Course Assessment

To ensure fairness, students are expected to conform to the requirement below. Clear instruction are given in term of date, time and format of submission. Marks WILL be deducted for noncompliance. While this is a group project, individual will be awarded based on individual merit. Deviation comes from individual report as well as peers review.

Business Plan 50%

The business plan is to be around 15 pages but not to exceed 25 pages (exclusive of NTC's Assignment Submission Declaration Form). Please follow the format given in the McKinsey booklet provided to you. A soft copy and hard copy submission is required. During session 4, project teams are also required to make a presentation on the business idea (maximum of 15 ppt slides). Do note that the presentation information and business plan details need not be identical. Consideration should be given if sensitive information is presented: pay attention to what you present to whom and how! Hardcopy of business plan to be submitted to NTC reception; Softcopy is to be uploaded on edveNTUre via the link under ‘Assignments'. Deadline: 11 November 2009, 1700 hrs

Team Blog 40%

A team blog has been set up at http://en105.tipa.org.sg/ where you can report (at least once every fortnight) of any activity / development. Please include photos & videos. You can stop whenever you feel you have substantially completed the project. Please report whether the Business Plan has been implemented; also write about the success you have had, the problems you have encountered, and what you have done generally. Please provide contact emails and telephone numbers of external parties you are dealing with. Report only on concrete actions you have taken. Every team needs to do a final conclusion in the blog on the results of their projects, ie what was achieved, P&L, feedback from customers etc. The blog sites shall be locked from editing after 19 March 2010 (Friday), 2359hrs. You are required to complete your update by then and also fill up the intra-group peer appraisal by the same deadline.

Individual Report 10%

By 13 March 2010 (Saturday) 2359 hrs – [softcopy via edventure. No need hardcopy] you are required to submit a personal report on what you have learned about entrepreneurship & how this has affected your future plans. Please write in point form and do not exceed 2 pages, 1.5 line spacing. A soft copy is to be submitted through a link set up under the ‘Assignment’ folder in edveNTUre, while a hard copy must also be submitted to NTC.

Total: 100%