International Business Plan Competition Call for Proposals: All Graduate Students may Register to compete for $25,000 before Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists at the University of San Francisco 2004 International Business Plan Competition.

The University of San Francisco International Business Plan Competition is now accepting business plan proposals from all graduate students for its 2004 International Business Plan Competition. Student Entrepreneurs will compete for the opportunity to present their best business ideas before leading Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists and Chief Executives. Total Cash Prizes are $25,000.

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) October 9, 2003--Today the University of San Francisco announced that the Call for Proposals period continues for its next international business plan competition, to be held on April 1-3, 2004, in San Francisco. The competition is located in the global epicenter of entrepreneurship, and it is internationally recognized for providing participating graduate students with unprecedented exposure to premier venture capital firms. Previous judges have included partners with Benchmark Capital, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, among many others.

Students compete directly for total cash prizes of $25,000, but more importantly, they vie for the opportunity to present their ideas to many of the worlds most respected and influential investors," said Professor Mark Cannice, Director of the Competition at USF.

We got two great investment leads through VC judges approaching us after the pitches, which may lead to the next step in making this idea a reality," said Gerrit Van Roekel, founder of MicroReactor Technologies, 2003 competition finalist, and U.C. Berkeley student.

Currently enrolled graduate students should submit a three to five page executive summary of their seed stage start-up for consideration. The proposal submission deadline is February 10, 2004, although early submissions are encouraged with lodging scholarship opportunities. More information regarding the competition and submission guidelines can be found by visiting http://www.businessplancompetition.org.

In April 2003 Entrepreneur Magazine ranked the University of San Francisco among the Top 100 Entrepreneurial Universities in the United States.

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