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= [[File:AMICLogo2.jpg]]<span style="font-size:larger;">Overview<br/span> =

[[File:AccelerateMichigan.jpg|frame]] <span style="font-size:15pxmedium; "><span style="font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; textarial,helvetica,sans-decoration:noneserif; vertical-align:baseline" ><span id="docs-internal-guid-427eac6e7b49b46d-6c4de206-568ab860-30fa7c9c-ca56575aff117079b0da835c">The Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competi</span><span style="font-size:15px; font-family:Arial; color:#000000rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color:transparent; font-weight:normal; fontvariant-stylenumeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline" id="docs; white-internalspace: pre-guid-427eac6e-6c4d-568a-30fa-ca56575aff11wrap;">tion The Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition (AMIC) is a business pitching competition open to any early stage business. &nbsp;While originally being a collaborative effort between various Michigan business accelerators, AMIC recently combined with the University of Michigan Centre of Entrepreneurship in order to tackle student led ventures. The competition requires the submission of a business plan and a presentation in front of a set of judges. &nbsp;There are various monetary Company startup awards, from $10,000 range up to $30500,000 for students, as well as a company competition with rewards while student awards range up to $50021,000. &nbsp;The rules for the business comIn order to accept awards your company or sending university must be located in Michigan. AMIC is commonly regarded as,</span></span></span></span ><p style="fonttext-sizealign:15pxcenter; font-family:Arial">&nbsp; <span style="color:#000000696969; "><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="background-color:transparent; font-weight:normal; fontvariant-stylenumeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline;" id="docs-internal-guid-427eac6e-6c4d-568a-30fa-ca56575aff11>">petition require that you</span><span style="font-sizefamily:15pxarial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-familysize:Arialmedium; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weightvariant-numeric:normal; font-stylevariant-east-asian:normal; fontvertical-variantalign:normalbaseline; textwhite-decorationspace:nonepre-wrap; vertical">THE launchpad for Great Lake startups"</span></span></span></p>= <span style="font-alignsize:baselinelarger;" id><span style="docsbackground-internalcolor: transparent; white-guidspace: pre-427eac6ewrap; font-6c4dfamily: arial, helvetica, sans-568a-30fa-ca56575aff11serif;">relocate your business to Michigan.Purpose</span></span>=

<span style= Purpose"color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition was created by the Business Accelerator Network for Southeast Michigan to foster Michigan’s fledgling entrepreneurial ecosystem. &nbsp;It is supported through a combination of various business incubators, including - Ann Arbor SPARK, Automation Alley, and Macomb-OU INCubator.</span></span></span><br/><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The competition is designed to encourage early stage businesses a</span><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">nd startup companies. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The competition is designated for startup ideas and innovative business opportunities. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In turn these companies aid the local economy by creating new jobs. AMIC is</span></span></span></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#696969;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Targeting entrepreneurs with mid-to-late seed-entrepreneurial businesses — the competition has an immediate and positive impact on Michigan’s economy."</span></span></span></span>[[File:AMICSpeaker.jpg|border|AMICSpeaker.jpg]]</p>= <span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">Competition</span></span></span> =

== <span style="color:#000000;">'''<span style="font-size:15pxlarge; "><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:normal; fontvariant-stylenumeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline" id="docs; white-internalspace: pre-guid-427eac6e-6c4e-036b-752a-a1f4a109b487wrap;">The Accelerate Michigan Innovation Company Competition was created by the Business Accelerator Network for Southeast Michigan to foster Michigan’s fledgling entrepreneurial ecosystem. &nbsp;It is supported through a combination of various business incubators, including - Ann Arbor SPARK, Automation Alley, and Macomb-OU INCubator.</span></span></span>'''</span> ==

=== <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:15pxmedium; "><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:normal; fontvariant-stylenumeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">To quote the website; white-space:</span><blockquote><div>''<span style="fontpre-size:largerwrap;">Targeting entrepreneurs with mid-to-late seed-entrepreneurial businesses — the competition has an immediate and positive impact on Michigan’s economy.Eligibility</span>''<br/span></divspan></blockquotespan>= Distinct Differences From Other Offerings<br/> ==

