Rules and Regulations

Guidelines for Foreign Participating Teams: LST 2008

1. This competition is open to MBA participants from B-schools teaming up with the entrepreneur, who may or may not be within themselves.
   
2. A team consists of three participants of which at least one is real life entrepreneur.
   
3. The entrepreneur in the team has to be a first generation entrepreneur with a steady revenue stream, looking at external funds for growth
   
4. The team should be nominated by the faculty concerned at the institute
   
5. The formal communication confirming the participation routed through faculty concerned serves as the application form
   
6. The participating teams need to confirm their participation via an email to Prof. M S Rao, (msrao@spjimr.org) and team LST (lst@spjimr.org ) by June 30, 2008.
   
7. The above mail should give details of the team members and attach a 1 page note on the venture
   
8. The executive summary should reach team LST in soft-copy (lst@spjimr.org) by June 30, 2008.
   
9. Format details: The one page executive summary in MS Word/PDF Format, 1.5 line spacing, font: Times New Roman, size 12, 1" margin all around, A4 page. (Specimen attached)
   
10. The participating will make a Power Point presentation at LST2008 scheduled for August 09, 2008. The time allotted per team is 20 minutes for presentations and 10 minutes for Q @A
    
11. Participating teams may send a soft copy of their final PowerPoint presentation to lst@spjimr.org by July 30, 2008.
    
12. At the participants request, S P Jain Institute of Management can arrange for an accommodation at the guest house from August 08, 2008 till August 10, 2008.
    
13. The finalists will be announced positively by July 10, 2008.