CEI 200405 Campuswide Business Plan Competition

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2007 Stradling Yocca Carlson Rauth Business
Plan Competition

Information Session
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Overview

• Introductions
• Benefits of Participation
• Competition Objectives
• Key Dates
• Where to Get Information

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Introducing the 2007 Stradling Yocca Carlson
Rauth Business Plan Competition

• Tenth year running
• Administered by Merage School of Business
• Named for Newport Beach-based law firm
• Open to all UCI students, researchers and faculty
• Teams of at least 3 compete for cash and prizes
• Team must have at least 2 registered UCI students
  
• Kick-off January 17, 2007 at U-Club, 530 PM

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Benefits of Participation

• Realize your dreams!!
• Form a team, create a business plan and generate
  financing for your idea in four months
• Semi-finalists have a team coach
• 7 workshops taught by experts in their fields
• Meet Tech Coast Angels and venture capitalists
• Consummate networking opportunity
• Create your first job out of college!!

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Competition Objectives

• Designed to help you start your business
• Cash prizes of 30,000
• New workshop on business leadership taught by
  Joel Calvo
• Contact with a premier law firm
• Participation of The Tech Coast Angels
• Top 5 teams automatically screened by TCA for
  investment
• Average TCA deal between 250,000 and 1,000,000
• Final presentations before OC investment community

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Key Dates

• Competition Kick-off     Jan. 17, 2007
• Meet other teams, coaches, Tech Coast Angels and
  Stradling partners
• Energize your teams, hit the ground running
• Networking event for individuals looking for
  teams to join
• Registration begins Jan. 8, 2007
• Registration Deadline Feb. 2, 2007
• Final Judging    May 18, 2007

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2007 Stradling, Yocca, Carlson and Rauth
Business Plan Competition Events
Jan 17 Kick-off Event Jan 25 Workshop
Creating New Business Ideas Jan 31 Workshop
Organizing for Success Feb 2 Team
Registration Deadline Feb 21 Workshop
Assessing the Market Feb 28 Workshop Intellectu
al Property Rights Mar 5 Concept Papers
Due April 10 Workshop Writing Your Business
Plan April 18 Workshop Financial Projections
April 30 Business Plans Due May 9 Workshop
Presentation Skills May 18 Final
Presentations and Awards
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Where to Get Information

• Charlie Baecker, Associate Director
• Center for Entrepreneurship Innovation
• 949-824-1172
• cbaecker_at_uci.edu