Just found out about The Next Tycoon — a reality show business competition that will be filming in Atlanta in August and will air in September. (the name is a little ‘Trumpish’ for me, but I am just one)
The show/contest is being produced by an Atlanta-based entrepreneur, W. Cliff Oxford whose firm spent three years on the Inc. 500 list. (he also endows the Executive MBA program at Emory’s Goizueta School of Business.) From the article at Marketwatch.com:
The Next Tycoon is a new reality show that will give entrepreneurs from all ages and backgrounds a chance to present their business ideas to key decision makers and outstanding business and media leaders. The show will be a valuable educational resource as well as a fun opportunity for all participants to share and discuss new, exciting business plans…
While the competition is based and will be filmed in Atlanta, it isn’t limited to the region. Anyone who applies through the Web site, www.thenexttycoon.biz, is eligible as long as he or she has a plan for a viable business venture to present onsite.
It appears there is an $85 fee to apply, but that sounds more like a weeder fee more than anything else. This is another example of the various models and actors experimenting and extending the business plan competition.
Check out the site, there are some interesting things in there. For example, there will be at least 100 people presenting in preliminary rounds and they are not allowed to use ppt. Information on participating can be found here. Let us know if you apply.
3 responses so far ↓
Fred // August 14, 2008 at 5:05 pm |
I’m one of the finalists…
Business Funder // August 19, 2008 at 8:52 pm |
Interesting to see what distinguishes this from the others. Hopefully it focuses on promoting learning as opposed to simply embarrassing everyone involved.
Sarah // May 14, 2009 at 12:46 pm |
They filmed a new episode and it’s 10000X better! Go to their website, http://www.thenexttycoon.biz and watch the “first episode” (they posted the new episode there)