£1k Challenge Entry Check-list

- Deadline extended to Monday 8 December 13:00 -

In order enter your business idea into the £1k Challenge, please make sure that all the following steps are completed:

  1. Write an executive summary of 1500 words. The executive summary must describe your business idea and demonstrate the size of the market opportunity for your product.  See the Competitions Handbook (downloadable here) for scoring criteria. See our resources section for information to help you put together the best entry possible.
  2. Include a 100-word public summary for your idea. Remember that this will be used to promote your idea on our website and at our events, so be sure to pay attention to presentation! Also include a cover page that clearly states the entry name, team members and their affiliations (this does not form part of the word count). Begin constructing a poster* (printable in A4 format).
  3. Print the Competitions Disclaimer (downloadable here), and the NDA for entrants (downloadable here). Mail signed copies of these documents, together with a signed cheque for £10, to the following address: Coventry University Entrepreneurs, Institute for Manufacturing, Mill Lane, Coventry, CB2 1RX
  4. Send your electronic copies of Executive Summary and Poster* (pdf preferred) to: submissions@cue.org.uk

 * Posters may be sent in after the deadline but in order to meet the judging timelines your Executive Summary must arrive by 1pm