Business plan competition
Business Plan Competitions are typically held by Universities nationwide although there are many competitions held by private organizations.
Benefits
- Exposure to panel of judges, most of whom are partners in Venture Capital firms
- Build up experience in pitching your plan to an audience before the real pitch to a VC
- Gain advice and feedback from experts in the field
- Meet fellow entrepreneurs
- Learn from practitioners and experts on the development and launch of new businesses
University Business Plan Competitions
In alphabetical order1:
- $500K Global Security Challenge - London Business School
- Asia Moot Corp® Competition - Thammasat University
- Babcock Elevator Pitch Competition - Wake Forest University
- Boston College Venture Competition - Boston College
- Conquest - BITS Pilani
- Creation Competition - Ball State University
- Enterprise Business Plan Competition - University of British Columbia
- Georgia Bowl - University of Georgia
- IBK Capital Ivey Business Plan Competition - University of Western Ontario
- Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition - Singapore Management University
- Licensing Foundation Graduate Student Business Plan Competition - The Licensing Foundation
- McGinnis Venture Competition - Carnegie Mellon University
- MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Moot Corp - University of Texas, Austin
- NU Venture Challenge - Northwestern University
- NU Venture Competitions - University of Nebraska
- New Venture Championship - University of Oregon
- Northwest Venture Championship - Boise State University
- OFC Venture Challenge - Clark Atlanta University
- Queen's Entrepreneurs' Competition - Queen's University
- Rice Business Plan Competition - Rice University - Over $345k in prizes
- Spirit of Enterprise MBA Business Plan Competition - U.C. Berkeley, Columbia University, and London Business School
- Start-Up@Singapore - National University of Singapore
- University of San Francisco International Business Plan Competition - University of San Francisco
- Venture Adventure - Colorado State University
- Venture Challenge - San Diego State University
- Venture Cup - Across several Scandinavian universities.