- Deadline Friday 19 February 11.59pm -

In order to enter your business idea into phase A of the £5k Challenge, please make sure that all the following steps are completed:

1. Write an extended executive summary of no more than 3500 words (Technology & Clean Tech, Social Enterprise and Consumer Product Challenge) or no more than 2000 words + up to 12 Slides (Software & Web stream).

The winners for the 1K business awards have been published.Click here to view the list of winners and commendations.

This event is a highlight of the CUE calendar. This year’s festivities will build on CUE’s new mentoring scheme which will provide more support for the competition entrants. The event will include an entrant poster session, winner announcements and award ceremony, mentor networking, food and drink and most importantly, fun for all!

₤1K Awards Ceremony
21 January 2010
7:00 PM for 7:30 start

Please register at cue1kaward.eventbrite.com

We would like to remind you to submit your £1k Challenge entries before lunch time 1pm on Monday 7 December for the chance to win prizes of £1000.

We ask you to submit executive summaries of 1,500 Words. Any content beyond this will be discarded. You will also need to write a public summary of no more than 100 words. Make sure than no confidential information is disclosed in this public summary.

The judging is complete and the winners are in!

CUE would like to congratulate the following teams for their winning entries in the £100 for 100 word contest.

Venue: Department of Engineering, Lecture Room 4

The £1k Challenge represents the next stage of the Entrepreneurs Business Creation Challenge and is open to all members of the University. New challenge entrants are welcome.  It is not required to have been a 100 word entrant to enter this stage of the contest.  To enter the competition you must submit a 1500 word Executive Summary by the 7th of December. To help you write the best possible entry, CUE is running a £1k Business Training Event on Saturday, 28 November 2009. 

Do you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur?

Come and find out on Saturday 14th November. CUTEC and CUE have joined forces once more to bring you a one day event with a series of real-world business challenges to train and test your skills. You’ll compete against each other in teams to see who has the best entrepreneurial potential.

Last week CUE held its Grand Launch and celebrated its 10 years anniversary presenting a panel of successful CUE alumni, stretching back from the origins of CUE through to our most recent winners. The room was packed, the panel was very engaging and the audience was animated. To add to the excitement, competition winner 09 "MagicSolver Ltd", used their new magic iPhone App to transform two members of the audience into successful entrepreneurs in one second flat!

- £100 for 100 words -

Deadline 28 October at 23.59. To submit your entry visit:

www.cue.org.uk/submissions/100-challenge

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