http://blog.shedd.us/are-we-actually-creating-startups-through-business-plan-competitions/ Blogging about the business, technology, and life of startups Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.shedd.us/are-we-actually-creating-startups-through-business-plan-competitions/comment-page-1/#comment-499 victory heights Tue, 06 Sep 2011 02:08:00 +0000 http://blog.shedd.us/?p=374944861#comment-499 Honestly fantastic weblog I'll definitely be returning to view it day-to-day sometime soon Honestly fantastic weblog I’ll definitely be returning to view it day-to-day sometime soon

]]> http://blog.shedd.us/are-we-actually-creating-startups-through-business-plan-competitions/comment-page-1/#comment-219 Creating Competition Among Business Plan Competitions Thu, 19 Aug 2010 06:25:20 +0000 http://blog.shedd.us/?p=374944861#comment-219 [...] Robert Shedd’s blog post lays out the debate and links to many critics of these contests. Overall, much of the evidence on outcomes is anecdotal. We’ll keep an eye out for whether iStart or another source will start to measure the return on investment of such competitions. [...] [...] Robert Shedd’s blog post lays out the debate and links to many critics of these contests. Overall, much of the evidence on outcomes is anecdotal. We’ll keep an eye out for whether iStart or another source will start to measure the return on investment of such competitions. [...]

]]> http://blog.shedd.us/are-we-actually-creating-startups-through-business-plan-competitions/comment-page-1/#comment-217 Creating Competition Among Business Plan Competitions - Maureen Farrell - Scaling Up - Forbes Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:17:21 +0000 http://blog.shedd.us/?p=374944861#comment-217 [...] Robert Shedd’s blog post lays out the debate and links to many critics of these contests. Overall, much of the evidence on outcomes is anecdotal. We’ll keep an eye out for whether iStart or another source will start to measure the return on investment of such competitions. [...] [...] Robert Shedd’s blog post lays out the debate and links to many critics of these contests. Overall, much of the evidence on outcomes is anecdotal. We’ll keep an eye out for whether iStart or another source will start to measure the return on investment of such competitions. [...]

]]> http://blog.shedd.us/are-we-actually-creating-startups-through-business-plan-competitions/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Robert Shedd Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:51:31 +0000 http://blog.shedd.us/?p=374944861#comment-75 Burt,<br>Thanks for the comment! The NCIIA is certainly an excellent opportunity for students - I'm glad that there were students who took advantage of the program through your class. We had multiple Advanced eTeam grants at Penn State, as well for student teams. I appreciate the thoughts on what's worked well for your class / students, too - trying to arrange credit is a good point. Thanks for the thoughts! Burt,
Thanks for the comment! The NCIIA is certainly an excellent opportunity for students – I'm glad that there were students who took advantage of the program through your class. We had multiple Advanced eTeam grants at Penn State, as well for student teams. I appreciate the thoughts on what's worked well for your class / students, too – trying to arrange credit is a good point. Thanks for the thoughts!

]]> http://blog.shedd.us/are-we-actually-creating-startups-through-business-plan-competitions/comment-page-1/#comment-73 burtswersey Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:02:03 +0000 http://blog.shedd.us/?p=374944861#comment-73 <a href="http://www.nciia.org" rel="nofollow">www.nciia.org</a> is a great source for seed money for teams. <a href="http://Ecovativedesign.com" rel="nofollow">Ecovativedesign.com</a> and <a href="http://bullexsafety.com" rel="nofollow">bullexsafety.com</a> are 2 companies that came out of my class , Inventor's Studio at RPI and were funded by NCIIA. Deadline for applications is May 7. <br>Also:<br>* providing experienced mentors really helps<br>* A "Development Plan" rather than a full Bus Plan.<br>* Accelerator would be great for $, mentoring and some space.<br>* It really helps to have the students work in a course so that they get academic credit. Unrealistic for them to work on their startups when they compete for their time with courses.<br>Check out-<br>delicious.com/swersb <br><a href="http://burtswersey.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">burtswersey.blogspot.com</a> http://www.nciia.org is a great source for seed money for teams. Ecovativedesign.com and bullexsafety.com are 2 companies that came out of my class , Inventor's Studio at RPI and were funded by NCIIA. Deadline for applications is May 7.
Also:
* providing experienced mentors really helps
* A “Development Plan” rather than a full Bus Plan.
* Accelerator would be great for $, mentoring and some space.
* It really helps to have the students work in a course so that they get academic credit. Unrealistic for them to work on their startups when they compete for their time with courses.
Check out-
delicious.com/swersb
burtswersey.blogspot.com

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