JCI Best Business Plan Competition

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JCI Best Business Plan Competition
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What is the JCI Best Business Plan Competition?

• JCIs Flagship Program started in 2002 designed
  to foster the entrepreneurial spirit among its
  members and the community in general.
• The competition is open to all young
  entrepreneurs between 18 - 40, JCI member or not.
  
• As a result, JCI requests entries from its
  National Organization Members as well as from
  universities, ICC National Organizations, Local
  Chambers of Commerce, Young Entrepreneurs of
  Europe, and AIESEC.

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National Competitions

• National organizations must register there
  national BBP Competition with JCI HQ before
  January 31, 2005
• If your NOM is having a national competition JCI
  will not accept public entries ONLY IF they have
  registered their program with us by January 31rst
• If your NOM does not plan on having a national
  competition then JCI will accept public entries
  from your country

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Local Competitions

• Local chapters are encouraged to hold
  competitions and submit their winners to national
  competitions.
• If your NOM is having a competition JCI will not
  accept entries directly from local chapters in
  your NOM

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How to enter the JCI Best Business
Plan Competition?

• Send the following documents to JCI HQ before the
  deadline
• Entry Form
• Downloadable at the JCI website www.jci.cc and on
  the JCI BizNet www.jci.cc/bz
• The Executive Summary
• 1-2 page document that provides a vision for the
  proposed venture, including the business or
  project concept, target customers or
  beneficiaries, competitiveness in the market, and
  revenue or benefit potential

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How to enter the JCI Best Business Plan
Competition?

• The Business Plan
• Document of no more than 25 pages.
• Helps guide the start-up company's first several
  years
• Gives an idea of the company structure, goals and
  plans
• All business plans must be for new full time
  start-up enterprises or businesses that have been
  legally established since June 1st, 2004 in order
  to qualify for the competition.

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Judging Process

• There will be 3 rounds to the BBP Competition
• Preliminary round - 8 Semi-finalists will be
  chosen by a panel of judges from all public
  entries received by JCI Headquarters
• Semi-Finals 4 finalists will be chosen by a
  panel of judges from all entries received
  through NOMs that held a National Competition
  along with the 8 chosen from the preliminary
  round
• Finals - The 4 finalists will travel to the 2005
  World Congress to participate in the final round
  of judging

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Judging Process

• The judges are instructed to make their decisions
  based on the following criterion Criterion 1
  Innovative nature of the service/product offered
  Criterion 2 Impact of the business on local
  communities or the business community Criterion
  3 Service's/Product's profit projection
  Criterion 4 Relevance/Feasibility of the
  service/product Criterion 5 Presentation
  Criterion 6 Personal evaluation

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JCI Best Business Plan Competition prizes for
finalists.

• Finalists will be provided with
• One economy airline ticket to 2005 JCI World
  Congress. (All participants must be willing to
  be present at Congress if selected as finalists)
• Three night accommodations
• One free Congress registration
• All finalists will also receive certificates of
  participation
• The winner will receive
• a US5,000 check award as a start-up funding to
  help launch the business described in his or her
  winning plan.

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Who do I contact and where do I get more
information?

• For more information online visit www.jci.cc/bz