LSU Student Incubator's 2nd Annual Venture Challenge
$25,000 cash will be awarded to 4 student companies during the live final round on April 19, 2013
Do you have a big idea?
The 2nd Annual Venture Challenge will showcase LSU’s brightest student entrepreneurs and provide their businesses with access to the capital and resources needed to achieve long-term success.
The Venture Challenge is looking to support new, independent ventures in the early growth stage. The startup venture must be a current member of the
LSU Student Incubator. All LSU students are encouraged to become a member of the Student Incubator.
Click here to apply! Any startup venture that fits these requirements, including non-profits, can enter.
LSU Student Incubator Members must present all final round plans.
For more information, please join us for the 2013 Venture Challenge Information Session on January 23 in room 1120 at the BEC. More details and registration is
here.
We will host a series of five (5) free workshops for emerging student entrepreneurs. The "New Venture Workshop" series will provide guidance needed to successfully launch or grow a business. Each session will focus on a different aspect of the business planning process:
From Idea to Application: The Planning Process Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Generating your Business Model: understand the components of your business and design a game-changing business model
Legal Structure and Intellectual Property
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Explains business structure, ownership, trademark, patents and other intellectual property and legal issues
Entrepreneurial Marketing
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Market research and industry analysis: target market, competition profile, distribution, promotion, price, SWOT and competitive advantage
Entrepreneurial Finance
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
What angels look for: Developing projections and setting expectations
Pitching Your Idea
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
How to prepare your pitch – what should be included and what should be left out, presentation and delivery, investor lingo and what to expect during negotiations
All workshops will be held in room 1800 at the Business Education Complex from 5-6PM on the specified date above. Sign-in will start at 4:45PM. The sessions are FREE and only open to current LSU students. Registration is requested and can be completed by
clicking here or contacting Shannon McCormick at
smccormick@lsu.edu or 225-578-3333.
2. Submit Your Business Plan
All business plans must be submitted on the
Pitchburner platform by March 15, 2013. Plans can be continually updated until the deadline is reached.
3. Present Your Idea
The top 4 scoring plans will advance to the final live round of the Venture Challenge, which will take place on April 19, 2013 at the Crowne Plaza Baton Rouge. If selected, you will give a 10-minute presentation to both the panel of judges and a live audience followed by a 10-minute question and answer session from the panel of judges. In both rounds, the panel of judges will be made up of members of LSU and local business communities.
4. Win cash for your business