Countdown to Venture Capital Investment Competition
Time is counting down to the BU’s trek to the VCIC Regionals at Dartmouth College. As first reported here in November, Ben Courtney (2nd year full-time MBA), Shannon Sisk (PEMBA), John Fusi (PEMBA), Catie Perrella (PEMBA), Neda Talebzadeh (PEMBA), Jonathan Glendinning (1st year full-time MBA / Alternate) will be representing Questrom on 2/26 as we compete in the New England flight at Dartmouth. The team has worked hard for the past 2 months meeting with entrepreneurs, financiers and advisers. Go Terriers!
Top MBA Students WIN
VCIC is designed first and foremost for the student experience, and the system has proven to be tremendously successful, based on the response at all top MBA programs. 74% of students claim that VCIC was the best educational experience of their MBA careers. Each student team is playing the role of a venture capital firm that must go through the entire VC investment process in an extremely condensed time period. Each team will:
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Read real business plans from entrepreneurs currently seeking VC funding
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Watch entrepreneurs “road-show” pitches
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Sit down one-on-one with each entrepreneur
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Choose a deal (one venture to invest in)
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Negotiate a term sheet with that entrepreneur
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Sit down one-on-one with VCs for feedback
