£5k Challenge Entry Checklist & Submission

- 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).

See the Competitions Handbook (downloadable here) for scoring criteria and eligibility. See our resources section for information to help you put together the best entry possible.

These are the basics of what you should aim to include in your extended executive summary:
•    The Concept and Opportunity
•    The Product or Service Description (including Intellectual Property if applicable)
•    The Market and customers
•    The Management team
•    The Finance requirements & Investment opportunity for potential partners
•    The Business Operations

2. Write a 100-word public summary for your idea. Social Enterprise Entrants in particular need to outline the social and/or environmental impact of their idea in the public summary.

3. Register your team electronically and submit your public summary at:
www.cue.org.uk/signup/5kpart1-registration.

4. Print the Competitions Disclaimer (can be found on page 18 in the competitions handbook, downloadable here), and the NDA for entrants (can be found on page 19 in the competitions handbook, downloadable here). Mail signed copies of these documents, together with a signed cheque for £20*, to the following address:

Cambridge University Entrepreneurs,
Institute for Manufacturing,
Alan Reece Building,
17 Charles Babbage Road,
Cambridge, CB3 0FS, UK

5. Send electronic copies of your Extended Executive Summary (in PDF format no larger than 4MB, the file name should be “TeamName_5Ka”) and Slides for software entries (Up to 12 slides in PDF-format, no larger than 3MB, the filename should be “TeamName_Slides_5Ka”) to:

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Include a cover page that clearly states:
•    the team name
•    team members and their affiliations
•    100-Word Public Summary, and
•    word count of the remaining document (the cover page does not form part of the word limit)

*Entry fee is waived for £1k challenge winners and commended teams. To claim free entry please include a note stating “TeamName – claiming free entry into 5K challenge”