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ECOnomics: The Environmental Business Plan Challenge.

  • 1.  ECOnomics: The Environmental Business Plan Challenge.

    Posted 11-11-2005 11:34

    Dear ONE and ENT Members;

     

    If you have not seen it yet, GE is hosting an Environmental Business Plan Challenge in cooperation with Dow Jones.  The competition is open to the public, but they are interested in getting submissions from student teams.  Please see below for the details.  On a related note, the deadline for intent to compete forms for the CU Leeds School's Sustainable Venturing Business Plan Competition is November 21.  See http://leeds.colorado.edu/entrep/interior.aspx?id=295,411,484,1889 for further information.  Best, Tom

     

     

     

    Thomas J. Dean

    Anderson Professor of Entrepreneurial Development

    Faculty Director, Deming Center for Entrepreneurship
    Leeds School of Business
    University of Colorado at Boulder
    419 UCB
    Boulder, CO 80309-0419

     

    303-492-3282

    303-492-5962 (fax)

    tom.dean@colorado.edu
    http://leeds.colorado.edu

     

     

     

    From: Business Plan Challenge [mailto:BusinessPlanChallenge@dowjones.com]
    Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 9:26 AM
    To: Deantj@colorado.edu
    Subject: ECOnomics: The Environmental Business Plan Challenge.

     

     

    http://www.smartmoney.com/ge/

     

     

     Hi Tom,

     

     

    GE and Dow Jones are inviting students across the United Sates to submit their eco-friendly business ideas at www.dowjones.com/ge. All submissions must be entered online. 

    • The winner will receive  $50,000 in seed money to further his or her business idea.
    • The winner will be honored at an event hosted by GE and Dow Jones.
    • Four finalists and the winner will be profiled in print ads in Barron's, Smart Money and the Wall Street Journal and on WSJ.com, SmartMoney.com and MarketWatch.com.  

     

    To enter, participants must submit their business plan ideas through the contest website, dowjones.com/ge, from October 15th through December 15th, 2005.

    Details including complete judging criteria, official rules and eligibility requirements are available online.

     

    GE and Dow Jones are committed to supporting environmentally conscious business ventures. We hope that you will help us to get the word out about this business plan challenge.

     

    Please let me know what other information you might need.

    If there are other people or groups that we should be contacting, please let me know.

     

    Thank you, 

     

    Mary B. Gallatin
    Program Development Director
    Dow Jones Integrated Solutions
    phone: 212.597.5673