Resources

Competition Guidelines and Information

• NVC Official Rules and Guidelines (PDF) (updated for 2008-09)
• Official Entry Kit (PDF) (updated for 2008-09)

Videos

• Watch NVC coach Linda Darragh give an overview of the New Venture Challenge 
• Watch professors Steve Kaplan and Ellen Rudnick discuss "How to write a feasibility summary" at a workshop on 1/10/08
• Watch 2006 NVC finalists present during the finals competition:
  Opening                                          Accomplishments
  Problem and Solution                       Use of Funds and Exit Strategy
  Market Opportunity                          Management Team
  Marketing and Sales Strategy           Closing
  Competition                                    Q&A
  Revenue Model                                Presentation Techniques

Articles

• Read the BusinessWeek article "How to win a B-School Competition"   for helpful tips about how to succeed in business plan competitions
• Read Professor Waverly Deutsch's article "The fundamentals of an elevator pitch" featured in I-Street Magazine

Phase I - Feasibility Summary Planning Outline

• "How to Write a Feasibility Summary" workshop presentation
• OUTSIDE - IMPACTS
• Dos and Don'ts (PDF)

Phase I - Sample Feasibility Summaries (PDF) 

• HybridTronics Inc.
• BoxDirect
• Eotex
• Univercite

Phase II Orientation

• Download the presentation
• Business 34104 Description (PDF) 

Phase II Equity Agreement

• Sample Equity Agreement (PDF)

Phase II Business Plan

• Professor Kaplan's Business Plan Overview
• Business Plan Checklist and Entry Form (PDF)

Phase II In-Class Presentations

• Professor Deutsch's "Delivering Great Presentations"
• Professor Deutsch's Overview for Second Presentations

Final Business Plans

• 2006 NVC finalist BB Catalyst final business plan (PDF)
• 2006 NVC finalist Hybridtronics, Inc. final business plan (PDF)
• 2006 NVC finalist InnoSpace, Inc. final business plan (PDF)

 

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