Let the Games Begin

21 business plans were submitted before yesterday's deadline and the preliminary judges (Ed Zschau, Bob Monsour, and Greg Olsen) have begun the process of reading and rating every summary.

Sometime next week the finalists will be announced and assigned mentors so that they can begin writing their business plans.

Thank you to everyone who submitted an application and we are looking forward to an exciting competition!

Executive Summaries

Entry Form / Executive Summary Submission : November 27, 2007 by 5 pm

The entry submission provides basic information required for entry. There are three general parts:

1. Concept: description of business idea
2. Market Overview: brief discussion of the intended market, identification of key customers and the ‘value proposition’ to them, and description of barriers to entry and achieving sustainable growth
3. Required Resources: description of the key resources, such as the people, technologies, arrangements with other companies, and funding required

Forms are due November 27, 2007 by 5 pm. to 43 Little Hall or 303 Blair Hall. Emails to the Directors are also accepted. Submissions will be accepted on a rolling basis and an e-mail will be sent to the designated team member confirming receipt of your entry. Within a week we will be pairing groups mentors.

Awesome Kickoff

Last Friday night, Randy Altschuler' 93 kicked off TigerLaunch '08 with a great talk about his own entrepreneurial ventures and what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur.

Here is the competition timeline for TigerLaunch '08:
~Entry Form/Executive Summary Due - November 27, 2007 – 5pm
~‘How-To’ Strategy Sessions - December, 2007
~Business Plan Checkpoint - January, 25, 2008
~Presentation Workshop - February, 2008
~Final Business Plan Due - February 9, 2005 – 5pm
~Super Saturday - February 23, 2008 – 9am

If you need a contestant kit, you can find it here

EXECUTIVE SUMMARIES ARE DUE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27 (email or hard copy)

Many Thanks to Howard Cox '64 for sponsoring this year's competition, donating $10,000 in prize money

Contestant Kit

Here is the online version of the TigerLaunch '08 Contestant Kit.

Final submissions need to be made as hard copies. Can either be emailed or submitted as hard copies.