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UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition

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
Status: Active
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, Nanotech, Real Estate, Retail, Sports, Travel
Location: Berkeley, CA, USA
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.

EVENTS

Upcoming Events

  • Mixer at UC San Francisco
    21 January 2009, 05:00PM

    We will be holding a final networking event for budding entrepreneurs to meet potential team-mates and share ideas at UCSF in San Francisco. Details will follow shortly.

COMMENTS (3)

  • Jordan Pease Jordan Pease wrote (1 week ago):

    webfam.com is looking for a talented MBA candidate to add to our founding team and help with financial modeling/projections in the Berkeley Business Plan Competition. Check out our profile or website for more information.

  • Naren Pendyal Naren Pendyal wrote (3 weeks ago):

    www.bigfatprize.com is Looking for Berkeley student, faculty, staff or an alumnus of the University of California at Berkeley to join our team to Participate in UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition.

    1) Looking for Team Member (Marketing/Online Marketing) from University of California at Berkeley

    2) Looking for Team Member (Creative Writer / Blogger/ Journalist) from University of California at Berkeley

    3) Looking for Team Member (Search Engine Optimization (SEO)) from University of California at Berkeley

  • Ornwassa Siamseranee Ornwassa Siamseranee wrote (1 month ago):

    Hi Everyone!

    Just a gentle reminder that Team Registration is now available.
    http://bplan.berkeley.edu/i...

    Register your team online and submit executive summary by 5 pm on January 28, 2009.

    Good luck to you all!
    BPlan team

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  • Rebeca Hwang

    Korean-Argentine finishing her PhD at Stanford. Addicted to startups and entrepreneurship. Life ADD & Loves travelling.

  • Katie Swinerton

    International Relations graduate from Stanford University, pursuing MBA at Berkeley.

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    Colombian, 27, Systems Engineer, Manager Business, Master in Sciences Computer with mayor in Information security.

  • tony mignot

    MBA 2010 Candidate, Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley

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