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From ideas to reality
What is 11 minutes?
BizDays and New Europe Events launch the 11minutes contest, a completely new type of conference format open to regional Internet and new media existing and wannabe entrepreneurs, to introduce their innovative ideas and projects in compact "nutshell" presentations.

11-minute presentations on stage to an international jury will decide on the marketability of your product or idea and the financing of additional growth strategies. The jury members are international private equity funds, VCs and business angels, interested in finding projects and investing money in online ventures.

Type of projects
Your product or service must make use of the Internet in a new and exciting way. It is preferable that the idea has not attracted significant media attention until now or raised serious money from an institutional investor. You should be totally committed to putting the idea to practice and prepared to pitch it to the jury.

How to pitch
We suggest that you organize your presentation so that it is relevant to an investor. It should go through some main points such as:

- Executive Summary (highlights of the objectives, project mission)
- The product / service (short presentation of the project, what it does, status of implementation)
- Market Analysis Summary (who are the potential users, what benefits the project will bring them, why would they choose it from similar projects)
- Competition Survey (other existing projects, what they do, how they address the market)
- Strategy & Implementation (outlines on how to market the product, pricing, promotion)
- Future development (forecast on how the project will develop in the future)

How to apply
To apply, fill in the form below. To be more relvant, attach a short  presentation describing the project, by following the outlines mentioned above. The DL for sending your application is November 20th. Your application will be sent to the jury prior to the pitch, and they will select 5 most relevant projects.

Why apply
- Take the chance of being noticed by a potential investor in the jury
- Get opinions and tips from experienced investors
- Learn new tips for project financing
- Find directions for future development and grownth
- Receive suggestions for strategic partnership and aliances with the right people

We will announce the list of the 5 finalists on November 21st.

The presentations from 11minutes contest will also be availabale on www.antreprenor-arena.ro
to be discussed and commented by participants and any other entrepreneurs.

Apply NOW!

 

The Jury
Greg Marsh
Associate, Index Ventures

Tomasz Czechowicz
Managing Partner, MCI Management

Dan Lupu
Intel Capital

George Haber
CEO Cresta Tech, Silicon Valley

Ioana Simionescu
Ariste Capital, San Francisco

Wei-Hai Chu
Business Angel

Mihai Sfintescu
3TS Capital Partners

Marius Ghenea
President,
PCfun.ro

Naveed Gill
Entrepreneur, Investor, Former CEO of TISCALI Telekomunikace Czech Republic, s.r.o.

Chairperson
Ondrej Bartos
MCI