{"id":1370,"date":"2012-09-17T08:30:10","date_gmt":"2012-09-17T12:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/inside.rotman.utoronto.ca\/gbc\/?p=1370"},"modified":"2012-09-17T08:30:10","modified_gmt":"2012-09-17T12:30:10","slug":"revca-business-plan-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside.rotman.utoronto.ca\/gbc1new\/2012\/09\/17\/revca-business-plan-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"REVCA Business Plan Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.rotman.utoronto.ca\/gbc1new\/files\/2012\/09\/REVCA-Logo_small1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/inside.rotman.utoronto.ca\/gbc1\/files\/2012\/09\/REVCA-Logo_small1-300x119.jpg\" alt=\"REVCA Logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"119\" \/><\/a>2012 REVCA Business Plan Competition<\/p>\n<p>The Rotman Entrepreneurship &amp; Venture Capital Association (REVCA) is calling for applicants to the annual Rotman Business Plan Competition!<\/p>\n<p>Many individuals have great ideas, but few are able to execute on them. \u00a0If you&#8217;re looking for an opportunity to let out your entrepreneurial spirit and pursue your business dream, look no further, the REVCA Business Plan Competition is your ticket to success. \u00a0 Full competition details available at: <a href=\"http:\/\/inside.rotman.utoronto.ca\/revca\/competitions\/#biz\">http:\/\/inside.rotman.utoronto.ca\/revca\/competitions\/#biz<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Teams of 5 must send theirs bios and a brief explanation of their idea to <a href=\"mailto:REVCA@rotman.utoronto.ca\">REVCA@rotman.utoronto.ca<\/a> by September 25th @ midnight.\u00a0<span>Ideas may be related to any industry\/ market (they do NOT have to be technology related).\u00a0\u00a0Ideas submitted for Sept. 25<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0deadline can (and in fact should) be changed\/ modified before the Oct. 20<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0deadline!\u00a0\u00a0Iteration is a natural process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>The winning team will receive:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1) FREE Law consultation from Bay St. law firm: Aird &amp; Berlis LLP; valued at several $K !\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000\">Use this\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.airdberlis.com\/Templates\/Home\/Home.aspx?page=0\"><strong>Link<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>\u00a0for website.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>2) The winning team of the Business Plan Competition will have their application automatically bypassed beyond the first round of Venture Lab application screening. The application will be placed in the hands of the Venture Lab G7 for a chance to enter the Venture Lab.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>Rules<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Teams are limited to 5 members &#8211; each team is required to have at least one Rotman MBA student<\/li>\n<li>Non-Rotman team members can come from any background or environment<\/li>\n<li>Only 10 teams will advance to the judging rounds from the Executive Summary Stage<\/li>\n<li>2 Sections of the Business Plan: Qualitative \u2013 10 Pages \u00a0+ Quantitative 5 Pages<\/li>\n<li>Text (typed, double-spaced, minimum 12 pitch font, and 1\u201d margins on all sides)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Dates<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>September 25th \u2013 Groups for business plan must be finalized and brief explanation of idea submitted<\/li>\n<li>September 26th \u2013 One hour Business Plan 101 crash course, presented by Rotman entrepreneurship professor, Becky Reuber<\/li>\n<li>October 1st \u2013 Executive Summaries Due (top 10 teams will go on to compete)<\/li>\n<li>October 12th \u2013 1 to 2 hour sessions \u201cpre critique\u201d with the Business Design Club \u00a0(top 10 teams)<\/li>\n<li>October 17th \u2013 Final business plan due by midnight via email to <a href=\"mailto:REVCA@rotman.utoronto.ca\">REVCA@rotman.utoronto.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li>October 20th \u2013 Business Plan Competition (finalists will present to VC\u2019s in front of fellow competition participants)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Contents of the Written Business Plan: please refer to <a href=\"http:\/\/inside.rotman.utoronto.ca\/revca\/competitions\/#biz\">this link<\/a>. \u00a0An email will also be sent out to all registered teams.<\/p>\n<h4>Competition Fees:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>FREE for REVCA members<\/li>\n<li>$5 for non-REVCA participants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Questions? Email: <a href=\"mailto:REVCA@rotman.utoronto.ca\">REVCA@rotman.utoronto.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Not a member yet? Sign up before Sept. 20<sup>th<\/sup>: <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.e-registernow.com\/cgi-bin\/mkpayment.cgi?state=534\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2012 REVCA Business Plan Competition The Rotman Entrepreneurship &amp; Venture Capital Association (REVCA) is calling for applicants to the annual Rotman Business Plan Competition! 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