<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:15pxmedium; "><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="font-family:Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The company competition is separated into 8 categories:</span></span></span></span><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Advanced Materials</span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="color:#000000; "><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="background-color:transparent; font-weightvariant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Advanced Transportation</span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Alternative Energy</span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric:normal; textfont-variant-east-decorationasian:nonenormal; vertical-align:baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" >Information Technology</span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-427eac6e7b49b46d-6c4ee206-8057b860-602e7c9c-77312dc498377079b0da835c">Other business plan competitions deal with early<span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-seed entrepreneurial businesses align: baseline; white- ACMI is designed space: pre-wrap;">Life Science</span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Medical Devices</span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Next Generation Manufacturing</span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Products and Services</span></span></span></span></li></ul> <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Note: &nbsp;The company does not have to fit perfectly under any of these umbrellas, these are simply guidelines for mid companies to late companiesfollow. &nbsp</span></span></span><br/><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Competing company may enter from anywhere in the world;ACMI supports both their however two members of the company must be present at the competitionin order to be considered. Also, as well as a student competitionin order to accept any prizes, although the latter has been combined with the company headquarters must be located in Michigan Collegiate Innovation Prize (MCIP); this may require relocation. The MCIP is limited to students from any Michigan university</span>.</span></span></span> === <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Criteria</span></span></span></span> === <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Companies will be judged on the following criteria during the competition:</span></span></span></span><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Problem/ Solution evaluation</span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Market fit/ Size</span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Product distribution/ Customer acquisition</span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Business Model</span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Competitive Landscape</span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Financial Projection over 4 years</span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Team Evaluation</span></span></span></span></li></ul> === <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Competition</span></span></span></span> ===

<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:15pxmedium; "><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="font-family:Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The company competition is split up into 3 stages with their own deliverables:</span></span></span></span><ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li><span style="color:#000000; "><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="background-color:transparent; font-weightvariant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Application Stage</span></span></span></span><ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">10 Slide Deck Presentation</span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2 Page Executive Summary</span></span></span></span></li></ol></li><li><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Semifinal Stage</span></span></span></span><ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">10 minute Presentation of slide deck</span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric:normal; textfont-variant-east-decorationasian:nonenormal; vertical-align:baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The competition is adjudicated directly by venture capatlists. According to the website, sixty venture capatlists from 50 firms judged the 2012 competition10 minute Q/A session.</span></span></span></span></li></ol></li><li><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Final Stage</span></span></span></span><ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5 minute elevator pitch</span></span></span></span></li></ol></li></ol>

<br/span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:15pxmedium; "><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:normal; fontvariant-stylenumeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; textvertical-decorationalign:nonebaseline; verticalwhite-alignspace:baselinepre-wrap;">The MCIP is a six month program that guides students from brainstorming an idea to making it a reality. This is faciliated in a manner like UIFprizes for first, second, and place and the people’s choice are $500,000, $100,000, $50,000, and $10, through webx conferences000, but is exclusive to Michiganitesrespectively.</span></span></span></span>

'''<span style= Company Competiton"font-size:large;"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[[File:AMICaward.jpg|border|AMICaward.jpg]]<br/span> =</span>'''

