{"72586":{"#nid":"72586","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Business Plan Competition Workshop Series","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIf you have the next great venture-capital concept - or want to team up with someone who does - then workshops of the Georgia Tech Business Plan Competition (BPC) are the place to go. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDesigned to prepare participants for the February 16 (Preliminary Round) and February 23 (Final Round) contests, the Workshop Series can help you refine your venture ideas, establish a team, and develop your business plan. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Workshop Series kicks off October 11 with \u0022Creating High Potential Ventures for Fun and Profit-from 6 to 7:30 PM in Room 223 of the Management building. This workshop will feature insights from members of the Intrinsic Security team that won first place in the last Business Plan Competition. With support from VentureLab, which helps commercialize technologies developed at Georgia Tech, they are focused on bringing their network security services to market. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIntended both to educate and facilitate startups, the BPC often leads to the creation of real technology-based businesses. Both the Workshop Series and BPC are open to all Tech students and alumni who have graduated within the past five years. Those who attend the preparatory workshops don\u0027t necessarily have to enter the competition. They can come simply to \u0022Experience Entrepreneurship,\u0022 the competition\u0027s new tagline. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor a complete list of upcoming workshops as well as important deadlines for participation in the competition, please view the BPC online calendar at \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/mgt.gatech.edu\/fac_research\/centers_initiatives\/files_bpc\/gatech_bpc2007_calendar.pdf\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/mgt.gatech.edu\/fac_research\/centers_initiatives\/files_bpc\/gatech_bpc2007_calendar.pdf\u003C\/a\u003E. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBPC organizers are attempting to involve more undergraduates in the BPC this year through the creation of a new award for the best undergraduate team. Other prizes include first, second, and third places in the Final Round Competition; the Most Fundable category for the team considered most ready to enter the marketplace; the Social and Environmental Sustainability Award, which recognizes the plan that best addresses environmental concerns and\/or demonstrates social responsibility; and the Showstopper Award, honoring the team that does the best job selling itself to judges in the BPC trade show. In an Elevator Pitch Competition, BPC participants get one minute to verbally sell their business concepts - the amount of time they might have in an elevator with a potential investor. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESince the inception of the university-wide Business Plan Competition in 2001, participants have collectively won $103,000 in cash prizes and $165,000 in services (legal, financial, etc.) Winning teams in the 2007 competition are expected to receive more than $20,000 in cash prizes and $40,000 in service awards. Prize amounts will be finalized and announced by January 9. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information, please visit the main BPC Web site or e-mail \u003Ca href=\u0027mailto:bizplan@mgt.gatech.edu\u0027\u003Ebizplan@mgt.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E. It\u0027s not necessary to RSVP to attend a workshop.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter:\u003C\/strong\u003E Brad Dixon, College of Management\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Workshop Series Preparing Students, Alumni for 2007 Business Plan Competition"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"If you have the next great venture-capital concept, then workshops of the Georgia Tech Business Plan Competition are the place to go. The workshops can help refine your venture ideas, establish a team, and develop a business plan.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Workshops prepare students, alumni for competition"}],"uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2006-10-10 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:42","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-10-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-10-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72587":{"id":"72587","type":"image","title":"College of Management Building","body":null,"created":"1449177942","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:25:42","changed":"1475894661","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:21"}},"media_ids":["72587"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/mgt.gatech.edu\/fac_research\/centers_initiatives\/bp_comp.html","title":"Business Plan Competition"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"506","name":"alumni"},{"id":"2654","name":"business plan"},{"id":"2029","name":"Competition"},{"id":"2301","name":"entrepreneur"},{"id":"167834","name":"start up"},{"id":"168007","name":"start-up"},{"id":"2657","name":"venture"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}