UCSD Entrepreneur Challenge - An entirely student-run entrepreneurship competition that will fuel the next generation of technology entrepreneurs: the UCSD Entrepreneur Challenge. $80,000 in prizes awarded in the 2008-2009 academic year.

Spring Quarter Business Plan Presentations

Full Business Plans must be submitted in the form of a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation. A pdf form of your Executive Summary must also be submitted.

The PowerPoint “deck” should be designed as a stand-alone handout that does not require a live presenter. (Judges will evaluate hard-copies of the PowerPoint documents without a presenter.)

Presentations must be limited to a maximum of 15 slides. When creating your slides, enter supplementary information into the notes box located below the actual slide. Information included in the notes pages must be limited to a maximum of 1500 words for the entire document. Cut and paste your notes into a Microsoft Word document in order to obtain an accurate word count. See below for an example PowerPoint slide including notes page. Each team is also required to submit an updated (revised) version of the Executive Summary (1200 words max) in pdf format.

The Breakdown of how the $80,000 will be rewarded can be found here http://challenge.ucsd.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=59&Itemid=63:

Full business plan PowerPoint decks will be evaluated by a panel of judges based on the following criteria:

1. The Problem: 
Does the business address a demonstrated market pain or need?)

2. The Solution
: Does the executive summary clearly articulate a proposed solution to the problem?
 How feasible is the technology?

3. Competitive Advantage
: Does the proposed company have a sustainable competitive advantage? (
Who are your competitors (now and future)?
What substitute products/services are available (now and future)?
How are you better than your competitors?)

4. Business Model
 Will the proposed company generate value?
 (Who is the customer? 
How will the company generate revenue?

)

5. Financials
 Is it clear how the company will raise the funds needed to start operations? (VC, angels, federal grants, etc.) Does the plan demonstrate feasible projections for future revenues and expenses?
 (How will the company provide substantial returns to investors?
 How much revenue will the company likely generate over the next few years? What are the costs associated with growing revenues to the projected levels?
 What is the timeline for achieving profitability?
 Keep in mind that it is almost impossible to predict future revenues, costs, and profits. 
Include carefully considered financial projections in order to lend credibility to the proposed plan.
 Teams are encouraged to include charts with financial projection data.)

6. The Team
 Does the team have the ability to accomplish the goals of the proposed business? (Who are the founders/management team?
 What relevant experience does each team member have? 
Does the team have experienced advisors?) Is it clear what the company's current equity structure/split is for the founder(s) and/or employees? (How is the company splitting its equity?  Are there shares allocated for future employees?)

7. Quality of the Presentation
 Does the submitted presentation convey a clear plan for a successful business? 
Are the slides concise, compelling, and visually attractive?

8. Judges’ Overall Impression
 How does the submission compare to the rest?

Financials example

University of Colorado, Leeds Business School Resources

http://leeds-faculty.colorado.edu/moyes/html/resources.htm

Business Plan Presentation Template

http://challenge.ucsd.edu/Business_Plan_Presentation_Template.pdf