It's not too late to enter the DES's business plan
competition!

If you want to enter - and gain a chance at winning the
$2,500 FIRST PLACE PRIZE - follow the instructions below
carefully!

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO?

- Come up with a business idea. This can be ANYTHING, as
long as you believe it can sell!
- Submit a three- to four-sentence proposal for your
business idea to the DES blitz account by TOMORROW (Monday) NIGHT!
- After you've entered yourself in the competition by
submitting this short proposal, you'll need to begin to
write a one- to two-page executive summary that outlines
your business plan.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

- Once you submit your executive summary, the DES will
judge each of them and select the top three. We'll announce these
top three plans by Monday, April 25.
- Between April 25 and May 5, Gregg Fairbrothers, a
professor at Tuck, will mentor these top three groups to
help them prepare for their final presentations. Professor
Fairbrothers has been involved in myriad entrepreneurial
ventures and is a walking dictionary on anything
entrepreneurial.
- The top three groups will go on to the final round on
the evening of Thursday, May 5. These final three
contestants will present their ideas via PowerPoint
presentations to a panel of judges who are REAL
ENTREPRENEURS: Rob Adams, President of Simon Pearce; John
Pepper, CEO of Boloco; and Phil Ferneau, co-founder and a
manager partner at Borealis Ventures; and Jake Dwyer, vice president of business  
development of Instinctiv, Inc. The judges will
select the first, second, and third place winners.
- The prize money is as follows: $2,500 for the first
place winner, $500 for second place, and $200 for third
place.
- More important than the prize money, however, is the
exposure and the feedback you'll gain from the process.
Having your ideas critiqued by entrepreneurs is by far the
most helpful part. And gaining connections to the three
entrepreneurs who are judging the contest is invaluable.

COMPETITION TIMELINE:

- MONDAY, MARCH 28: submit your three- to four-sentence
proposal for your business idea to the DES blitz account.
- WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13: submit your one- to two-page
executive summary, also to the DES blitz account.
- MONDAY, APRIL 25: the DES announces the top three plans.
These three plans will go onto the final round of the
competition.
- MONDAY, APRIL 25: Thursday, May 5: Professor Gregg
Fairbrothers will mentor the remaining three groups in the
days leading up to the final presentations of the plans.
- THURSDAY, MAY 5: the final round of the competition. The
top three plans will make it to this final round. The
three judges will choose the first, second, and third
place winners.


If you'd like any more information at all on the
competition, please blitz "Dartmouth Entrepreneurial
Society." We have a sheet with instructions on writing an
executive summary - which is actually much simpler than
you'd think - and we can give you several sample executive
summaries for you to use as templates for your own.

Thanks for your interest!

DES