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Governor's Business Plan Contest begins
Published December 13, 2006 - BizTimes Daily
The Wisconsin Governor's Business Plan Contest is accepting entries online for the 2007 competition. Entries will be accepted now through 5 p.m. on Jan. 31, 2007.
The contest's grand prize is worth at least $50,000 in cash and services.
For their initial entries, contestants will submit 250-word idea abstracts online at www.govsbizplancontest.com. Contestants who advance to subsequent contest rounds will have the opportunity to expand their plan or idea. More than 40 judges drawn from the finance, sales, marketing, research and specific technology sectors will score the entries and provide feedback.
Managed by the Wisconsin Technology Council, the contest sprang out of conversations with Gov. Jim Doyle shortly after he was first elected in 2002. The mission of the contest is to encourage entrepreneurs in the creation, start-up and early-growth stages of high-tech businesses in Wisconsin.
More than $450,000 in cash and services have been awarded through the program since 2004.
Entrepreneurs may enter multiple ideas, so long as each idea is separate and distinct.
"The exposure given our small company as a direct result of our participation and success in the contest has and will continue to add credibility to our organization," said Eric Antonson of U.S. Trailmaps Inc., a Wausau firm that finished second in the 2006 contest's information technology category.
The four winners of 2007 will present at the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs' Conference, June 12-13, in Milwaukee.
The contest continues to seek contestants, judges and sponsors. To learn more, visit www.govsbizplancontest.com and find out how you can move your business plan off the shelf and into the marketplace.
