Fresno State and community college students have the opportunity to win $10,000 in the annual student business plan competition sponsored by the Lyles Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at California State University, Fresno.
The contest allows students to build a business plan that they will present at the Invention to Venture workshop on May 3, 2008.
First- through third-place winners will receive cash awards to help them develop their businesses. The first-place winner will be awarded $6,500, with second- and third-place winners receiving $2,500 and $1,000, respectively.
Additionally, the first-place winner will receive one of eight office spaces in the Lyles Center Hatchery, and be automatically entered into the Draper Fisher Jurveston $250,000 Venture Challenge. The first-place winner also will win a scholarship to attend the E-Myth Leadership Intensive Seminar, a two-day event valued at $1,500.
Workshops to help students create their own business plans are offered and are open to the public as well. They arel held at the Lyles Center from 5:30-7 p.m. The schedule is as follows: March 13, “Financing Your Business;” and April 3, “Presentation Skills.”
For more information, contact Genelle Taylor at 559.347.6832.
