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| Structure |
| Teams need to Register to participate in the competition. |
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Banking |
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Non – Banking Finance |
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Insurance |
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IT&ITES |
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FMCG |
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Health Care |
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Tourism |
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Hospitality |
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Transport – Shipping, Railways, Road, Airways, Waterways et al. |
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Retail |
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Digital Media |
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Bio-Technology |
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Education |
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Green Technology |
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Any other sector of your choice. |
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| The premise behind this event is to let you think and act without any predefined boundaries. |
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| Stages |
| Registration & Submission of Executive Summaries |
| The first step of the competition is for teams to Register and submit a short executive summary, which details the business concept, market opportunity, competitive advantage, resources required, three years revenue summary and team membership qualifications. The executive summaries would have to be submitted by November 28, 2009. They would then be judged by a panel comprising of Industry Experts and Professors. The panel would determine which teams qualify to advance to the semi-final round. |
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| Semi-Final Round |
| All the selected teams would get mentorship from Industry experts, Professors and VCs. At the end of the semi-final round, all teams need to submit their final business plans to the competition. The plans would be evaluated on the basis of the originality of the idea, viability and the scalability of the business model, the potential for future financial success and the management’s level of expertise. The judging panel would decide which teams would advance to the final round. |
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| Final Round |
| The finalist teams each would have to give a private presentation to our panel of distinguished final round judges in the second week of December. There is no limit to the number of teams which can receive funding. |
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| Who Can Enter |
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Anyone who is an Indian Citizen above the age of 18 can participate. The event is open to all Students, Working Professionals and Self Employed individuals. Start-ups who wish to take part in the event must ensure they have not been funded earlier or are operational for less than 2 years (Operational from or beyond 20th October 2007) |
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There is no restriction on the number of participants in one team; however anywhere between 3-5 members would be ideal. |
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Business ideas can be based on a new product, a service, operational process or a business model. |
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To be considered eligible for the competition, all entries must : |
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Be a commercial, for-profit venture |
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Not have received any funding to date |
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Start-ups which are not functional for more than 2 years into operation (Starting from 20th October |
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| Guidelines and Procedures |
| Registration and Submission of Executive Summary |
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Each team/individual has to Register on the competition website and then proceed to the submission of the executive summary. |
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The executive summary of the business plan should not be more than 4 pages excluding the cover page and annexure. |
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Cover page should contain – Idea/entry Name, Team Details (Name, Email, Contact No of all the participants) |
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The organizers request the teams to provide only the above mentioned information on the cover page to reduce any chances of bias. |
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Executive summary should be in PDF format. Format details: Times New Roman, 12 point, 1.5 line spacing, 1” margins all around, A-4 page. |
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Executive Summary should contain (in brief) – |
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The Business Concept |
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Value proposition |
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Market and competitive analysis |
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Technical and economic feasibility |
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Resources required |
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Three years Revenue Summary (Annexure) |
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Roles of the team members and their profiles (Annexure) |
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| Semi-Final Round: Mentorship and Submission of detailed B-Plans |
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All the qualified teams would be provided mentorship by the Industry experts, VCs etc. |
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The time duration of mentorship would be for about 2 weeks. |
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B-Plan should be in PDF format. |
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Final B-Plan should not exceed 20 pages (Excluding cover page). |
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Format details: Times New Roman, 12 point, 1.5 line spacing, 1" margins all around, A-4 page. |
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Cover page should contain – Project Name, Team Name, Institute, Team Details (Name, Email, Contact No.) |
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| Final Round: Presentation |
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The presentation should be in standard PPT format and should not be more than 20 slides. |
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Each team would be given 20 minutes for their presentation followed by questions from the panel of judges. |
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