Sponsored by

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• Sponsored by
• A. Lorne Weil 71

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Competition Description

• Outrageous ideas
• GreenWare
• Flocabulary
• Large market scope
• Compelling business model
• Exposure to VCs, Angels,
• Funniest competition anywhere!!

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Prizes

• Total Prize amount 14,000
• Allocation based on the discretion of the judges
• Sample allocation
• 1st Prize - 5,000
• 2nd Prize - 3,000
• 3rd Prize - 1,000
• Social - 5,000
• No strings attached prizes!!!

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Competition Format

• Exactly 2 minute elevator pitch
• Pitches screened to judges (1 hr)
• 5/6 pitches selected
• 7 minute business presentation
• Q A by judges
• 4/5 winners!!!

One 2006 Winning Pitch Flocabulary http//merlin.
gsb.columbia.edu8080/ramgen/video3/centers/Lang/F
locabulary.rm OBPC Highlights http//merlin.gsb.c
olumbia.edu8080/ramgen/video3/centers/Lang/OBPhig
hlights.rm
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Competition Rules

• The participating team must have at least one
  member that is a current Columbia Business School
  student (full time or EMBA).
• That student must have a significant role in the
  proposed business entity.
• Teams may consist of one to four people.

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Critical Deadlines

• Deadline for Executive Summaries
• 1159pm, Sunday, March 23rd
• Deadline for PowerPoint Presentation
• 1159pm, Sunday, March 30th
• Elevator Pitches
• 700pm, Thursday, April 3rd
• Competition Event
• 100pm, Friday, April 4th  

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Last Years Winners

• GreenWare, a line of disposable plates, cups and
  bowls that are organic and biodegradable.
• ChallengePost, a market-driven, problem-solving
  website that facilitates group action.
• BioDiesel, a biofuel retailing business
• KidsLunch.Com, a web service for ordering
  nutritious school lunches
• T-Source, a provider of customized apparel
  exclusively for online communities.

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Words of Wisdom

• The judges respect an honest speaker over flash
  - someone who will use the money for their idea
  and not beers at the West End, and someone who
  not only understands why their idea is great, but
  understands and shows respect for the challenges
  they are up against.
• 1st Place the Audience Favorite Award - 6,000
  - Michael Dwork 07
• Part one, the elevator pitch is a crap shoot
  just practice because it is weird being in the
  elevator. I practiced for 2 hours talking into
  the bottom of a coke can my friend was holding.
• 1st Place the Audience Favorite Award - 6,000
  - Michael Dwork 07
• The competition is intense, but FUN! Rise to
  the challenge, pressure test your business ideas
  in front of first class entrepreneurs and VCs and
  get real-time feedback.
• 2nd Place - 5,000 - Brandon Kessler EMBA 07

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Other Events and Services on Campus

• The Entrepreneurial Sounding Board
• CEO Supercharger
• Lang Fund Process

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Outrageous Business Plan Competition

• Q A