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  • Big Bang! Business Plan Competition

    03 November 2008
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  • Table of contents:

    1. Finance & Marketing Workshop - THIS Wednesday!
    2. New Big Bang Organizing Committee
    3. Sponsorship News
    4. Upcoming Events
    5. *NEW* Team-Building Tool
    6. Reminders

  • 1. Finance & Marketing Workshop - THIS Wednesday!

    Not sure what to include in the finance and marketing sections of your business plan? Find out at our first workshop, presented by Velocity Venture Capital.

    > Date: Wednesday November 5
    > Time: 6-8pm
    > Location: AOB IV Room 174 (UC Davis Graduate School of Management)

    PLEASE RSVP by clicking here.

    Everyone is welcome. Light refreshments will be available.

  • 2. New Big Bang Organizing Committee

    Congratulations to 2009 Big Bang Organizing Committee! This team of first-year MBA students from the UC Davis Graduate School of Management will run the contest starting in January.

    Co-Chairs: Adelina Ratner and Julia Barg
    Co-Directors of Team Management: Maria Zhao and Srinivas Muppidi
    Co-Directors of Finance and Development: Ujvalla Gupta and Sam Wainer
    Director of Contest Management: Erdem Onur Savasir
    Director of Marketing: Bob Kays

  • 3. Sponsorship News

    Thank you to DLA Piper and Velocity Venture Capital for their recent sponsorships of the 2008-09 Big Bang! Business Plan Competition.

    Interested in being a sponsor? Download this year's sponsorship packet.

  • 4. Upcoming Events

    THIS WEEK (week of November 3)

    > Big Bang! Finance/Marketing Workshop
    Wednesday November 5, 2008
    6:00 - 8:00 pm
    AOB IV Room 174
    RSVP

    NEXT WEEK (week of November 10)

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    BEYOND

    > Big Bang! and Little Bang Joint Mixer: “Speed Dating”
    Wednesday November 19, 2008
    6:00 - 8:00 pm
    AOB IV Room 174
    RSVP

    > Big Bang! Registration Period Opens
    Wednesday November 19, 2008
    *registration closes February 4, 2009

    > Big Bang! Legal and Intellectual Property Workshop
    Wednesday December 3, 2008
    6:00 - 8:00 pm
    AOB IV Room 174

    > Little Bang Idea Summary Due
    Friday December 12, 2008

  • 5. *NEW* Team-Building Tool

    We now have a "needs" page on our YouNoodle group where you can post requests for team members and find out what teams are looking for. In order to use this function, create a page for your business idea and post a need (it will automatically update the needs page). To create a page for your business idea and begin recruiting team members, click here.

    > What is YouNoodle?
    YouNoodle is an online entrepreneurial community that provides useful tools for start-ups, entrepreneurs, and business plan competitions. It is particularly useful for finding teammates, networking, and getting up-to-date contest information.

    To join our YouNoodle group, click here.

  • 6. Reminders

    > Newsletter
    The Big Bang! now sends out a weekly newsletter. Occasionally, we will send alerts for specific events or deadlines. Please add "bigbang@ucdavis.edu" to your list of trusted contacts to ensure that you receive all communications. If you don't want to receive alerts from Big Bang! in the future, please use the unsubscribe function at the bottom of this message.