Henry A. Panasci Jr. Technology Entrepreneurship Competition

Requirements and Submission of the Business Plan

• Business plans must be for a seed, start-up or early stage venture and must address the entire business concept.
• Proposals for grants, non-profits, buy-out or expansion of an existing company, subsidiaries and research projects are not eligible.
• The business MUST NOT have generated operational revenues prior to January 1, 2007.
• Business plans are limited to 25 pages text (typed and double-spaced). Appropriate appendices may follow but will be limited to 15 pages. Business plans over these limits will not be accepted.
• Seven (7) copies of the business plan and signed terms of agreement are due to:
  The Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership
  672 Delaware Avenue
  Buffalo, NY 14209
  no later than 5:00 p.m. on March 21, 2008.
• The University at Buffalo Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership will keep on file two copies of business plans from the winning and runners-up teams for students to review in future competitions. These plans will not be removed from the center's office at the Jacobs Executive Development Center in downtown Buffalo.
• From December 18-21, 2007, students will have an opportunity to visit the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership's office to review past business plan submissions.