[BusinessGrad] Regions New Venture Challenge

[Carson, Chad]

Greetings Brock School Students!

I am emailing you to encourage you to participate in our 13th Annual Regions New Venture Challenge Business Plan Writing Competition.

Our Competition "Key Dates" are:


  *   Submissions for the Open Division and BUSA 100 Division are due by Wednesday April 7, 2021 at 4:30 pm.  Business plans for the Open Division must be submitted electronically to cmcarson at samford.edu<mailto:cmcarson at samford.edu> by the deadline to be eligible.
  *   A semi-final round will be held on the afternoon of Wednesday April 14, 2021 starting at 1:00 pm.
  *   Finalists will then have the opportunity to pitch their business plans in the Regions Community Resource Room (4th floor of Cooney Hall) on Friday April 23, 2021 starting at 9:00 am.

We have two divisions:  BUSA 100 Division and Open Division

The BUSA 100 division is for students who have or are taking BUSA 100 during the 2020-21 school year.
The prizes for the BUSA 100 division are as follows:

1st place:  $ 2,500
2nd place: $ 1,500
3rd place: $ 1,000

The Open Division is for other current Samford undergraduate or graduate students as well as recent alums.
The prizes for the Open division are as follows:

1st place:  $7,500
2nd place: $5,000
3rd place:  $2,500

Full competition details along with format are attached to this email.

I do hope that you will enter this exciting competition.  I'm happy to answer any questions that you might have about the Regions New Venture Challenge!

Good Luck!

Dean Carson

Charles M. (Chad) Carson, Ph.D.
Dean and Professor of Management
Brock Family Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship
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