What types of business plans are typically presented?
There are three competitive tracks. The Innovative Technologies track is focused on new technologies developed in UI research laboratories or from technically-gifted students who have developed their own product innovation. Some of these projects come from the Office of Technology Transfer and work with the licensing associates to move University research to the marketplace. The Small Business track is any small business start-up that provides added value to the product, service, or process where there are existing competitors. This track would also include family-owned, home-based businesses that provided added value to the end users. The Social Entrepreneurship track includes those ventures that are focused on addressing social or environmental problems and that see how the business can improve or give back to society. These businesses can be profit or non-profit. If they are non-profit, they must use the “Social Return on Investment” and estimate the impact it can have on individual
