| Business Model Competition: Two thirds of your grade is based on your Business Model and hand-in and one third for your Presentation. | Teams: This practicum is to be done in teams of from two to four students. |
| You will prepare a business model for an enterprise that you can self launch using bootstrap capital and smart marketing (using guerrilla and/or social marketing). See for example: http://qwantz.com/ and http://gradeatechs.com/, and other Student Case Studies. | Students present their Business Models for their Learn By Doing Practicum; this is your entry into the Business Model Competition. The top five student teams go on to compete in the University of Ottawa's Wes Nicol Business Plan Competition and the top team may be eligible for the Nicol Competition National Finals. |
| How to make a great Elevator Pitch: http://www.dramatispersonae.org/HowToMakeAGreatElevatorPitch.doc | Elevator Pitch: Marking Grid |
| Online Registration: Business Model Competition and Wes Nicol Business Plan Competition | Biz Model Comp: Marking Grid |
| Judges 2010: | Student Preparation: READ THIS! |
 Scott Annan is a serial entrepreneur who co-founded Mercury Grove 5 years ago and has built custom software solutions for industry leaders including Tempur-Pedic, Applebee's, Coleman, and Proctor & Gamble, and recently launched Network Hippo, a viral-growth network relationship management website. He is also the co-founder of Startup Ottawa, Techdrifters - a network for independent technical workers, and is launching a new application, Web Collaboration in March of this year. |
 Dan Cardamore, former Entrepreneurialist Culture student, brilliant techie, great Dad and Founder of HLD.ca, High Level Design. |
 JP Chartier, former Entrepreneurialist Culture student, Project Manager, Hewlett-Packard. |
