Guidelines and
Evaluation Criteria
Guidelines and Evaluation Criteria for the Written
Business Plan
a) The
Business Plan must be written in English and limited to 30 (typed and
double-spaced, #12 font, and 1"-1"-1"-1" margins) pages
of text, including the executive summary and summary financial data. Detailed
spreadsheets and appropriate appendices should follow the text portion of the
plan but will be limited to 10 pages. In total, the plan should not
be longer
than 40 pages.
b)
Financial data
should include a
3-5
year summary of
cash flow projections, pro-forma income statements, and balance sheets. The
team may include an explanation of the offering to investors indicating how much
money is required and how it will be used.
c) Appendices
should be included only when they support the findings, statements and
observations in the plan. Because of the number of teams in the competition,
judges may not be able to read all the material in the appendices. Therefore,
the text portion of the plan (30 pages) must contain all pertinent information
in a clear and concise manner.
d) The
Written Business Plan should compose of the following:
i. Vision for the proposed venture
ii. Viability and sustainability of
the proposed venture
iii. Market opportunity and
distinctive competence
iv. Financial viability
v. Management capability
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Guidelines and Evaluation Criteria for the Oral
Presentation
The finalist teams will
present their business plans orally in English on 5 October 2007.
Each member of the team must participate in the formal
presentation of the plan.
Each team will have
twenty minutes to present formally its plan.
Each
presentation will be followed by a fifteen-minute question-and-answer session
with questions being asked by the panel of judges, who will have received copies
of your written business plan in the weeks prior to the presentation.
The Oral Presentation emphasize on clarity and
persuasiveness. Please click
here for the Evaluation Criteria.
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