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UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition 2009-2010

Founded in 1999, the competition has evolved to become the marquee entrepreneurship event at Berkeley, and one of the nation’s foremost business plan competitions, nurturing entrepreneurial action across the UC Berkeley community.

Group type: Competition
Focus: Business Plans
Organizer: Student-run
Funding: Corporate Sponsors, Self-generated Revenue
Industries: Biotech, Cleantech, Computing, Education, Entertainment, Financial, Food and Drink, Gaming, Health, Information Technology, Internet, Lifestyle, Media, Mobile, Nanotech, Real Estate, Retail, Sports, Travel
Location: Berkeley, CA
Website: http://bplan.berkeley.edu

ABOUT US

Founded in 1999, the UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition has continued to evolve as a leading Bay Area event and one of the nation's foremost business plan competitions.

The competition gives students, alumni and local entrepreneurs the opportunity to work together to turn innovative ideas into real businesses. The event also brings together the finest research and technology ideas from both UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco. Each year participants develop business plans that are based on some of the most exciting new technologies. Last year more than 200 aspiring entrepreneurs entered plans in areas as diverse as nanotechnology, biotechnology, computing services and software, consumer goods, financial services, and the Internet.

COMMENTS (15)

  • Kandra Chan Kandra Chan wrote (5 days ago):

    A friendly note that the next UC Berkeley Entrepreneurial Best Practice Session is "Building Better Business Models" and will be on Feb 9th, 2010 - at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business (Room change: Andersen Auditorium). The Best Practice series are always open to all!

    Additional details located here:
    http://entrepreneurship.berkeley.edu/resources/bestpracti...

  • Kandra Chan Kandra Chan wrote (1 week ago):

    Another Exciting Event, hosted by the UC Berkeley Engineering Department:
    *BEARS Business Plan Poster Session*
    Extra opportunity to test your ideas in front of real VCs

    Date: Thursday, February 11, 2010
    Time: 12:00noon-2:00pm
    Location: Soda Hall, Wozniak Lounge

    BEARS is an annual symposium where Berkeley Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department exhibit its brightest achievements to date.

    This event attracts many VCs and industry partners and provides /*YOU*/, a team in the BBPC 2010, a great opportunity to get feedback before the
    next phase of the competition.

    This event in the past has been met with great enthusiasm. Please register at:

    http://BerkeleyEntrepreneurship.info

    You can also find out more about BEARS at:

    http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/BEARS/

    For more information, please contact: jike@berkeley.edu

  • Kandra Chan Kandra Chan wrote (1 week ago):

    A friendly note that the next UC Berkeley Entrepreneurial Best Practice Session is "Building Better Business Models" and will be on Feb 9th, 2010 - at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. The Best Practice series are always open to all!

    Additional details located here:
    http://entrepreneurship.berkeley.edu/resources/bestpracti...

  • Kandra Chan Kandra Chan wrote (2 weeks ago):

    A reminder that the 3-page executive summary for the UC Berkeley Business Plan competition is due on January 27, 2010.

    Further details and the Executive Summary Package are located on the UC Berkeley Business Plan website: http://bplan.berkeley.edu

    Thanks and Good Luck!

  • Kandra Chan Kandra Chan wrote (1 month ago):

    Happy New Year!

    A friendly reminder that your 3-page executive summary is due by January 27, 2010. Additional details and the Executive Summary Package are located on the bplan website: http://bplan.berkeley.edu

    Thanks!

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