Business plan competition

Dear NVC Challenge Participants:

(Please READ this e-mail in its entirety and REPLY directly to the
e-mail with the following information:
TEAM NAME:
TEAM LEADER:
This is to ensure that we know we have your correct e-mail address.)

CONGRATULATIONS for having the courage and commitment to compete in the
2007 New Venture Challenge (NVC)! You have decided to take what will be
a difficult journey, but the rewards at the end will be well worth your
efforts! Below is all the information you and your team will need to
compete in this year’s Challenge. If at any point you have any
questions, please feel free to call our offices: 305-348-7156 and ask to
speak to someone about the New Venture Challenge.

If you are receiving this e-mail, it is because we have received your
team’s application and you are now accepted as a New Venture Challenge
Competitor. (If there are any problems with your application, you will
be contacted separately.)

From this point forward, please note that ALL correspondence from our
offices will be in the form of an e-mail and will ONLY be sent to the
Team Leader.

It is the Team Leader’s responsibility to communicate effectively to his
or her teammates.

RULES:
Please re-review the procedures and reprint the pages if you had
previously viewed or printed the rules. Among two of the key changes
from last year are presentation length and the addition of a second
business plan deadline.

DEADLINES:
April 16, 2007 at 5 p.m.- Deadline to submit Business Plan in PDF format
– ONE file only
April 23, 2007 at 5 p.m. - Deadline to submit hard copies of Business Plan
Each team must submit the "Official Business Plan Submission Form" along
with one bound (no spirals please) hard copy and ten (10) additional
hard copies (three-hole punched and individually shrink-wrapped for
insertion into standard notebooks for judge's review) of their written
business plans.
May 7, 2007 at 5 p.m.- Deadline to submit Revised Business Plan hard
copies and PDF format

The “Official Business Plan Submission Form” has not yet been posted on
the web site, but all of the processes and requirements are posted.

Business plan requirements and submission process can be found here:
http://entrepreneurship.fiu.edu/nvc_submission_judging_rules.htm

An online business plan guide can be found here:
http://entrepreneurship.fiu.edu/nvc_business_plan_guide.htm

Please submit all plans to:
Attn: New Venture Challenge
FIU Pino Global Entrepreneurship Center
11110 Southwest 11th Street, University Park - VH 130
Miami, Florida 33199-0001

REQUIRED EVENTS:
April 27, 2007 - Presentation Rehearsals for Semi-Finalists
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (by appointment only)
May 2, 2007 - Semi-Final Oral Presentation Rounds
Morning Session 7:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (times subject to change)
FIU University Park Campus MARC 125
Afternoon Session 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (times subject to change)
May 15, 2007 - Final Oral Presentation Rounds
8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
FIU University Park Campus MARC 125
May 16, 2007 - FIU College of Business Administration’s Annual
Entrepreneurship
Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Luncheon (NVC winners announced)
11:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Parrot Jungle Island

More details will follow as the semester progresses, but should you have
any questions at any time, please feel free to contact us.

Best of luck and good wishes,
New Venture Challenge and Pino Entrepreneurship Center Support Team