After the closing date of Friday 26 September 2008, all business plans will be grouped into the region and category they have entered.
The four regions (with two categories in each) are as follows:
The competition aims to recreate the investment process. Following the scoring of written business plans submitted, the top plans from each region and category will be selected. In November 2008 the selected entrants will be invited to make their investment pitch to a panel of judges, followed by a question and answer session.
*includes counties Cavan, Monaghan & Donegal and excludes Dublin.