SOI Asia is happy to host a Business and Gesttion Plan Contest on coming 13 January, 2016, to cultivate the environment for the potential entrepreneurs in the region and to prepare for efficient fund matching opportunity with research asset originated from universities.
Business and Gestation Plan Contest at SOI Asia 2015/16
- Building the future from Asia
- For All Innovators
Paper submission due : 11 December 2015, 24:00 [GMT+9]
Final presentation contest : 13 January 2016, 11:10 [GMT+9]

"Technology entrepreneurship gives us capabilities to prove whether our technology is accepted and can benefit to people, and may derive our economic incentives" - Statement from
2008 Spring SOI Asia meeting in Keio, Japan

Purpose

SOI Asia is glad to host the 8th Business and Gestation Plan Contest ( previous know as Business Plan Contest) on coming 13 January 2016, to cultivate the environment for the potential entrepreneurs in the region and to prepare for efficient fund matching opportunity with research asset originated from universities. This contest is hosted by SOI Asia Business Platform LLP that engages in entrepreneur assistance, and supported by Universities in SOI Asia network. We wish to promote the entrepreneur development by the students, faculty members, researchers and graduates from the SOI Asia partner institutions through this contest.

Netmedis, Contest Winner 2012/13

Kyubi, Contest Winner 2013/14

Edhet, Contest Winner 2014/15

Target Participants

i) Business can be any industry, involving ICT, for profit or non-profit purpose
ii).Must be in a team, with minimum 3 to 5 members
- CEO must be student from SOI Asia Universities
- Members can be exisitng student/ alumni/ lecturer
* With interest to learn how to make plan and take actions from idea into minimum prototype that can be validated by end user in next 12 months as part of gestation outcome

Submission Procedure

Please download this format [Click Business and Gestation Plan Template] and fill in your ideas to be submitted from the following file uploader by:                      

                    Date: 11 December 2015 (Fri), 24:00 GMT+9 (refer to Japan timing)

You can also use your own format, but we strongly recommend that you use the provided format

Evaluation Criteria

Evaluation is done based on 4 components :
i)   Entrepreneur
ii)  Business Model
iii) Finance
iv) Venture Gestation

Evaluation Criteria