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Community Business Partnership
9th Annual Business Plan Contest
Two local business plan contests in the DC/MD/VA region make an offer no new entrepreneur should refuse: enter and you can’t lose.
How is this possible? Easy.
That’s because every registered contestant to the Community Business Partnership’s 9th Annual Business Plan Contest and Rockville Economic Development, Inc. (REDI) 7th Annual StartRight! Women’s Business Plan Competition is guaranteed at a minimum perhaps the most important win an new entrepreneur could achieve: clear, detailed and written feedback from a panel of judges with the skills and experience to offer expert guidance.
And that’s just for participating!
And what if you win a prize? Depending on the contest, you could win between $250 and $10,000 in cash.
Interested? Check out the fine print at http://www.cbponline.org, or call (703) 768-1440, and www.RockvilleREDI.org (301) 315-8096.
Deadline for CBP: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 5:00 p.m.
Deadline for REDI: March 26, 2010 (Executive Summary); March 31, 2010 (Business Plan)
Be sure to join me on News Channel 8 (in the DC region) today between 10 and 11:00 a.m., where I’ll talk more about the value of business plan contests.
Thanks.
Responses to “How to Win at Business Plan Contests”
July 9th, 2010 at 6:48 am
Yes, but perhaps even more than creativity, it’s very important to focus on researching the marketplace. What’s already out there, and how do other products or services compare to your own? Thanks for writing!
July 12th, 2010 at 9:09 am
it is easy to get Business ideas, just look for a product or service that has demand and fill it’:,
October 7th, 2010 at 12:16 pm
i ran out of business ideas, but i mostly invest on stuffs related to food and real estate,”;
October 8th, 2010 at 1:49 pm
Allison, what kind of food and real estate stuff do you invest in? Have you entered any of the low-cost business plan contests in your area?
October 9th, 2010 at 5:14 pm
Thanks for the comment, Allison. Experts I’ve spoken to say that a great way to come up with business ideas is to ask friends and family members what would improve the quality of life–things related to work and home. What do you think?
July 9th, 2010 at 6:01 am
Nowadays, you must be super creative to have a good business idea that works.–,