Competition Calendar 2009 - 2010

To create a successful business plan entrepreneurs must ask themselves key questions, such as: Does the product or service work? Will anyone buy it? Does the organization of the business work? Will this make a profit? Does it deliver social and economic value?

The seminars offered below are intended to help potential entrepreneurs answer these questions and many others. Seminar speakers may change, and locations are TBA. Sign up for announcements of additional events: 1) at any one of these informational sessions or 2) click here!

Competition brochure with key information.

 

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September 10, 2009	Ideafest: Learn about the Tong, Schoofs and Burrill Competitions as well as other key campus entrepreneurship experiences 5:30-6:30pm, 1610 Engineering Hall
September 17, 2009	Ideafest: Learn about the Tong, Schoofs and Burrill Competitions as well as other key campus entrepreneurship experiences 5:30-6:30pm, Grainger Hall, room 4151
September 24, 2009	Ideafest: Learn about the Tong, Schoofs and Burrill Competitions as well as other key campus entrepreneurship experiences 5:30-6:30pm, Sellery Hall, Main Lounge
October 8, 2009	Seminar: "Building a business plan" Speaker: Eric Brown, Consultant 5:00-6:30pm, Sellery Hall Room 29
October 15, 2009	Seminar: "Exploring the marketplace" Speaker: Michael Enyart, UW-Madison Business Library 5:00-6:30pm, Sellery Hall rroom 29
October 22, 2009	Seminar: "Choosing the legal form of a business" Speaker: Forthcoming 5:00-6:30pm, Sellery Hall Room 29
October 29, 2009	Seminar: "From product to production" Speaker: Chad Sorenson 5:30-7:00pm, 1610 Engineering Hall ** PLEASE NOTE TIME & PLACE **
November 5, 2009	Seminar: "Financial projections " Speaker: Phil Greenwood, CPA 5:00-6:30pm, Sellery Hall Room 29
January 28, 2010	Seminar: "Beyond patenting and defending" Speaker: To be announced 5:00-6:30pm, Sellery Hall Room 29
February 11, 2010	Mini Competition plans due (optional) - Email your entry by 4:00 pm to burrill@bus.wisc.edu for a chance to win an additional $250 on the competition day!
February 25, 2010	Seminar: "Setting up a retailing venture " Speaker: Jerry O'Brien, Director, Ctr. for Retail Excellence 5:00-6:30pm, Sellery Hall Room 29
March 11, 2010	Seminar: "Approaching the media " Speaker: Melissa Anderson, PR Director, WSOB 5:00-6:30pm, Sellery Hall Room 29
March 29 – April 2, 2010	Spring break
April 8, 2010	Written business plans due in Grainger 2296 by Noon. Please bring: 1) seven (7) stapled hard copies of the plan with attached entry form, 2) one (1)  public disclosure form and 3) a USB key containing 1 pdf copy of the plan
April 15, 2010	Mock competition, Grainger Hall, multiple rooms
April 19, 2010	Burrill final Powerpoint presentations due at INSITE in Grainger Hall 2296. [PLEASE NOTE: all presentations must be in Microsoft PowerPoint format; other presentation files made using software such as Keynote or Flash will not be permitted]
April 22, 2010	Student dinner celebration at Sellery Hall - Main Lounge, time forthcoming
April 23, 2010	Business plan judging and awards day