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TiE-ISB Business Plan competition

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Extracts from the press release:

TiE-ISB Connect is back with its highly successful business plan competition. Entrepreneurs are invited to submit a maximum of 5 page abstract of their business idea to TiE-ISB Connect Committee to qualify for an elevator pitch with leading Venture Capitalists in November. Applications for the 2007 business plan competition are available at www.tie-isbconnect.com. The last date for submission of Business Plans is 31st August 2007.

The competition is designed to encourage entrepreneurs in the creation, start-up and early-growth stages of businesses. Participants have a chance to win face to face interaction with leading VCs and Business Leaders for finding capital and strike business alliances that will help them launch and grow their businesses. The TiE-ISB Connect '07 conference, organized by the TiE-Hyderabad Chapter and the Wadhwani Centre for Entrepreneurship Development at ISB, will be held at the ISB Campus on November 14-16, 2007.

Arun Natarajan is the Founder & CEO of Venture Intelligence, the leading provider of information and networking services to the Private Equity and Venture Capital ecosystem in India. View sample issues of Venture Intelligence India newsletters and reports.

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