Name Arizona State ASU Technology x x Fall Open to ASU and Engineering students. Arkansas Economic Acceleration Foundation Donald W. Reynolds Governor s Cup Open to all faculty-sponsored, full-time and part-time undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at any of Arkansas universities or colleges. Babson College John H. Muller, Jr. uate Douglass Foundation uate Plan Open to Babson and Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering students only. Open to Babson and Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering students only. Ball State Enterprise Creation First place is $7,500. Bizfest Bizfest x x x Fall must be located in the City of Wilmington, Delaware. BizFilings Plan for the Future Open to high school students and college students. Grand Prize is $7500. Boise State Northwest Venture Championship Open to students in Canada, Mexico, and the Boise, Treasure Valley, Idaho, and Northwest US regions. Boston $30K Open to Boston U. students and recent alumni.
Brigham Young Brown California State -Fresno California State -San Bernardino Name Marriott School $50K $10K Student $250K Plan Teams must be organized and directed by a degree seeking students of BYU. Only registered Brown students are eligible to enter. Open to CSU-Fresno students. x Biz Launch Plan Open to anyone who is 18 or older. However, winner must start business in Fresno, discontinuing all other locations. All students submit a business plan into this competition. Only open to their students. Carnegie Mellon McGinnis Venture Follows rules of UT Austin s MOOT Corp, which allows only MBA and graduate students to compete. Case Western Reserve The $100K Innovation at Case x Open to all entrepreneurs who have raised less than $100,000 in capital. Clark Atlanta OFC Venture Only open to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU s) with MBA programs. Colorado State Venture Adventure First place wins $5,000. Columbia Annual A. Lorne Weil Open to Columbia School students. Name Cornell Johnson School At least one member of the team must be
CTEK Venture Centers Idea CTEK Colorado a Cornell student, faculty, staff or alumni. must be registered at CSU, DU, CU-Boulder, or CU-Denver. DePaul Annual Creative Idea x x x Open to DePaul students, high school students, and local business community. Duke Duke Start-Up Open to Duke students at all levels of education. The Cell Eureka! x Two tracks: student track (open to any student enrolled in a ) and an open track (no restrictions on eligibility). First prize is Rs. 2,000,000. Eureka Reporter Economic Fuel: The Humboldt County Student x Open to current students and recent graduates of Humboldt county Universities/Colleges. Also open to a recent grad of any school who resides in Humboldt County. Fairleigh Dickinson NJ Idea x x x Fall Must be a resident of NJ in order to participate. First Capital First Capital x x x Fall Anyone is eligible as long as your business plans to open in Kingston, Ontario. Florida Atlantic Adams Center Name x x Open to any member of the FAU family.
Fortune Small Magazine FSB Student Showdown x x Entrants must be a student at a college/university with a business plan competition and must have won that competition. Global Security Gonzaga Global Security Hogan Entrepreneurial Leadership Program Plan x x x Fall x x Venture must offer a technology product that can be used to prevent or analyze terrorist incidents or other criminal acts, or identify or locate the perpetrators of these acts. from Gonzaga, Eastern Washington, Whitworth College or Washington State are eligible to participate. Great Lakes Entrepreneur s Quest Great Lakes Entrepreneur s Quest x x x Fall & Each Team must include at least one member who resides, works, or attends school in Michigan. Haas School of, Columbia School, London School, and The Goldman Sachs Foundation Global Social Venture Each team must have an actively involved MBA student. Harvard GSAS Harvard Biotechnology Club Harvard School Plan x For biotechnology business plans. First prize is $5,000 plus office space worth $25,000. All teams must have at least one Harvard second year student. Name
Hong Kong Science and Technology HKUST International Open to graduate students of every nation. Particular interest in business proposals relevant to China. IBK Capital Corp. IBK Capital Ivey Open to teams of MBA students enrolled in an accredited Canadian. Indian Institute of Technology- Kanpur Megabucks Prize money worth Rs 2,000,000. Indiana Iowa State Spirit of Enterprise MBA Plan John Pappajohn Iowa Primarily for Midwest Universities. x has to be located in Iowa in order to compete. Jungle Media Group Jungle Plan For MBA students. Prizes total $45,000 in cash and services. Louisiana State New Venture x x x Fall Entrants must be 18 years old and residents of Louisiana. Massachusetts Institute of Technology $100K Must be a full-time or part-time MIT student. McClellan Technology Incubator & Sacramento Area Regional Technology Alliance CleanStart x x Fall Name Designed to accelerate the development of clean energy technology ventures within the Greater Sacramento Region.
