How to apply

Note: A photograph of the promoter or team of promoters must be uploaded when registering online.

• The plan must not exceed about 50 pages in length, including financial statements and appendixes. Other materials may be presented during the interviews;
• It must include a table of contents;
• The document may be printed on both sides of the paper.

Existing businesses are strongly urged to provide an income statement and, if possible, an up-to-date balance sheet.

If necessary, also include a letter explaining the development of the project since the business plan was first developed.

Notes:

• The Contest organizers do not advocate a specific business plan model. This is left to the applicants' discretion, in accordance with the information given above.
• Contest organizers must sometimes photocopy business plans for the special juries. For this reason, participants are asked to assemble application packages that are easy to reproduce (no spiral or permanent bindings, no tab dividers, etc.).
• Five copies of the supporting documents (as well as five copies of the photographs of the finished products, if applicable), are also required.
• The application packages as well as all the accompanying documents will be destroyed at the end of the evaluation procedure. The registration forms will be used for research and statistical analysis.

Local Contest representatives will ensure that the application package is complete; only after this verification is done will they be able to confirm that the project is entered in the Contest. The project will then be analyzed by the jury members using the evaluation criteria.

The promoters of projects that are finalists in the Business Creation division at the provincial level must be available to meet with the provincial juries in May 2012.