== '''<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Student Competition</span></span>''' == === <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Eligibility</span></span></span></span> === <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To compete in the student competition, you must attend any </span><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Michigan Universities.</span></span></span></span> === <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:largermedium;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Criteria</span></span></span></span> === <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The student criteria is the same as the company competitocompetition, listed above.</span></span></span></span> === <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:largermedium;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Competition</span></span></span></span> === <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">n The student competition is seperated split up into 8 categories4 stages with their own deliverables:</span></span></span></span><ul ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Application Stage</span></span></span></span><ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="paddingfont-leftsize: 30pxmedium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Application form</span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:largermedium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1 Minute video pitch</span></span></span></span></li></ol></li><li><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mentor Session Stage</span></span></span></span><ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Advanced Materials4 minute slide presentation to be reviewed by entrepreneurial experts</span></span></span></span></li></ol></li><li><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Semifinal Stage</span></span></span></span><ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:largermedium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Advanced TransportationPresent the 4 minute pitch</span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:largermedium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Alternative EnergyNarrowed to 27 teams</span></span></span></span></li></ol></li><li><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:largermedium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Final Stage</span></span></span></span><ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Information TechnologyPresent the 4 minute pitch</span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:largermedium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Life ScienceNarrowed to 9 teams</span></span></span></span></li></ol></li></ol> <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Student winners may be awarded up to $21,000 for their startup.</span></span></span></span> = <span style="font-size:larger;">Medical Devices<span style="color:#000000;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Impact</span></span></span></span> =<ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ACMI raised $40,000 dollars in the 2013 student competition, giving three small student-led ventures the financial stability to move forward.</span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:largermedium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Next Generation ManufacturingThrough the collaboration with the Michigan Collegiate Innovation Prize, ACMI supported the education of several student teams, as well as offered more than $100,000 in award money for student ventures.</span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The company competition has raised over $550,000,000 for Michigan startups. These startups have created over 1000 jobs for the area.</span></span></span></span></li></ol> = <span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c">Products and Services<span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Contact Information</span></lispan></span></span> = <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lauren Bigelow</span></span></span></span> <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b49b46d-e206-b860-7c9c-7079b0da835c"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lauren@growthcap.net</span></span></span></span> <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span>[mailto:info@acceleratemichigan.org <span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">info@acceleratemichigan.org</ulspan>]</span></span></span>

Note<span style="color:&nbsp#000000; The company does not have to fit perfectly under any of these umbrellas"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span>[http://acceleratemichigan.org/contact-us/ <span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, these are simply guidelines for companies to follow85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://acceleratemichigan.org/contact-us/</span>]</span></span></span>

= <span style="font-size:larger;">Companies select one of these categories to enter into.&nbsp<span style="color:#000000; The competition is split up into 4 sections"><span><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color:transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Related Links</span></span></span></span> =

#<span styleid="fontdocs-internal-guid-42a177bc-e226-a9be-5282-size:larger05b69a9e1ef6">Submission of Abstract + Executive Summary</span>#<span style="font-size:larger9pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Submission of Business PlanWebsite:</span>[http://acceleratemichigan.org/ <span style="font-size:larger"></span>#<span style="9pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-sizevariant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space:largerpre-wrap;">Power Point with 10 minute presentationhttp://acceleratemichigan.org/</span>#<span style="font-size:larger">5 minute elevator pitch with a maximum of 6 slides]</span>

<span id= "docs-internal-guid-42a177bc-e226-a9be-5282-05b69a9e1ef6"><span classstyle="mwfont-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-headlinespace: pre-wrap;" id>LinkedIn:</span>[https://www.linkedin.com/company/accelerate-michigan-innovation-competition <span style="Impact_Achieved_For_Students_and_Campusfont-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Impact Achieved For Students and Campushttps://www.linkedin.com/company/accelerate-michigan-innovation-competition</span>]<br/span> =

<span id="docs-internal-guid-42a177bc-e226-a9be-5282-05b69a9e1ef6"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Facebook:</span>[[Filehttps://www.facebook.com/AccelerateMICH/ <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https:Studentwinnners//www.jpg|frame|center|Studentwinnnersfacebook.jpg]com/AccelerateMICH/</span>]</span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-42a177bc-e226-a9be-5282-05b69a9e1ef6"><span style="color:#ACMI raised $40,000 dollars in the 2013 student competition, giving three small student000000;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-led ventures the financial stability to move forwardwrap;">Instagram:</span></span>[https://www.#Through the collaboration with the Michigan Collegiate Innovation Prize, ACMI supported the education of several student teams, as well as offered more than $100,000 in award money for student venturesinstagram.#The company competition gave over $1com/acceleratemich/ <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17,00085,000 dollars to Michigan start204); background-color: transparent; font-upsvariant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.&nbsp;instagram.com/acceleratemich/</span>]</span>

= <span classstyle="mw-headlinecolor:#000000;" id><span style="Steps_Required_To_Bring_Resource_to_Campusbackground-color: transparent; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Steps Required To Bring Resource to CampusTwitter:</span><br/span> [https://twitter.com/acceleratemich <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://twitter.com/acceleratemich</span>]

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<span style="font-sizecolor:larger#000000;">By: </span>[[Jeffrey Stransky|<span classstyle="go a1Hcolor:#000000;">Lauren@growthcap.net</span>Jeffrey Stransky</span>]]

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