Requirements:

Only one (1) business plan may be submitted per student.

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• Six (6) copies of a typed 8-½-inch by 11-inch double spaced business plan must accompany the project. 
• The business plan, which should be a minimum of ten (10) pages and not to exceed twenty (20) pages.
• The business plan should include a cover page, executive summary, company description, a marketing plan, a management plan and a financial plan
• The business plan should also include any supporting documents (i.e. graphs, photographs, statistical data).
• The student’s name, page number, unit name and number must be at the top of each page.

The six (6) copies must be submitted two (2) weeks prior to date of local competition.

1. The contestant is also required to make an oral presentation, not to exceed five (5) minutes, explaining his/her business plan.
2.  A visual presentation in the form of a display, slide show, overhead or PowerPoint presentation should be provided.
3. Contestants should be familiar with business terminology in general and about terminology related to their selected product/service.
4. Contestants are required to have personally conducted the business plan analysis and have been involved with the production of any prototype product or service trials.
5. The NAACP ACT-SO Program will provide electrical power and a projector.
6.  Contact ACT-SO Chairman to discuss your equipment needs.