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2009年10月21日
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Below is the information sent from Queen's School of Business, Queen's University. Any student
who is interested in this competition could contact the coordinator Ms. Huang.
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My name is Yuwen Huang and I am representing the Queen’s Entrepreneurs’ Competition (QEC)—Canada’s largest international undergraduate business plan competition. I would like to inform you of an incredible opportunity to transform your entrepreneurial ideas into a reality through access to $25,000 in cash prizes. I have tried to summarize as much of the competition as possible below but more details can be found at www.theqec.com
Distribution of cash prizes:
Competitors are competing for $25,000 in cash and prizes as follows:
1st Place: $15,000
2nd Place: $6,000
3rd Place: $2,000
Innovation Award: $1,000 (2 available)
The Innovation Award is presented to the team in each pool who best introduces a new and original idea that has the potential to be successfully applied in the real world.
What is the Queen's Entrepreneurs' Competition?
Now in its 22nd year, the Queen's Entrepreneurs' Competition brings together some of the brightest young entrepreneurs from around the world to compete for $25,000 in cash prizes and the opportunity to appear on CBC’s Dragons’ Den. Participants also have the chance to network with Canada's leading business professionals. Furthermore, QEC prides itself on the incredible judge to competitor ratio of 3:4--
a tremendous networking opportunity and ratio of almost one competitor to one judge.
Past speakers include Bryan Pearson (President of Air Miles Canada), Brett Wilson (Dragon on CBC's the Dragons’ Den) and Clive Beddoe (Founder of Westjet Airlines). The sixteen teams who make it past the preliminary business plan grading will have the opportunity to network with these amazing individuals and receive feedback about their business plans.
Qualification Requirements:
o Competitors must be undergraduate students and can be from any faculty or program.
o Existing proposals are valid and qualify for consideration provided the plan has not qualified as a finalist in a previous QEC competition.
o Each team entered must be a maximum of four students and one faculty advisor.
o Entrants may involve the help of other students to produce parts of their plan. These students do not have to be registered members of the group.
o Business plans must be received electronically by November 4th, 2008
Format Requirements for Business Plans:
o Plans must be a maximum of 50 pages consisting of a maximum of 35 pages of written material and 15 pages of exhibits.
o Business plans are to be submitted via email. If students have an issue with this, they should make alternative arrangements with the University Coordinators at least two weeks prior to the submission deadline.
o Business plans and appendices must be contained in one file and in a format that is ready to print. Files can be in MS Word, PDF, etc., but cannot exceed 5mb in size.
o Documents must be named as the title of the business plan.
o All business plans must be written in English.
o All entries must be typed with 1.5 spacing (double spaced is also acceptable).
o Margins must be a minimum of one inch, and font must be a minimum of 10pt.
o Candidates’ last names and schools must not be included on any pages of the business plan.
o All business plans submitted to the competition must include the “Preliminary Round Cover Sheet” as the first page of the business plan. This form is available from the University Coordinators.
Deadline and Important Date
Applicants must submit their written business plans to Yuwen Huang at yuwen.huang@theqec.com by November 4th. The 16 teams who received the highest scores on their written business plan will be notified by mid December (2009) and will be invited to attend the final competition round held at Queen's University from January 21st to 23rd. The top 16 teams will make a 25 minute presentation to a panel of industry experts; past judges have included Tim Wilson (President of Visa Canada), Grant Rassmussen (President and CEO of UBS Bank Canada), Brett Wilson (Dragons’ Den), John Sleeman (CEO of Sleeman Breweries) and many others.
Cost:
There are no delegate fees for our final competition; all fees including meals, evening socials and our final gala are covered through sponsorship. However, delegates must pay for their accommodation and transportation to Kingston. Delegates can also stay with their friends in order to avoid accommodation fees.
Yuwen Huang
B.Comm '11
Queen's School of Business
University Coordinator, Queen's Entrepreneurs' Competition 2010
yuwen.huang@theqec.com