Structure

• Stage I (The Prelims)

Participating teams of maximum three members each will submit the Executive summaries of their business plans. The Executive summaries will be evaluated on the basis of concept, business overview, strategy of execution, market opportunity, organization structure & financials. 20 best teams will go to the stage II. 


• Stage II (B-Plan Submission)

The 20 selected teams each will submit their detailed B-plans in the format specified. Real life entrepreneurs from the industry will evaluate these B-plans and will shortlist the best 5 B-plans.


• Stage III (The Mentorship)

In this stage each of the 5 selected teams will receive a complete 3 weeks of mentorship from some of the very good entrepreneurs who have made their name in the respective fields. This gives the teams a chance to utilize and capitalize on knowledge, experience and enthusiasm of the esteemed mentors and bring out a refined B-plan.


• The Grand Finale

Each team with mentors along side will present its B-Plan to an eminent jury during Empresario, an annual entrepreneurial summit of NITIE. The jury will include some of the leading VCs, Incubators, Bankers, etc. from the industry. The jury will select top 2 b-plans, who will be awarded during the final day ceremony on 16^th oct 2011.

Important Dates:

• Registration & Executive Summary submission begins: 17 ^th Aug 2011, 12:01 A.M.
• Registrations open till: 30 ^th Aug 2011, 11:59 P.M.
• Executive Summary submission ends on: 1 ^st Sep 2011, 11:59 P.M.
• Announcement of Stage 1 results on: 8 ^th Sep 2011
   
• Submission of detailed B-Plans ends on: 15 ^th Sep 2011, 11:59 P.M.
• Announcement of 5 finalists on: 22 ^th Sep 2011
   
• Mentorship Begins on: 24 ^th Sep 2011
• Submission of Final B-Plan and Presentations on: 12 ^th Oct 2011, 11:59 P.M.
   
• Presentation of B-Plans to Jury on: 16 ^th Oct 2011

Prizes:

Prizes worth INR 60,000 to be won.

Opportunity to get funding from VC's.

Rules and Procedures

• The B-Plan Contest is open to all students of management, technology & engineering institutes.
• A team can have a maximum of three students.
• No student can be a part of more than one team.
• One team can submit only one entry.
• The members of the team may not be necessarily from the same institute.
• There is no restriction on the number of teams from an institute.

• Register yourself at http://empresario.nitie.in & note your identification no. (ID No.) and use this ID No. as reference for all further communications.
• Send your executive summary to bplan.nitie@gmail.com with the subject of the mail as Bplan_ID No.
• Executive summary should be in PDF or DOC format.
• The executive summary should be of maximum four pages including cover page.
• Cover page should contain ID No., Team Name, B-Plan Title, Team leaders information (name, email id and contact number), Course (Engg., Management, Science etc.) & Institute Name along with other members information.
• Executive summary will be evaluated on the aspects of the concept, business overview, strategy of execution, market opportunity, organization structure & financials.
• Format details: Times New Roman, 12 point, 1.5 line spacing, 1" margins all around, A-4 page.
• Name your file as ID No._Team Name.
• Team Empresario will ensure that all the entries are kept absolutely confidential.

• B-Plan should be in PDF or DOC format.
• Final B-Plan should not exceed 10 pages.
• Format details: Times New Roman, 12 point, 1.5 line spacing, 1" margins all around, A-4 page.
• Final B-Plan would be evaluated on the basis of following points:
  
  • Executive Summary
  • Business Overview
  • Execution Plan
  • Management strategy
  • Market Opportunity
  • Market Solution
  • Profitability and Financial Analysis
  • Risks and Exit strategy
    

Winners

Stage-II Result

Click here to download B-Plan 2011 Stage-II result.

Stage-I Result

Click here to download B-Plan 2011 Stage-I result.

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