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MBA Business Plan competitionInNUvation infoStudent entrepreneurs dream big at Northwestern University April 17, 2007, Evanston, Ill.-- This Saturday over 120 Northwestern University student entrepreneurs will compete in the NU Venture Challenge semi-finals for the chance to turn their big ideas into the next big start-up. The NU Venture Challenge (http://nuvc.innuvation.org) is Northwestern’s first inter-disciplinary competition of its kind. The event unites teams of students from all of the university’s schools including the Feinberg School of Medicine, Kellogg School of Management, McCormick School of Engineering, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern School of Law, and Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. The student-run competition is a platform for entrepreneurial students to experience first-hand the process of cultivating a business idea from scratch. Harvard Business School Business Plan CompetitionHarvard Business School Cleantech Innovation ChallengeCleantech Innovation Challenge »
Article on Competitions and Mentorship in Social EntrepreneurshipSocial venture planning competitions and the mentorship that is often provided to their participants provide valuable learning opportunities for budding social entrepreneurs. Ashoka’s review of these activities revealed the following different types of competitions: • Web-based single-submission competitions – Competitions such as these are easy to focus on particular topics and are ideal for large numbers of teams (90+), as they require less administrative attention than other types of competitions. |