------------------------- University of Maryland Business Model Challenge ------------------------- www.bpc.umd.edu Free Customer Discovery Workshop for the Business Model Challenge DATE: February 8, 2013, 12-2 p.m. LOCATION: Jimenez Room, Stamp Student Union COST: Free! Register at: http://www.bpc.umd.edu/bmd_workshop.html Business plan competitions are dead. No more fictitious forecasts, no more popularity contests. Come learn tips and tricks for how to really build your startup. Mtech's new M-Corps program is the BEST way to validate your business idea. Participants in our Business Model Challenge will have a unique opportunity to participate in M-Corps while winning prize money! This workshop will introduce you to the Lean Startup methodologies that form the basis of the M-Corps program, including Customer Discovery and Business Model Generation. This workshop is the best preparation you can have for the Business Model Challenge. Let's get started! Register to attend at: http://www.bpc.umd.edu/bmd_workshop.html For more information about the University of Maryland Business Model Challenge, please visit: www.bpc.umd.edu. Eric Schurr Director of Communications Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute (Mtech) University of Maryland (301) 405-3889 work (301) 867-3110 cell [log in to unmask] http://www.mtech.umd.edu http://twitter.com/#!/mtechumd