Dell Scotland Supporting Entrepreneurs Competition 2016 Terms and Conditions

Dell Scotland Supporting Entrepreneurs Competition 2016

Terms and Conditions

 

 

1. 1.    General conditions for participation

a)         The ‘Promoter’ of this Supporting Entrepreneurs competition is Dell Corporation Ltd, Dell House, Cain Road, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 1LF.

b)        This competition will be governed by these terms and conditions. Entrants agree that they have read and understood these terms and conditions and agree to be bound by them.

c)        The competition is open to scale-up enterprise Entrants, who have been operating for at least 12months - sole traders, partnerships or businesses (whether registered as a UK limited or unlimited company or otherwise and whether operating on a for or not-for-profit basis), excluding employees and immediate relatives of employees of the Promoter, its parent, subsidiaries or affiliated companies or any other person professionally connected with this competition.  Each enterprise Entrant must be represented by a single individual for the purposes of their entry (that individual providing personal contact details and an e-mail address).  Individuals representing each Entrant must be over 18 years of age and resident in Scotland.  Entrant’s enterprise must also satisfy the following eligibility criteria:-

                                                               i.      must be operating in Scotland (though not restricted to doing business in Scotland, export businesses will be eligible) and not already established (other than as a ‘scale-up’) in other geographies;

                                                              ii.      must have an established business plan and demonstrable financial backing in place and set out in that business plan (at least to finance the business for 2 years from the competition opening date);

                                                            iii.      must not be engaged or planning to engage in any business activity which would be contrary to Dell’s Code of Conduct here.

d)        Participation is permitted irrespective of purchase of a product/ service. No purchase necessary.

e)        Only one entry per enterprise and per person named on the competition entry submission.

f)          The Promoter reserves the right to modify, suspend or cancel the competition without any prior notice.

g)        In case of non-compliance with these rules or any behavior that is considered defamatory, offensive or illegal, the Promoter reserves the right to reject the entrant from the competition.

h)        The Promoter takes no responsibility for entries that are lost, delayed, misdirected or incomplete or cannot be delivered or entered for any technical or other reason. Proof of delivery of the entry is not proof of receipt.

 

1. 2.    Competition details

a)         The competition is open for entries on 20th April 2016 and closes at midnight on 27th May 2016.

b)        How to enter:  entrants must, during the period of the competition noted in 2a):-

                                                               i.      submit their competition entry via  https://www.f6s.com/dellentrepreneurialprogram before the closing date above, such entry to include:-

1. Enterprise details and completion of each of the required fields on the entry page, including a brief business plan including an “elevator pitch” (maximum 500 words) and a link to a short video (ideally maximum 3 minutes - to be available via YouTube or other online video channels and please set Social Media setting to ‘Public’ in order that the video can be re-shared by Dell as appropriate in connection with this competition), explaining why technology is so integral to their business and its growth.  500 word business plan submissions will be kept confidential;
2. confirmation of their acceptance of these Terms and Conditions, including the conditions applying to the prize as set out in 3d) below; and
3. confirmation of their opt-in for data privacy purposes, including acceptance of Dell’s Privacy Policy, to receive marketing materials from Dell targeted at UK commercial customers and, in particular, entrepreneurs, scale-ups and small businesses; and

                                 ii.                   Tweet their 140 character pitch – as creatively as possible of course-, using the hashtag #DellScotIgnite

c)        If selected as a finalist, Entrants will then be required to prepare and present a pitch to the Judges (a short presentation, around 15 minutes).  This presentation is likely to take place during June 2016 (further details to be provided to finalists) at Dell Scotland offices, Citypark, Glasgow and Entrants should make themselves available accordingly.

 

1. 3.    Selection of winner and prize

a)         The judging process will be as follows:

1)              Seven (7) semi-finalists will be selected by a Dell Scotland internal committee led by Mark White, Dell Scotland Site Lead and Technical Support Director.   Entries will be judged on the basis of the following criteria as demonstrated in the contents of the business plan, the video and the entry Tweet:-

• Demonstration of Entrepreneurial Spirit – tenacity, creativity, drive, passion, single-mindedness;
• Success – past success and growth rate combined with future opportunity assessment;
• Role that technology can play in facilitating future growth; and
• Personality – we want the winners to positively project!

2)             The applications of these  seven (7) semi-finalists will then be presented to (some or all members of – depending up on availability) the Dell Scotland  Entrepreneurs project panel assembled at an Entrepreneurs Event (to be confirmed – semi-finalists will be notified accordingly), who will then select four (4) finalists based on the quality of the overall entry; and

3)             The four (4) finalists will then prepare and present a pitch to the Judges:-   Mark White, Dell Scotland Site Lead and Technical Support Director, a second yet to be announced Dell judge and a third yet to be announced non-Dell judge.  The Judges will select a winner, again based on the overall quality of the entry and the quality of the Entrant’s presentations.

b)        The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence shall be entered into.

c)        The prize, which is subject to 3f) below, is to receive each of the following benefits free of charge for a one (1) year period starting from August 2016 (exact date to be agreed) and ending on 31st July 2017:-

1)              One (1) Latitude 7270 laptop (including 3year pro-support warranty);

2)             One (1) Docking station with external keyboard and mouse for use with laptop (including 1yr warranty);

3)             One (1) External 23” professional screen for use with Dock (including 1yr warranty);

4)             One (1) Mobile Projector for presentations on the go (including 1yr warranty);

5)             One (1) E525w colour multifunction printer (including 1yr warranty);

6)             One (1) Venue 8 pro tablet with 3G as a companion device (including 1yr warranty);

