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  • Big Bang! Business Plan Competition

    19 January 2010
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  • Table of contents:

    1. SAVE THE DATE: Entrepreneurs’ Grill Jan 27th
    2. Looking Back: Legal and IP Workshop
    3. Still looking for a team?
    4. Resources to help your team develop your idea
    5. Have a completed team?? Register Now!!

  • 1. SAVE THE DATE: Entrepreneurs’ Grill Jan 27th

    The annual Big Bang! Entrepreneurs’ Grill will be help on Wednesday, January 27th 2009 from 7pm-9pm in the Buehler Alumni Center on the UC Davis campus. For those new to the business pitch and entrepreneurship world, the “E-Grill” is your chance to see two established companies pitch their business plans to a panel of judges and venture capitalists. Experience what it is really like to pitch a business plan to a public audience. Refreshments will be provided.

    To RSVP for this event, click HERE now!

  • 2. Looking Back: Legal and IP Workshop

    The BigBang! Legal and IP workshop began with Raj Gururajan from the Technology Transfer Office at UC Davis. He spoke of UC Davis’s commitment to innovation and heavy investment in research and broke down the process of new invention to commercial profit from an Intellectual Property standpoint. UC Davis has earned several million dollars because of its intellectual property alone and holds patents on such products as strawberries and its logo trademarked.

    To share with us their legal know-how was Kevin Coyle and Scott Pink from a local office of DLA Piper LLP. DLA Piper is global law firm that not only sponsors the BigBang! Business Plan Competition, but Kevin Coyle also awards $5000 in legal services to the winners of the competition. That being said Coyle and Pink shared their experience in a wide variety of topics, namely: the importance of establishing a business structure that is appropriate given taxation consideration and liability concerns, how to protect intellectual property from a legal standpoint, and what can and cannot be trademarked.

  • 3. Still looking for a team?

    If you are looking for a team or need to get some additional teammates for your group, please view the TEAM FINDER PAGE.

    Tips on team formation:
    #1. Register your information on TEAM BUILDER PAGE so other people looking on the team can contact you.

    #2. Contact the list of people who are looking for a team on the TEAM FINDER PAGE. That way you will get more responses.

    #3. Attend our upcoming event, Entrepreneurs’ Grill (see above for details). It will be a great chance to meet prospective team members.

  • 4. Resources to help your team develop your idea

    If you would like some assistance and direction on general facts or concepts to research for your business summary and business plan development, be sure to check the RESOURCES PAGE at the Big Bang Website. On this page, you will find answers to frequently asked questions, links to external business plan development resources and in the coming weeks powerpoints of past workshop presentations.

  • 5. Have a completed team?? Register Now!!

    If you have a completed Big Bang! team, please go to the Big Bang!
    TEAM REGISTRATION PAGE and register your team and your team members.

    Things to remember when registering…

    1) Designate a TEAM LEAD.
    This person is the main contact for your team and the person who will be responsible for all official communications. This person should add bigbang@ucdavis.edu to their email list to ensure that all communications are received.

    2) One member must have UC Davis Affiliation
    At least one active member of the team must have a valid UC Davis affiliation. This member may be an alum or current student, faculty, or staff member.

    3) Note all important contest dates
    Make sure to read through the complete list of events and deadline dates at the Big Bang! EVENTS PAGE. The dates highlighted in red are deadline dates in which documents must be submitted. (IN AN EFFORT FOR FAIRNESS, NO LATE SUBMSSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED). Other important dates are the “Little Bang pitch event” and the “Big Bang! Final event” in which qualified teams will be required to attend and present their business idea. Attendance is mandatory to be considered for prize money and awards.

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