Vanessa Errecarte, Graduate School of Management lecturer will discuss how to communicate effectively with the public, the media and your potential customers.

What do potential investors want to see? Jim Kelly, assistant dean for finance and administration at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management, will show you how to forecast and present your financials in a way that effectively demonstrates your understanding of the market and the value of your venture.

Join Ben Finkelor, executive director of the UC Davis Energy and Efficiency Institute and special advisor to the California Energy Commission, to learn how to identify your market segment and customers and evaluate whether (and how much) they value your product, service or business solution. You’ll develop questions to ask a potential customer to better understand their needs and have the opportunity to practice customer calls.

A new venture’s business model defines how it brings together available technology, market and business opportunities, as well as how it plans to make money—and how much. Tim Keller will discuss how to create a viable business model.

Andy Jones of the University Writing Program will show you how to define your business in a concise and well-written executive summary. 

Note: The two-page executive summary is a required deliverable in Round 1 of the UC Davis Big Bang! Business Competition.

Are you ready to move your business idea from concept to reality? Join Graduate School of Management Professor Andrew Hargadon to learn how to clearly articulate the problem you are solving, your proposed solution and its value proposition. We’ll also discuss how to develop a foundation for thinking about moving your venture forward—and how to acquire the tools and network to do so effectively. 

Join Joe DiNunzio, executive director of the UC Davis Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, for an introduction to the most important skill any innovator or entrepreneur needs: the ability to build a network around their ideas.

Join us as we launch the 24th annual UC Davis Big Bang! Business Competition and workshop series!

These challenging times call on us to create new solutions to our world's complex problems. 

The Big Bang! provides a forum for innovators to collaborate, develop and test business ideas—and move from concept to company.