Collegiate Business Plan Competition

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Collegiate Business Plan Competition

• Charles C. Johnson

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Presentation Overview

• RFP Introduction
• Proposal
• Questions

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The Funder

• RPI Incubator Center
• RPI Severino Center for Technological
  Entrepreneurship
• Note Linked to RPI and technology

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The RFP

• Wants to Introduce Students to Entrepreneurship
• Judge business plans by their viability
• Previous winners
• Healthmine
• Campus outlaws Inc
• Vayu Innovations

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Legwork

• Running Site
• Feasibility Analysis
• Consulted Professors and Professionals

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Engeda.comEngineering Encyclopedia

• Charles C. Johnson

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Overview

• Opportunity Analysis
• The Proposal
• Implementation of Proposal
• Qualifications
• Alignment
• Questions

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Opportunity Analysis

• Engineering Websites not focused
• Topics Cluttered
• Advertisements everywhere
• Little Categorization
• Off topic, no details

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Proposal

• Engeda.com
• Focused
• Categorized
• Referenced

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Implementation

• Revenue sharing for writers
• Incentives to entice writers
• Catalog other sites

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Qualifications

• Website Experience
• Contacts
• Degree in Engineering
• Work Experience

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Alignment

• Highly Technical start-up
• Innovative if implemented
• Similar Business has succeeded
• Viable Idea, implementation needs work
• Can be useful to the sponsors and school

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Questions