UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition 2009-2010
Founded in 1999, the competition has evolved to become the marquee entrepreneurship event at Berkeley, and one of the nation’s foremost business plan competitions, nurturing entrepreneurial action across the UC Berkeley community.
| Group type: | Competition |
| Focus: | Business Plans |
| Organizer: | Student-run |
| Funding: | Corporate Sponsors, Self-generated Revenue |
| Industries: | Biotech, Cleantech, Computing, Education, Entertainment, Financial, Food and Drink, Gaming, Health, Information Technology, Internet, Lifestyle, Media, Mobile, Nanotech, Real Estate, Retail, Sports, Travel |
| Location: | Berkeley, CA |
| Website: | http://bplan.berkeley.edu |
ABOUT US
Founded in 1999, the UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition has continued to evolve as a leading Bay Area event and one of the nation's foremost business plan competitions.
The competition gives students, alumni and local entrepreneurs the opportunity to work together to turn innovative ideas into real businesses. The event also brings together the finest research and technology ideas from both UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco. Each year participants develop business plans that are based on some of the most exciting new technologies. Last year more than 200 aspiring entrepreneurs entered plans in areas as diverse as nanotechnology, biotechnology, computing services and software, consumer goods, financial services, and the Internet.
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Blake Borgeson
Austin native, BSEE Rice 2003, co-founded and bootstrapped BuildASign.com
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Prateek Gera
BSEE from NITR India, sr engineer at HP and MBA Student at Haas, UC Berkeley. cofounder-financial services business, founder-eBay based business.Specialize in hi tech product devp, internet enabled devices,firmware/sofwtare
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kumar Loganathan
Mechanical engineering graduate from Anna University.
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The 2010 UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition Finals is now available on video. Check it out and spread the word!
http://entrepreneurship.berkeley.edu/bef/apr10forum.html
Congratualations to 12th Annual UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition Winners!
Grand Prize: Orpheus Medical
First Place IT & Web: Bidwave
First Place Life Sciences: Orpheus Medical
First Place Products and Services: BrightSense
People’s Choice Award: BrightSense
Elevator Pitch Winner: Emiscape
View the official press release here:
http://entrepreneurship.berkeley.edu/news/mail/Mailer_bpl...
Another reminder that the UC Berkeley Entrepreneurial Best Practice Session for "Financing" is on April 20th, 2010 - at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business (Andersen Auditorium). The Best Practice series are always open to all!
Additional details located here:
http://entrepreneurship.berkeley.edu/resources/bestpracti...
UC Berkeley Bootstrapathon
Do you want to work on your own venture or someone else’s new venture? If so, Bootstrapathon is for you!
Date: Tuesday, April 27th
Time: 6:00pm-8:00 pm
Location Wozniak Lounge in Soda Hall, UC Berkeley
Space is limited, please sign up here:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dGVfZnF4...
Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/events/edit/index.php?step=2&...
Agenda:
FREE ZACHARY’S PIZZA!
Elevator pitches from participants. A great opportunity for you to practice your pitch and find people that could help in your company.
Legal Tips for Bootstrappers w/Q&A - Dorsey & Whitney
Tips & Resources from Plug & Play Tech Center
Bootstrapping Panel w/Q&A – We will have a panel of successful entrepreneurs that will answer any question about bootstrapping.
Networking
Attend Cal Day on April 17th -- attend presentations from Haas faculty, myself and others at the Cal Book Store.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=105185369518454&...