for a week-long jamboree called Entrepreneurship Week, beginning January 2nd. It ends with the school’s annual E-Summit on January 10th and 11th.
If there are any other B-School entrepreneur-related events that I’ve missed, please do let me know. And before you go, check out the startups in queue to demo at Headstart 2009. The website says 20 products have been selected for the demo pit – booths/stalls – out of which 12 will be shortlisted for live demos on stage on January 9th. If it wasn’t for the damn slowdown, I’d have definitely attended this one.
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