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Napkin Business Plan Competition Rules and Regulations

  1. No purchase necessary. The Napkin Business Plan Competition (the "Contest") is open to residents of Canada, excluding Quebec, who have reached the age of majority in their province of residence. Any potential participant who is an employee of Biz-Zone Internet Group, Inc. d/b/a CanadaOne ("CanadaOne"), or their affiliated companies, advertising agencies, award suppliers or other representatives or member of the respective immediate families of such employees or anyone with whom such employees are domiciled is ineligible to participate in the contest.

  2. The contest sponsors ("Sponsors") are CanadaOne.com®, Lexmark International Inc., Sage Software Canada Ltd., Maximizer Software Inc. and 2ndSite Inc.

  3. The Contest will run from 02:00:01 p.m. Eastern Time April 4, 2008 to 11:59:59 p.m. Eastern Time on June 18, 2008.

  4. Eligible participants ("Entrants") may enter the contest by two means:

    • By completing and submitting an online small business registration and contest entry form available at www.canadaone.com/business_plan_contest/.

    • An Entrant may also enter the contest by obtaining a contest entry form by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to:
      Business Book Giveaway
      2243 Stouffville Rd. Box 310
      Gormley, Ontario, L0H 1G0
      ATTN: Napkin Business Plan Contest

    All entries must include the Entrant's full name, address, telephone number and e-mail address. All entries must be received by the Sponsors no later than the contest deadline date of 11:59 PM, June 18, 2008. Only one entry per Entrant is permitted. Incomplete or late entries will not be accepted. The Sponsors are not responsible for entries that are lost, late, destroyed or misdirected. There is one (1) grand prize (the "Grand Prize") to be won from among all the eligible entries received during the Contest Period. There are twenty (20) top twenty finalist prizes (the "Top 20 Finalists") to be won from among all the eligible entries received during the Contest Period. No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited.

  5. By entering this Contest, each Entrant consents to the collection, use and distribution of his or her personal information. Personal information (that which identifies the individual and is submitted on the entry form ) will only be used to contact Entrants during the course of the Contest and/or in the event of potential prize award.

  6. Eligible entries will be reviewed by CanadaOne.com® staff. From all eligible entries, twenty (20) will be selected as top 20 finalists. The judging criteria to select the Top 20 Finalists will look at the originality of the business concept, the financial prospects of the business' start-up or growth plan and the passion the Entrants demonstrates for his or her idea. Scoring will be based on 10 points per category: business summary (10 points), business essentials (10 points), financial data (10 points), and supporting data (10 points) plus an additional 20 points for the overall communication of the start-up or growth plan for a maximum possible score of 60 points.

  7. Your entry does not create a confidential relationship or obligation of secrecy between you and any of the entities involved in this Contest. Please do not submit confidential or proprietary information. Entries remain the property of each Entrant, however by entering, each Entrant grants the Contest Sponsors a license to reproduce the business name, address, website address, phone, and business summary in any form of media.

  8. One grand prize winner will be selected from the Top 20 Finalists by a random draw to be held at approximately 2 PM EST on September 19, 2008. Each participant is only eligible to win one prize. The draw will be held at the offices of CanadaOne located at 2243 Stouffville Rd., Gormley, Ontario. The chances of being selected depend upon the number eligible entries. The grand prize consists of a single prize with the following components: a certified cheque for $1500, a Lexmark™ X9575 Wireless All-in-One printer, Simply Accounting by Sage 2008, Maximizer CRM 10 Entrepreneur Edition and a 1 year subscription to Freshbooks Shuttle Bus plan.

  9. Each top 20 finalist prize consists of publicity on the CanadaOne.com® website and associated contest sponsor websites. The publicity constists of the publication of each finalist's business name, address, website address and business summary on the CanadaOne.com® website. In addition, each finalist will receive one month of advertising on a random rotational basis on the CanadaOne.com® homepage. The total number of ad impressions will depend on the website traffic during the month the advertising is provide. Any applicable taxes are the sole responsibility of the prize recipient. Prizes will be delivered by courier to the address provided by the selected participant on their entry, no later than October 31, 2008.

  10. The prizes are non-transferable and no cash alternatives will be provided. CanadaOne reserves the right to substitute the prizes described above with a prize of equal or greater value.

  11. By entering, all Entrants agree to abide by these official rules and decisions of the contest sponsors which are final. All entries become the property of the contest sponsors and will not be returned.

  12. To be declared a winner, a participant will be required to sign a declaration and release to: (a) confirm compliance with the official rules; (b) release the contest sponsors from all liability; (c) accept the prize as awarded; and (d) consent to the use of the Entrant's name, address, likeness and/or image for publicity purposes in all mediums by the contest sponsors. The contest sponsors reserve the right, at their option, to publish any winner's name, address, photograph, likeness, voice or statement without further compensation to the winner.

  13. The contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws and regulations. Void where prohibited.

  14. The names of the winners will be posted on the CanadaOne web site located at www.canadaone.com. The name of the winners may also be obtained by writing to: CANADAONE, 2243 Stouffville Rd., Box 310, Gormley ON, L0H 1G0.

  15. CanadaOne reserves the right in its sole discretion to cancel or suspend the contest should viruses, bugs or other causes beyond the control of the contest sponsors corrupt the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the contest.

  16. The contest sponsors assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction to or unauthorized alteration of the entries. The contest sponsors are not responsible for (i) any problems or technical malfunctions or any telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software; (ii) the failure of any e-mail or entry to be received by the contest sponsors on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site; or (iii) any combination thereof, including any injury or related damage to Entrants or any other persons, whether computer-related or resulting from participation or downloading of any materials in this contest.
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