SOI Asia Business and Gestation Plan Contest 2015/16
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.
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| Netmedis, Contest Winner 2012/13 |
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| Kyubi, Contest Winner 2013/14 |
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| 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
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| Evaluation Criteria |
Prominent specialists as judges from many fields: e.g. IT technology, Management, Intellectual Property, Financial Sector, Accountant and University faculty members will be invited as contest judges.
Evaluation Process & Result
Announcement of finalist teams : To be announced on 23 December 2015
Final Presentation (for finalist only)
The finalist teams will make a 8-10 min powerpoint presentation (including any video presentation or demonstration)
Followed by a Q&A session
Date : 13 January 2016 (Wed), 11:10 - 12:40 (GMT+9) (refer to Japan timing)
*Judgement will be based on business plan and presentation
-Announcement of Contest Winner: 27 January 2016
Method: Contest Website and email (for finalist only)
Contest Incentive
i) Certificate Recognition as the "SOI Asia Best Business Plan 2015/16"
ii) Venture Gestation Support Program (online and onsite) for 9-12 months*
- A onsite 3 day- 2 nigh gestation worshop in home country of winner (Feb or Mar 2016)
- Minimum quarterly online gestation consultation through SOI Asia system
* Subjected to the gestation conditions
iii) Overseas Guest Speaker Presentation Opportunity
- As an educational case based on student based venture gestation (based on 12-month gestation)
- Airticket and accomodation to be covered for **two nomimated representatives" from winning team
*Above coDuration is subjected to change based on the business plan
** The participating team should have 3- 5 members
Language
The documents and presentations should be in English.
Source: www.soi.asia/lectures/categories/89-entrepreneurship/331-business-contest-2015
Source: www.soi.asia/lectures/categories/89-entrepreneurship/331-business-contest-2015
