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News A Competition that opens doors
Description: Fasshe John Frost, director of international company Swedish Bar Systems, credits the Business Plan Competition with helping the company “secure further funding” and gain “recognition on an international basis”.
Our Organisation / Business / For Students / Business Plan Competition / News / news item / by title / AZA
Date: 01/02/2011
News A story of a great chocolate empire
Description: It's the kind of delicious thing one loves to hear about - a concept for a themed-Chocolateria taking first Melbourne, then Australia, and now, the world, by a sweet storm. When Kelly Smith, CEO of San Churro, and her team, won second prize in the 2005 Business Plan Competition (BPC), they had every intention of following through with their business concept. Yet, Kelly credits the BPC with providing a "sounding board" for the plan her team had in place. "It's always reassuring to hear from professionals and giants of industry that what it is that you've got in place is viable in terms of a business," she says.
Our Organisation / Business / For Students / Business Plan Competition / News / news item / by title / AZA
Date: 31/10/2010
Generic Business Skills Workshops
Description: Business Plan Competition: Business Skills Workshops
Our Organisation / Business / For Students / Business Plan Competition / News / Business Skills Workshop
News Creative students take note: BPC not just for entrepreneurs
Description: After winning the City of Melbourne Creative Industry Prize of the 2006 Business Plan Competition, other priorities, namely having a young family, took over Michael Thornton’s business of making unique pieces of furniture. Michael had to get a full-time job, but he still does what he is passionate about in the evenings and on weekends.
Our Organisation / Business / For Students / Business Plan Competition / News / news item / by title / CZC
Date: 01/03/2011
News Dedication, desire and Design Assist Partners
Description: “Dedication and passion” is what took Justin McCarthy’s business idea straight to the top and helped him win the 2005 Business Plan Competition (BPC). “Basically, you need both those ingredients to get through all the hoops of the Competition, because anyone who is not really into it will soon be found out,” are Justin’s wise words of advice.
Our Organisation / Business / For Students / Business Plan Competition / News / news item / by title / DZD
Date: 24/01/2011
News Dressed up and everywhere to go
Description: An environmentally-friendly, financially-viable and socially-aware clothing swap business credits the Business Plan Competition (BPC) with making its operators “more sure of themselves and gain confidence in their decisions”. According to Juliette Anich, co-owner of The Clothing Exchange, the BPC allowed her and her business partner, Kate Pears, to really solidify what they have in terms of brand and their future plans. They are now more disciplined in their decisions of where they are going and how they are going to expand.
Our Organisation / Business / For Students / Business Plan Competition / News / news item / by title / DZD
Date: 01/03/2011
News Enter for the love of it... and give back if you succeed!
Description: After winning first prize in the 2007 Business Plan Competition (BPC), Khai Levinh wanted to immediately enter the venture capital world and get some funding for his business concept Scriptonite, which promises to be the fastest magazine creation service in the world. However, the Global Financial Crisis has not helped, and for the past two years, Khai and his team have been fine tuning their concept in hopes of getting $4 million in funding.
Our Organisation / Business / For Students / Business Plan Competition / News / news item / by title / EZE
Date: 25/01/2011
News Fashion Company a Big Success
Description: Entering the Business Plan Competition (BPC) is a great way to find out what’s involved in the world of business, according to Penelope Cohen, director of the hugely-successful clothing company, Skin and Threads. Since entering the Competition in 2003 in the “very early stages”, Skin and Threads went on to win third prize and over the last six years, the company has developed into something of a conglomerate.
Our Organisation / Business / For Students / Business Plan Competition / News / news item / by title / FZF
Date: 27/05/2010
News Getting practical experience leads to success: a story of an online entrepreneur
Description: Ross Hill is a young innovator with his fingers in many pies, one of which is the 2008 Business Plan Competition (BPC)’s second-prize winning concept, Yabble. Yabble is a website that lets you share reviews of your favourite Australian businesses - cafes, bars, pubs and shops. Yabble is a bit like Twitter, but you can write more than 140 characters, and it is not written by critics but by local people so audiences get a really diverse view of what people think about places in the city.
Our Organisation / Business / For Students / Business Plan Competition / News / news item / by title / GZG
Date: 31/10/2010
News Linda's success is in the bag
Description: Fashion student Linda Vydra’s idea for a unique, hand-crafted purse for the individual saw her land the Portman’s Fashion and Textiles Award, a nice $5,000 in her own clutch, at the 2009 Business Plan Competition. Entrepreneurial, creative, ambitious Linda entered the Competition in the first year of her fashion degree after she saw an email advertising it. She actually determined before entering that the Portman’s prize was the one she would go for.
Our Organisation / Business / For Students / Business Plan Competition / News / news item / by title / LZL
Date: 31/03/2011
 
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