7)              full technology solutions support and mentorship, including the opportunity to seek advice and mentoring from Dell senior management team including marketing, sales, public relations and ’go to market’ strategy team; and

8)             access to Dell’s professional networks and events, including all Dell for Entrepreneurs events and Dell  Scotland networking events

d)        Acceptance of each of the prizes is conditional upon the following:-

1)              the winner agreeing to and signing Dell’s Non-Disclosure Agreement – required by the Promoter to protect its, as well as the Entrepreneur’s Confidential Information and Intellectual Property; and

2)             the winner each accepting the following key conditions of the Supporting Entrepreneurs arrangement:-

a)          prior to taking up the prize, the winner needs to pass a Restricted Parties check with regards to Dell’s global trade compliance requirements and may also be required to satisfy other Dell vetting processes with regards to Dell’s global compliance obligations (e.g.  anti-corruption and data protection);

b)          the  Supporting Entrepreneurs arrangement will terminate on  15th August 2017 whereupon the physical products in 3c) above shall be returned to Dell; and

c)          Dell will not be responsible for any travel or other expense costs associated with the winning enterprise personnel attending events as part of this agreement.

e)        No cash alternative.  Prizes are not transferable.

f)          The winner is responsible for all applicable taxes and expenses not specified in the prize description.

g)        The finalists will be announced soon after 15th June 2016 via a media alert and via Dell social media channels.  The winner will be announced on or before 1st August 2016 via the same channels. The Promoter will also send confirmation to the winner that they have won via email.   In the event the email is returned as undeliverable, or the winner declines the prize, he or she will be disqualified. The Promoter will contact the winner to arrange formal acceptance of the conditions and fulfillment of the prize.

 

1. 4.    Your privacy and collection of personal data

a)         Each Entrant must supply the details requested on the entry form in order to submit a valid entry.  By entering the competition, the Entrant grants the Promoter the right to contact them regarding their competition entry.  By participating in the competition, entrants hereby agree to the Promoter collecting and using their personal information and acknowledge that they have read and accepted the Promoter’s privacy policy here.

 

1. 5.    Use of entry materials

a)         The entrants hereby grant to the Promoter for the full term of any rights that may exist in their video competition submission (the “Video Submission”) a non-exclusive, worldwide, irrevocable, sub-licensable right to use their Video Submission as follows (without payment to the entrants or any third party):

1.                                    i.          to play, publish, make available to the public, perform, display, reproduce, distribute and otherwise use their Video Submission on any and all media (whether now known or invented in the future) worldwide;
2.                                   ii.          to host, store, copy, modify, adapt, edit, translate, create derivative works from, incorporate into other works and/or otherwise treat in any way entrants’ Video Submissions at the discretion of the Promoter ;
3.                                 iii.          the Promoter may (but is not obliged to) identify any entrant as the creator or author when their Video Submission appears on any and all media, for example, by displaying an entrant’s name; and
4.                                 iv.          to sub-licence the rights in entrants’ Video Submissions to third parties.

b)        Entrants acknowledge and agree that there is no restriction on the Promoter (or any third party sub-licencee) obtaining advertising or sponsorship revenue in connection with entrants’ Video Submissions.

c)         Each entrant undertakes that:

                                   i.          They are the only creator, author and owner of their Video Submission. If they are not the exclusive owner, they have received written consent from the owner to submit the Video Submission, to grant to the Promoter the rights to use and to sub-licence the Video Submission as set out above;

                                  ii.          The use of the Submission the Promoter and/or any other sub-licencee will not infringe any intellectual property or other rights of any third party (for example trade marks, copyright, privacy rights etc).  Entrants whose Video Submission contains any underlying copyrights such as music, lyrics, film footage, artwork or other copyright material owned by any other person, confirm that they have obtained all necessary consents in writing (including from other people appearing in their Video Submission) necessary for the Promoter and/or any other sub-licensee to use the Video Submission as set out above;

                                iii.          The Video Submission does not contain or make reference to anything that is defamatory, offensive or illegal; and

                                iv.          The Video Submission is free from any right or claim by anyone under any recording contract, publishing contract, or any union, guild or collecting society such as the Performing Rights Society. Entrants agree to inform the Promoter immediately if this status changes.

d)        Entrants must not include in their Video Submission any information they do not want other people to see. The Promoter is entitled to moderate and/or monitor any Video Submissions and Entrants consent to any such moderating and/or monitoring.

e)        By entering the competition, entrants acknowledge that they may be required to be used in publicity without further consent or payment.  Such publicity may include without limitation the entrant’s name and/or likeness, voice, photographs, biographical information and/or any statement made by them concerning the competition and/or the prize(s).  Entrants also grant to the Promoter and or its partner companies the exclusive right to film, tape, sound record and photograph any of their activities in connection with the competition and the prize.  Everything filmed, taped or recorded by the Entrant or Dell shall be known as “Footage”.  Entrants agree that any or all such publicity elements or Footage may be used by the Promoter in any and all media in perpetuity throughout the world as the Promoter in its discretion sees fit.  Entrant agrees to assign to the Promoter with full title guarantee all intellectual property rights in any Footage throughout the world for the full unexpired period of such rights and all renewals, reversions and extensions of such period as may be provided under any applicable law throughout the world.  Finally, Entrant agrees that it shall have no right of approval, no claim to any compensation, and no claim arising out of the use, alteration, distortion, or illusionary effect or use in any composite form of its name, likeness, or statements or any Footage containing those.

 

1. 6.    Governing law and jurisdiction

These terms and conditions and any non-contractual obligations shall be interpreted according to English law and the English courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction.