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TOP DAWG Idea Pitch Competition
The TOP
DAWG Idea Pitch is the launching off point to turning ideas
into reality. For the past two years, the Idea Pitch has
given students at Louisiana Tech an opportunity to voice
their new ideas and innovations and a chance to venture into
the world of entrepreneurship. To enter, students must
answer five questions about their idea and then give an oral
presentation of their answers to a panel of judges and the
student body. The top ten winners will receive a cash prize
after they compete in the TOP DAWG Business Plan Competition
for a chance to win more money and move a step closer to
making their dream a reality. The main goal of this event is
to create awareness to ALL students that entrepreneurship is
not just for the business savvy and engineers, but for
anyone who has ideas about how to improve the world around
them. This event allows the participants to meet
like-minded individuals on campus and make connections with
those outside the campus who are in the field.
"Our success has really been based on partnerships from the
very beginning."
- Bill Gates
“There will come a
time when big opportunities will be presented to you, and
you’ve got to be in a position to take advantage of them.”
–
Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart Inc.
TOP DAWG Business Plan Competion
In
October 2002, the Association of Business, Engineering, and
Science Entrepreneurs (ABESE) founded the Louisiana Tech TOP
DAWG Business Plan Competition. The competition is designed
to give students an opportunity to start business ventures
and gain real-world experience as entrepreneurs by creating
business plans based on the top ten ideas from the TOP DAWG
Idea Pitch. Multidisciplinary teams participating in the
competition are comprised of undergraduate students,
graduate students and recent alumni. The 1st, 2nd,
and 3rd place teams receive prize money that can
be used to fund their ideas and make them a reality.
Eligibility for the prize money requires a team to produce a
written business plan and give an oral presentation of the
plan to a panel of judges. The teams must consist of 2 – 6
members comprised of undergraduates, graduate students, and
alumni who have graduated within the past year. The key
objective of this event is promote and nurture a culture of
innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship across the
Louisiana Tech campus which will encourage graduates to
remain in this area and stimulate economic development in
North Louisiana.
“I've
been blessed to find people who are smarter than I am, and
they help me to execute the vision I have.”
-Russell Simmons, founder of Def Jam
“The
critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing
something. It’s as simple as that. A lot of people have
ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about
them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true
entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.”
-Nolan
Bushnell, founder of Atari & Chuck E. Cheese’s
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