Business Plan Competition When: April 27, 2008 Where: MacMillan Hall 117 Time: TBA FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!   The Grand Daddy of them all! Student teams compete for $50,000 in cash prizes and in-kind services. Two rounds of judging are held. For the first round, we send the business plans to judges around the country. Multiple judges will evaluate each business plan. The top five (5) teams will be selected to present their ventures publicly at Brown University on the day of the competition. A panel of judges will award a total of $50,000 to the three (3) ventures deemed most promising. The venture deemed having the most potential will be awarded a total grant of $25,000 in cash and professional services. The two runners-up will receive total grants of $12,500 each in cash and professional services.  The three winning teams will also be able to send their business plans to the 2nd Annual DFJ East Coast Challenge, where $250,000 will be awarded!  Please click here to learn more about the DFJ East Coast Challenge.   All currently registered full-time and part-time undergraduate and graduate Brown students from any department are eligible to participate. Brown students may include non-Brown students on their teams; however, there must be substantial involvement from at least one eligible Brown student on the team. You may form a venture team of one to six persons, although studies of successful entrepreneurial teams show that a team of three to five members is the optimal size. Students are encouraged to seek the involvement and assistance of Brown faculty, staff, alumni, people outside the Brown community, and anyone who they believe might assist them in launching their venture. Both for-profit and not-for-profit ideas are welcome.   We encourage you to look at the Business Plans part of the Web site for resources, timelines, and examples of successful business plans.    Last year's final round judges included: Dave DeLuca '85, Managing Director, Lehman Brothers Mike Sanderson '65, Former CEO, NASDAQ Europe Steve Siegel ScM '83, PhD '85, Founder, Coney Island Ventures Brian Stark '77, Co-Founder, Stark Investments Jeff Stibel '99, CEO, Web.com Patrick Lo '79, CEO of Netgear Ralph Rosenberg '86, Co-founder of Goldman Sachs' Global Situations Group 2006 Business Plan Finalists Operation Happy Birthday wins the 2006 $50,000 Business Plan Competition