College students can win additional new $2,500 prize
There is even more prize money at stake in the 2008 Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup Business Plan Competition. The new NCED Commissioners’ Award and a $2,500 cash prize will be presented to the students whose business plan best serves the economic development needs of rural Nevada.
The Nevada Commission on Economic Development (NCED) created the new Commissioners’ Award to recognize the agency’s past commissioners for their leadership in economic development. The award is designed to promote the development and success of small businesses in rural Nevada.
NCED will judge the business plan entries from both the undergraduate and graduate Governor’s Cup participants for the Commissioners’ Award.
This year NCET plans on doing even more outreach to increase participation in the business plan competition by students in Nevada’s rural areas.
The Governor’s Cup is open to all Nevada college and university students.
Students must commit to the competition by February 15, 2008 and turn in completed business plans by March 17, 2008. Students participating in the Governor’s Cup competition will present their business plans and have them judged in March. Finalists will then present their business plans in Reno during the week of April 21, 2008 with an awards luncheon following in Las Vegas at the Green Valley Ranch on April 25.
First and second place undergraduate and graduate Governor’s Cup winners will then travel to the Red Rock Casino Hotel in Las Vegas on May 14, 2008 to compete for the Tri-State Reynolds Cup. They will be competing against the Governor’s Cup winners from Arkansas and Oklahoma for a share of additional cash prizes.
For more information on NCET, contact Dave Archer at 315-7635 or Dave@NCET.org or visit www.ncet.org. For more information about the Governor’s Cup Competition, visit www.2008GovCup.com.
