Business Plan Competition
The Space Frontier Foundation organizes the annual NewSpace Business Plan Competition. The competition traditionally includes a review of business plan submissions by space industry investors, a mini-boot camp at the annual NewSpace Conference, followed by finalist presentations, and announcement of a winner at the NewSpace Awards Gala.
NASA and the Heinlein Trust have announced sponsorship of the 2011 NewSpace Business Competition, to take place at the NewSpace 2011 Conference.
The prize amounts are as follows:| First Prize | $25,000 |
| Second Prize | $5,000 |
| Third Prize | $2,500 |
Key dates are as follows:
| Jun 17, 2011 | 5:00 PM EST | Deadline to submit Intent to Compete Form |
| Jul 01, 2011 | 5:00 PM EST | Deadline to submit Executive Summary |
| Jul 05, 2011 | 5:00 PM EST | HNS BPC announces Teams that are invited to compete |
| Jul 17, 2011 | 5:00 PM EST | Invited Teams will confirm participation by submitting their full written business plan |
| Jul 28, 2011 | 9:00 AM PST | Teams arrive at NASA Ames Research Center, for registration and Boot Camp |
| Jul 29, 2011 | 9:00 AM PST | Heinlein NewSpace Business Plan Competition |
| Jul 30, 2011 | 6:00 PM PST | Awards Gala, Business Plan Competition winners announced |
If you are interested in participating in the competition, please Submit a Letter of Intent Here by June 17.
The full rules are described in this document.
Contact Project Manager Thomas A. Olson (businessplan@spacefrontier.org) for further information.
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Thomas A. Olson
Project Manager
NewSpace Business Plan Competition
businessplan@spacefrontier.org
