Do any of these statements describe you?
- You have a small business that is your true passion and you want to leave the safety net of regular employment and put all efforts into your own business.
- You have a great idea for a small business that is feasible, but you don't have the cash to start the business.
- You have unique skills or have identified an under-served target market and you want to reach this market with your own small business, but you need experts to assist with the start up (and some cash wouldn't hurt, either).
All you need to do is go to www.IWillJustStart.com and fill out the contest entry form, giving the judges details on your small business aspirations, why you want to move forward into working full time in that small business, and how the Just Start $50,000 grant can help you to make your dream a reality. Submit your entry in writing or with a video providing the information asked for in the Just Start Contest rules by 11:59:59 p.m. Pacific Time on December 15, 2007. Be sure to clearly articulate ideas that demonstrate how your small business or idea for a small business is feasible.
Check out www.IWillJustStart.com, the least you could do is score free QuickBooks Simple Start!
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Checking section 7 WARRANTY AND INDEMNIFICATION section of http://jumpup.intuit.com/justStartRules, we find some very questionable practices… Reading the below basically says… they are fishing for ideas and can RIP people off. Entrants! not just Winners, but also Entrants, lose all rights to the ideas, IP, etc… whether or not the contest/winnings etc EVEN happen. Shame on them!!!
From section 7 WARRANTY AND INDEMNIFICATION:
…Entrants irrevocably assign to Sponsor with full title guarantee all intellectual property and other rights, which they now have or may in the future have to the Entries, or any elements thereof, including without limitation, the copyright therein, the right to make derivative works, copies and to use for any purpose whatsoever in any media or format now or hereafter known, royalty-free worldwide perpetuity. Sponsor shall have the right to assign or dispose of such Entries however it sees fit without approval of the Entrant. Sponsor is under no obligation to correspond about Entries and Entries will not be acknowledged or returned. By entering, entrants grant permission for their descriptions, likeness, statements, entry and biographical information to be used without limitation or further compensation, for advertising and publicity purposes and on website at IWillJustStart.com, except where prohibited by law. Releasees are not responsible for any lost, stolen or otherwise unaccounted for entries, and or misdirected, illegible, incomplete, delayed or damaged entries. Releasees are not responsible for any human, printing, typographical or other error in the contest official rules and other materials posted on the website or in the administration of the Contest. Sponsor has the sole right to cancel or suspend the Contest or any portion thereof for any reason whatsoever. In such cases, notice to this effect will be posted on the website at IWillJustStart.com and prizes will be awarded from all eligible entries received prior to cancellation.