Registration Deadline Extended until February 18th!

Thank you for your interest in the 2011 Florida Atlantic University (FAU) Business Plan Competition! The competition is being offered in spring 2011! All students, faculty, and members of the community may be eligible to participate.

Teams participating in the competition have the opportunity to meet and network with experienced venture capital principals, early stage angel investors, successful entrepreneurs, and senior business leaders who will serve as judges for the competition. The competition provides an unparalleled experience for the participants providing time to interact with the judging panel to receive their valuable feedback.

Categories

There are two categories for FAU teams to compete. Team(s) may only submit in one category, the following two tracks will be judged separately:

1) Student Only Track – teams comprised solely of FAU students. Students MUST be registered and taking class in the spring semester. * (Proof of enrollment certificate)

2) Community Track – ventures comprised of FAU Alumni, FAU faculty, FAU Student (registered and not currently registered), and members of the business community.

A total of 16 teams will be provided an opportunity to compete in the 2011 FAU Business Plan Competition. Teams will compete for cash prize money, legal and business services, office space at FAU’s Research Park Authority, the possibility to advance to the state and national competitions (if available), present their business plan to local angel and VC groups and more.

Basic Eligibility

Eligibility to participate in the FAU Business Plan Competition is initially determined by meeting the deadlines and submission requirements with an active FAU student as a lead member. Please review other eligibility criteria on our Team Eligibility Requirements PDF.

FAU faculty and staff will select judges based on their business experience and investing expertise particularly in connection with entrepreneurship, and their interest in supporting early stage entrepreneurs. Past judges include representatives from Fortune 100 companies, prominent local law firms, finance consultants and venture capital investors. For more information on the judging process please download the Judging Criteria and Evaluation Process.