Enterprise San Angelo is a business plan competition that may award in cash prize grants and various in-kind prizes.  This is an opportunity for entrepreneurs to develop business plans to build a new venture or expand an existing small business in San Angelo.

Currently, the competition process is being revised. However, the documents from past years are available to review. Click here or call the CVCED for the overview of the competition process and the guidelines.

Who is Eligible?

Participants may be an individual or a team, but must be a for-profit entity. Each participant or team must submit a viable, original business plan that creates a new small business or expands an existing small business located in San Angelo.  Participants not currently in San Angelo must be willing to relocate the business enterprise to San Angelo if selected as a competition winner.

What are the Prizes?

In order to encourage contestants to submit quality business plans for Enterprise San Angelo, the City of San Angelo Development Corporation (COSADC) provides cash prize money for the competition.  The CVCED may award cash prizes to a first and second place winner, if selected.  In addition, the finalists are eligible for in-kind products and services donated by local businesses.

First Place Prize: a grant of cash, along with in-kind services such as legal, accounting, marketing and others may be awarded to a first place winner.

Second Place Prize: a grant of cash along with in-kind services such as legal, accounting, marketing and others may be awarded to a second place winner.

Past In-Kind Prizes:

• Oliver, Rainey & Wojtek - accounting services 
• George Draper - website design services plus 3 months free website hosting
• San Angelo Standard Times - free advertising
• 92.9 Lonestar Country & 106.1 MDX - advertising buy match
• Bill Neil Specialty Advertising - a gift certificate
• The Sign Shop - business cards
• Q's Printing - business cards
• Media Advantage - corporate ID design

What are the Requirements?

Copies of the full competition Guidelines are available at the CVCED Office.  You may also download the Guidelines here.

Note to Participants:  Enterprise San Angelo reserves the right to cancel the competition at any time if, at the sole discretion of the Judging Panel and/or Competition Coordinator, there are insufficient quality or quantity of business plans to proceed.  The determination of the Judging Panel and/or Competition Coordinator will be final.

Top 10 Business Plan Competition Mistakes - follow this link for information on how to improve your business plan and avoid potential mistakes.

The Small Business Development Center offers business counseling and also conduct workshops throughout the competition.

For more information on Enterprise San Angelo:

E-mail  cvced@cvced.org

Or Call (325) 657-9214