All business plans must be submitted on or before February 19th, 2024 on [email protected]
Teams not meeting this deadline will be disqualified.
Only 2-4 team members are allowed in a team.
The business plan should be as per the format mentioned on the next page.
Business plan will be distributed to the judges.
Pre-screening of business plan will take place before the event & only 10 entries will be shortlisted for Round 1
Plan should include company summary, product/ service description, marketing strategy and the financial plan.
Detailed spreadsheets and appropriate appendices may follow the test portion of the plan. It should be limited to 10 pages. In total, the plan should be no longer than 50 pages.
Judgement will take place in 2 rounds:
Round 1 - (Valued at 40%) is designed to help assess the business plan focusing on key elements like business idea, PowerPoint presentation, communication skills, body language.
Round 2 - (60%) assesses the poise and professionalism of presentations & also evaluates the perceived viability of the venture
In the final round - , each team will be given 15 minutes to present its business plan using powerpoint presentations followed by 10 minute Q/A session . Each member of the team must participate in the formal presentation of the plan
Three best teams will be awarded.