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Application Form

LIFT- OFF Entrepreneurial Leadership Discovery Program (ELDP)Enabling Youth Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Application Deadline: July 14, 2012

Name (First, Middle, Last)

2a. Gender:

2b. Date of Birth:

2c. Nationality (include all):

3a. Contact Address:

3b. Mobile Numbers:

3c. E-Mail Address:

7. Please explain how you became aware of the program.

Questions 8 11 will be used as the main factor in evaluating students for participation in theProgram. Please be sure to provide all of the requested information and details. All essays shouldbe type-written and submitted on a separate page. Essays must be submitted in English.Please note that essays must be written by you personally. We will check essays for plagiarism andwill reject any applications that contain copied and plagiarized text.

For a definition of plagiarism please read below and/or visit www.plagiarism.org for guidance on howto avoid plagiarism. According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, to "plagiarize" means: tosteal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own , to use (another's production) withoutcrediting the source, to commit literary theft and/or to present as new and original an idea or productderived from an existing source. In other words, plagiarism is an act of fraud.

8. Entrepreneurship . Name an entrepreneur that you personally know, and explain why you consider them anentrepreneur. What traits and characteristics do they possess that has made them successful? Biographical essaysdetailing the life of the person that do not answer the question will be rejected. This essay should be a minimum of 200 words and maximum 300 words.

9. Innovation. Give us an example in which you have personally demonstrated innovation or entrepreneurship.

This essay should be a minimum of 200 words and maximum of 300 words.

10. Idea. Please explain your innovative business idea. Do not forget to include why you chose this specific idea,how it is innovative and what steps you have already taken to implement your idea. This essay should be aminimum of 250 words and a maximum of 350 words.

11. Why do you want to participate in this program? Please share with us why you would like to participatein this program and what you think you will gain from it. This essay should be a minimum of 200 words andmaximum of 300 words.

12. Commitment. This program will require sessions in the evenings and on some weekends during the monthsof September and October. Sessions take place at the IIE offices in Maadi, Cairo. Will you be able to commit to thisschedule?(Please note: Exact schedule to be announced after the selection process has taken place).

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