Startup Grant for New Entrepreneurs: Intuit Contest

If you are thinking of starting a business and looking for startup funds, you may want to try your luck in the “”Just Start” campaign of Intuit, makers of the accounting software Quickbooks. The grand prize is $50,000 in cash

Here’s the description of the contest from the Intuit website www.IWillJustStart.com

Intuit Just Start Contest … is a skill contest in which participants can submit ideas on how they would resign from their job and what dreams they have for starting their own company for a chance to win the Grand Prize of $50,000 in cash and consulting services ($40,000 in cash & $10,000 in consulting and service fees) or one of two First Prizes of $5,000 cash. Entry to the Contest is free. The Contest begins 12:00:01 a.m. Pacific Time (PT) on October 9, 2007 and ends 11:59:59 p.m. PT on December 15, 2007

In order to join, you must either submit a 2-minute video or a 250-words essay answering these questions:

• What’s your idea for starting your own company?
• What you will resign from?
• What you would do with the winning to pursue starting a business?
• OR if you have already started your own company, please describe your experiences getting started in your entry and also answer the question, What did you resign from?

You may also be interested in downloading their free accounting software QuickBooks Simple Start 2008 at http://www.simplestart.com/.