Join YouNoodle | Login

  • Big Bang! Business Plan Competition

    15 May 2010
  • Header

  • Table of contents:

    1. BigBang! Business Plan Competition Final Event
    2. DFJ Cisco Global Business Plan Competition

  • 1. BigBang! Business Plan Competition Final Event

    Here it comes! The final event you all have been working so hard on and eagerly waiting for.

    The BigBang! Business Plan Final Judging & Awards Ceremony

    Thursday, May 20
    Location: UC Davis Conference Center
    Reception: 5:00 - 6:00 pm
    Ceremony: 6:00 - 8:00 pm

    Come see the 5 finalist teams in the 10th Annual Big Bang! present with a chance at $27,000 in prize money on the line. Refreshments provided.

    RSVP

  • 2. DFJ Cisco Global Business Plan Competition

    Great News: The top two winners of Big Bang! (the first place team by judges' decision and the winner of the People’s Choice Award) are welcome to enter the DFJ Cisco Global Business Plan Competition. If either of these teams is unable to take part in the Cisco competition, the second place team, as decided by the judges, will be invited to apply.The prize money up for grabs for this competition is at least US$250,000.

    The teams will not be going to Santa Clara to pitch their ideas; rather, they will be doing all their presentation from CISCO telepresence systems. The Center for Entrepreneurship will provide the call setup.

    The DFJ-CISCO Global Business Plan Competition offers an opportunity for aspiring student entrepreneurs to pitch their ideas to a team of leading venture capitalists and corporate investors.

    The DFJ-CISCO Global Business Plan Competition includes participants from universities around the globe in regions covered by the DFJ Global Network (together with Draper Fisher Jurvetson Fund IX Management Company LLC and its affiliates, “DFJ”), and Cisco Systems, Inc. (together with its affiliates, “Cisco”). Local DFJ funds and Cisco will review student business plans from their region, including any official university competition winners. Based on the quality and diversity of teams applying from each university, it is possible that there may be more than one team selected for a given university or region. It is anticipated that 14 teams will be selected as Finalists for a winner-take-all investment of at least US$250,000 in seed stage funding.

    About Draper Fisher Jurvetson
    Draper Fisher Jurvetson ("DFJ") backs extraordinary entrepreneurs everywhere who set out to change the world. DFJ achieves its mission through its DFJ Global Network of Partner Funds. Together, DFJ and the Network manage over $6B and have made more than 600 investments on four continents. With a 24-year history of success across diverse sectors and market conditions, DFJ has led the way investing in emerging technologies, from the Internet and life sciences to clean energy and nanotechnology. DFJ has been proud to back over 500 companies across many sectors including such industry changing successes such as Hotmail (acquired by MSFT), Baidu (BIDU), Skype (acquired by EBAY), United Online (UNTD), Overture (acquired by YHOO), Athenahealth (ATHN), EnerNOC (ENOC), TicketsNow (acquired by TicketMaster), Feedburner (acquired by Google), Interwoven (IWOV), Four11 (acquired by YHOO), Parametric (PMTC), and Digidesign (acquired by AVID). The DFJ Network includes DFJ, DFJ Athena, DFJ Dragon, DFJ Esprit, DFJ FIR, DFJ Frontier, DFJ Gotham, DFJ Growth, DFJ InCube, DFJ Mercury, DFJ Portage, DFJ Tamir Fishman, Draper Triangle, DFJ Vina, DFJ-VTB Aurora, Element Partners, and Epic Ventures. For more information, please go to www.dfj.com.

    About Cisco
    Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the worldwide leader in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate. Information about Cisco can be found at http://www.cisco.com. For ongoing news, please go to http://newsroom.cisco.com.

Big Bang! Business Plan Competition Newsletters