You can win up to $2000 for yourself and $500 for your CN publication by writing a story about an entrepreneur.

The Acton Foundation for Entrepreneurial Excellence and the Collegiate Network present the Take an Entrepreneur to Lunch Contest

All you have to do is interview an entrepreneur and write an article which includes the following information:

• The entrepreneur’s venture – what is the main product/service, when was it started, how many employees, what is its revenue, what is its mission, etc.
• Some of the struggles and challenges the entrepreneur faced on the way to success and how he or she overcame them
• What the entrepreneur has learned about business and/or life on his or her entrepreneurial journey
• How the entrepreneur supports his or her community and serves others
• What you find most impressive about the entrepreneur
• The most interesting thing you learned during the interview

The story should be 800-1200 words. The article must also appear in a CN member publication. There is no limit to the number of entrepreneur stories your publication can submit.

To encourage good writing and proper editing, there are incentives for both writers and the editors:

The best story will win $2000 for the writer and $500 for the CN publication.
The second place story will win $1000 for the writer and $500 for the CN publication.
The third place story will win $500 for the writer and $500 for the CN publication.

The due date for all article submissions is March 13th, 2009.  

About the Acton Foundation

The Acton Foundation for Entrepreneurial Excellence (AFEE), a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, is designed to encourage successful and aspiring entrepreneurs to exchange ideas and insights.

In 1990, a group of successful entrepreneurs with a deep commitment to the free market, and a calling to teach, developed entrepreneurship courses at The University of Texas that would become the basis for the Acton curriculum.

Today, that curriculum is taught at universities throughout the country and around the world, including the Acton School of Business in Austin. But the Foundation’s commitment to helping aspiring young entrepreneurs extends beyond the classroom. AFEE is establishing affinity partnerships from coast to coast, introducing the Foundation’s articles, tools, and courses to tens of thousands of entrepreneurs through organizations such as Junior Achievement, the Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization and the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship. To learn more, visit www.actonfoundation.org.