Does Your Business Need $100,000?

WDCEP’s 2011 Business Plan Competition is now under way!  The competition is open to existing and start-up businesses headquartered in DC –with the winner receiving a $100,000 cash prize, in kind services worth $15,000 from Venable, LLP and $5,000 worth of signage and printing needs from Gelberg Signs.  The competition is the only program of its kind developed on behalf of the District of Columbia to support District-based entrepreneurs. The goal of this initiative is to fund original business concepts that will lead to the continued development of new enterprise and further job creation within the District of Columbia.

This year’s Business Plan Competition, administered by the Washington, DC Economic Partnership, is presented by Capital One Bank®.  It is funded by participants in the District of Columbia CAPCO Program and private sector companies and is held in collaboration with the DC Coalition for Capital.