Business Plan Competition
Each year the National AIBL Program hosts a National Business Plan Competition designed to encourage students to awaken their entrepreneurial spirit. We challenge students to bring their business ideas to life.
Guidelines and Rules:
1. You must submit a business plan following AIBL’s Business Plan Outline. This business plan must describe a current or planned chapter owned and operated business. To be considered a chapter effort, your chapter business venture must involve, at minimum, two AIBL members.
2. We will also accept individual business plans only if the AIBL chapter agrees to use this plan as a way to help individual members start a business. To be considered a chapter effort, the plan must involve, at minimum, two AIBL members.
3. Your business must offer a tangible product(s) or service that you can market and sell.
4. New! There is no limit on the number of business plans submitted from one chapter. The more the merrier, just remember you will be competing against one another.
5. The competition will be separated into the following categories:
•K-8
•High School
•Tribal College*
•University*
*The Tribal College and University category may be put into one category if we do not receive at least three business plans in each category.
6. New! The deadline for written plan is March 6, 2009. You have two options to submit your plan, email or mail hard copy. Emailed submissions must be in PDF format. NO OTHER FORMATS WILL BE ACCEPTED! If you choose to mail a hard copy it must be postmarked on or before the deadline and must be an UNBOUND original. It is your responsibility to verify that we receive your plan. Please be sure to label files with the name of YOUR chapter. It is difficult to differentiate between files that are labeled “AIBL Business Plan”.
7. Business plans must be typed, single or double-spaced and in the following format:
•1 inch top & bottom margins
•1.25 left & right margins
•Times New Roman Font (12 Pitch)
8. New! The presentation portion of this competition is due on March 20, 2009. You may email or mail the presentation. The presentation must be in Microsoft PowerPoint format. If your presentation is too large to email you must mail a CD or USB, post marked on or before deadline. It is your responsibility to verify that we receive your presentation. Please be sure to label files with the name of YOUR chapter. It is difficult to differentiate between files that are labeled “AIBL presentation.”
9. A laptop computer and LCD projector will be provided at the competition. Due to limited time you will not be allowed to use your own equipment.
10. The oral presentation will be a 15 minute presentation. A time keeper will notify you at the 2 minute mark. When time is up the chapter must stop.
11. Business Plans and Presentations will not be returned. Contents of the plan and presentation will be held strictly confidential.
12. New! You will have the opportunity to practice your presentation at the conference daily from 8:00 am – 9:00 am or during lunch break.
13. No AIBL Chapter can submit a previously submitted business plan.
14. ALL student chapter members who complete the entry requirements will be allowed to participate in the AIBL Business Competition. Each business plan submitted must adequately address all areas of the Tribal Business Plan Competition Outline. Incomplete plans will be disqualified.
15. Cash prizes are awarded. Tribal College & University awards are 1st Place $1000, 2nd Place $500, 3rd Place $250. High School Category awards are 1st Place $750, 2nd Place $375, 3rd Place $187.50. K-8 awards are 1st Place $500, 2nd Place $250, 3rd Place $125.
16. A panel of entrepreneurs, financial professionals, educators, and tribal leaders judge the business plans submitted for this competition.
If you have any questions regarding the AIBL Business Plan Competition, please contact Jodi Hunter-Ivins at:
jodi.hunter-ivins@aibl.org
1-877-245-AIBL (2425)
Good Luck!
2009 BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION MATERIALS
Business Plan Competition Packet
Business Plan Competition Outline
Business Plan Competition Registration Form
Business Plan Competition Judges Scoring Sheet
HELPFUL TIPS FOR PRESENTING
Best Presentation Practices
