April 10, 2008

The finals are being held tomorrow, Friday, April 11, 2008 beginning at 3PM.
The General Business presentations will be held in Hodson 213.
The Life Sciences presentations will be held in Hodson 311.

General Business Finalists - Hodson 213
3:00PM - Opening Remarks
3:05PM - BuildingBlok
3:25PM - LifeCycle
3:45PM - Blanco
4:05PM - Homewood Real Estate Reinvestment Corporation
4:25PM - Bollyflicks
4:45PM - Five-Star Health Care

Life Sciences Finalists - Hodson 311
3:05PM - Opening Remarks
3:10PM - Innova Orthopaedics
3:30PM - Dizzy Diagnostics
3:50PM - AccuDiagnostiX
4:10PM - RegenRx Pharmaceuticals
4:30PM - Radiogenics Therapeutics
4:50PM - Silexyn

The plans that will advance to the finals have been determined. There are six plans per category.

General Business Finalists
Blanco
Bollyflicks
BuildingBlok
Five Star Health Care
Homewood Real Estate Investment Corporation
LifeCycle

Life Sciences Finalists
AccuDiagnostiX
Dizzy Diagnostics
Innova Orthopaedics
Radiogenics Therapeutics
RegenRx Pharmaceuticals
Silexyn

March 25, 2008

The plans that will advance to the semi-finals have been determined.There are twelve plans for each of the two categories.

PLEASE NOTE: Plans originally entered into the Biotechnology category have been combined with the plans from Medical Devices and Technology category.

General Business Semi-Finalists
Athlete Nation
Blanco
Bollyflicks
Bookwhack
BuildingBlok
Five Star Health Care
Health Conscious Foods for Busy People
Homewood Real Estate Investment Corporation
Greenlight Advertising
LifeCycle
Sun Sucker
Swift Scripts

Life Sciences Semi-Finalists
AccuDiagnostiX
Capstone Medical Solutions
Cling On Cloning
Dizzy Diagnostics
Gear Chair
ICU Innovations
Innova Orthopaedics
Nspire Biomedical Solutions
Radiogenics Therapeutics
RegenRx Pharmaceuticals
Silexyn
SurgyTech Medical Solutions

FINAL BUSINESS PLANS DUE SOON

This is a friendly reminder that FINAL business plans are due on Friday, March 14th, no later than 5PM. An electronic version of the plan should be emailed to Ben Gibbs at bgibbs@jhu.edu.

Teams will be notified on Friday, March 24th about whether they will advance to the semi-finals beind held on the afternoon of Friday, March 28th. Each team is expected to make a seven-minute PowerPoint presentation followed by eight minutes of answering questions from judges.

Teams will be notified on Monday, March 31st about whether they will advance to the finals being held on the afternoon of Friday, April 11th.

February 13, 2008

A new section has been added to the website. If you want to participate, but do not currently have an idea around which to develop a business plan, the Johns Hopkins Technology Transfer office has provided some of their technologies for use in the competition. You can find a list in the Technologies section of this website. These are real, patented technologies developed by Johns Hopkins scientists and made available for use in the competition.

Your last opportunity to turn in a draft of your business plan is rapidly approaching. Your final chance will be on Friday, February 22, 2008. Please note that turning in a draft early is not required to participate in the competition, but it does provide you with a significant competitive advantange.

February 12, 2008

The next information session on the Homewood Campus will be held on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 in Clark 110 at 5:30PM.

January 28, 2008

The deadline for the second opportunity to turn in a draft of your business plan for review and feedback has been pushed back to Friday, February 1, 2008.

Hard copies of business plan drafts may be left in his mailbox in 104 Whitehead Hall.

Electronic copies of drafts may be emailed to him at bgibbs@jhu.edu.


The next Information Session will be held on Thursday, January 31, 2008 @ 4:00PM in Bodian Conference Room on the East Baltimore campus.

The next Information Session on the Homewood Campus will be held on Tuesday, February 5, 2008 @ 5:30PM in the Computational Sciences Engineering Building (CSEB), Room 320.


The slate of judges for the final presentations have been announced. Please check out the Judge Profiles section of the website for more information.

November 19, 2007

The deadline for the first opportunity to turn in a draft of your business plan for review and feedback is Wednesday, November 21, 2007. Drafts of business plans should be turned in to Benjamin Gibbs.

Electronic versions may be emailed to bgibbs@jhu.edu up through the end of the day.

Hard copies may be dropped off in 21 Krieger Hall up through 2PM.

October 30, 2007

The next Information Session will be held on Wednesday, November 7, 2007 @ 5:30PM in Hodson Hall, Room 203, on the Homewood Campus.

October 29, 2007

The Resources portion of the website has been updated, adding several new sections:
   Market Analysis
   Customer Profiles
   Development Strategy
   Financial Projections Overview
   Financial Assumptions
   Cash Flow Projections

October 19, 2007

A new section has been added to the website. The Building a Team section helps people find others to join their team or find teams to join.

October 15, 2007

The next Information Session will be held on Friday, October 19, 2007 @ 2:00PM in Suite 2-108 in the 1830 Building on the East Baltimore campus.

October 8, 2007

The first Information Session will be held on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 @ 5:30PM in Hodson Hall, Room 315 on the Homewood Campus.

September 4, 2007

Welcome to the website for the Johns Hopkins University Business Plan Competition. Here you will find all sorts of important information related to the annual business plan competition.

Please check out our Resources Section for assistance in developing your business plan.

For the latest on upcoming events, please check out our calendar.