Need cash for your start-up?

How does $10,000 sound?  Who couldn’t use some cash to get your business started?  We are putting the finishing touches on the plans for the First Annual Enterprise Challenge, to begin in September.  The Enterprise Challenge is an interactive business plan competition to identify and reward the best & brightest new innovative business ideas and solid business plans.  It will run until December when winners are announced and cash prizes – top prize is $10,000! – are awarded.

The contest will kick off on September 15th with an ‘MBA In A Day’ workshop.  The workshop will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and will include sessions on legal and intellectual property issues, accounting basics for business, marketing and entrepreneurship and will include an informative luncheon featuring Rebecca Lovell, Director of the Northwest Entrepreneur Network.  Registrations will begin in August for this workshop so stay tuned for more details.

If you are thinking about starting a business or have a new business, this could be a great opportunity for you.  Not only will developing a business plan help solidify your plans and projections, but the chance to win $10,000 and learn something along the way is invaluable.  Good business plans are not filed on a shelf; they should be utilized as a working document for your strategic plans, cash flows and goals.

If you are reading this now and thinking about competing, you’ve already got a head start against your competition! Contact me, Tammy Everts, Business Development Director, 509-575-1140 or tammy@ycda.com for more information!?