InnovationACT is a business plan competition that seeks to cultivate the entrepreneurial culture of students at ANU, UC, ADFA and CIT. The competition is open to all Postgraduate, Undergraduate and Staff members of the four educational institutions.
The InnovationACT competition provides contests with the knowledge and resources to develop an idea into a working business. This is achieved through a series of workshops, seminars and open forums (see events schedule).
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InnovationACT (IACT) is Canberra’s leading entrepreneurship program, run by and for ANU and UC students and staff. It gives participants the opportunity to meet interesting people, generate innovative ideas, develop them into business plans, and compete for a generous prize pool of $53k.
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IACT delivers tools that allow participants to gain experience in a variety of fields, from idea creation to business plan development. It also provides an invaluable space for participants to interact with some of Canberra and Australia’s most influential business people.
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IACT2012 aims to nurture interdisciplinary innovation, inviting people from different fields to build teams that are capable of taking an idea to market.
It also aims to help people with existing teams or ideas to improve their plans and polish their pitching skills.
Finally, all participants will have the chance to present their business ideas to a panel of industry experts and investors, measuring them up against the pressures of the real world.
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The Competition requires competing teams to write a Business Plan and Pitch their idea to a panel of Judges.
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