Downing Enterprise
2010 Competition
Do you want the chance to win up to £25,000 to fund a business idea? Do you have a great invention and need some help to get it off the ground? Would you like support and advice from experienced Downing College alumni?
Then you need to apply to the Downing Enterprise Competition!
Have a look at the Rules and Procedures on this website and describe your idea on no more than four pages of A4. Send this with your entry form to the Development Director by 5.30pm, Friday, 18th December 2009.
If the Downing Enterprise Board likes your idea they will offer you £500 to spend on developing a Business Plan and allocate a Mentor to help you. You will then be invited to London in May 2010 to make a pitch (like Dragon's Den but friendlier!) and a golden opportunity to win up to £25,000 as either a grant or a loan to fund your business.
For more information contact Tariq Sadiq, Director of Development, ts364, and look out for details of a meeting in College soon with members of Downing Enterprise where you can find out more.
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Congratulations to AI Speech and Project Dirt; both teams won funding in the 2009 Downing Enterprise Competition.
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Downing Enterprise is a competition for students of Downing College and those who graduated in the last ten years. A group of alumni have put together a fund to provide start-up grants for student business ideas which are selected through an annual competition. The alumni also act as competititon judges and mentors to the winning teams.
These pages provide information and details of how to apply.