Melbourne Entrepreneurs At least 30% of your team must be, or have been enrolled students or staff members of a Victorian in the year of entry. Miller Brewing Company Miller x x x Fall Open to adults ages 21-35 with a business that has an FEI number. New York Maximum Exposure Plan (also known as the Stern $50K Plus) Stern School of students and alumni are eligible to participate. The Northeast Universities Blueprint x x Fall A regional competition for student winners from the Universities of Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria, Sunderland, and Teesside. Northeastern Innovation Fest Teams must have one member from the Northeastern community. Notre Dame McCloskey Notre Dame Plan Annual Social Venture Plan Open to full time ND students or alumni. Teams must have at least one ND student or alumnus. Ohio State Fisher Plan An Ohio State student must be a member of the participating team. Name
Pace Pace x x Currently enrolled students at Pace are eligible to enter. Palo Alto Software x Open to US residents age 18 or older. plans must be written with Pro or Toolkit Software. Purdue Burton D. Morgan All Purdue students are eligible to participate in the event. Non-students can be team members, but Purdue students must make final presentations to the judges. Queen s School of Queen s Entrepreneurs Open to undergraduates from around the world. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Tech Valley Collegiate Open to all students attending a college or university in the 18 County Tech Valley region. Rice Rice Open to part-time or full-time graduate students, not just MBA s, enrolled in a university. Salem State College North Shore x Startups and emerging businesses may apply. Existing early stage businesses must be located in Essex County or commit to locating in Essex County. San Diego State Venture $21,000 in cash prizes. Name
Santa Clara Boomer Plan x plan must show products or services with the target market of ages 45+. Grand prize is $10,000. Sierra Nevada College Sharon M. Croom Celebration of the Entrepreneurial Spirit x x Fall & Enrolled SNC students present their business plans at the end of each semester to SNC stakeholders. Singapore Management Lee Kuan Yew Global Plan Presentations of finalists in June. Winners get trip to Singapore to present and about $69.000 US in prize money. Southern Methodist Full Time MBA Executive MBA x Open to SMU full time MBA students. x Open to SMU Executive MBA students. Syracuse Syracuse Plan Open to all graduate and undergraduate students enrolled at Syracuse. TechKnowledge Point Corp. S.E.E.D. Plan For graduate level students. Temple Temple Innovation Open to Temple students, faculty, staff and alumni. Name
Tulane : Open Level At least one member of the team must be a full-time student at Tulane or another invited. Tulane Tulane : uate Level Open to undergraduate students. First place wins $5,000. Akron Akron s wide Student Open to Akron students. Arizona McGuire Program Annual Open to McGuire students ( Arizona). California- Berkeley UC-Berkeley At least one member of the team must be student, faculty, staff or alumni of UC- Berkeley or UC-San Francisco. California- Berkeley, Columbia, London School National Social Venture $25,000 grand prize. Name
California-Davis Big Bang! At least one member of the management team must have UC-Davis affiliation (student, faculty, staff, or alumni). California-Los Angeles California-Santa Barbara Chicago Cincinnati Colorado at Denver Florida Georgia The Knapp Venture New Venture Edward L. Kaplan New Venture UC Spirit of Enterprise MBA CBA/MBA New Venture Championship The Bard Center Howard J. Leonhardt Teams must have at least one Anderson School of Management student. Open to all currently registered UC-Santa Barbara students. Each team is required to have at least one student from the uate School of, U. of Chicago. is only open to graduate students. is only open to graduate students. Open to grad students, faculty and staff of UC Denver. Open to Florida students. Georgia Bowl Open to MBA students primarily in the Southeast. Iowa John Pappajohn Iowa x has to be located in Iowa in order to compete. Massachusetts Lowell UMass Lowell $10K x x Fall Open to all UML students and alumni within one year of their graduation. Name
Michigan at Ann Arbor Monaco Nebraska Quick Pitch NeXt Generation Entrepreneurs Forum New Ventures World x Michigan Open to Michigan graduate students. Allows future entrepreneurial leaders a unique opportunity to meet investors, business leaders, and entrepreneurs in a focused environment. Team must consist of current students. North Carolina- Chapel Hill Venture Capital Investment Carolina Open to MBA students and entrepreneurs. At least one member of team must be a student, faculty member or staff member at UNC. North Texas New Venture Creation Contest Open to UNT students. Oregon New Venture Championship International/National competition to promote entrepreneurial spirit in MBA s and other graduate students. Oxford Oxford x x x Open to all entrepreneurs with an idea that makes significant use of science, technology or design and who has raised less that 250,000. Pennsylvania Wharton Plan Any student(s) in any School of the Pennsylvania are eligible to participate. Name
Portland The Legacy Open to Portland students, faculty and staff. San Francisco San Francisco International Follow MOOT CORP rules, which accept graduate students. South Carolina- Columbia USC Open to all USC students and researchers. Syracuse Panasci Plan Open to all students at SU. Texas-Austin MOOT Corp Enhancing entrepreneurial spirit amongst MBA s and other graduate students. Virginia Annual Innovation x Fall Open to graduate students pursuing a Masters in Administration or a similar degree. Name
Global Social The competition has targeted MBA and graduate students, but will accept plans from undergraduate students. Grand prize will be $5000 or more. Washington Washington Open to students who are enrolled in degree-seeking programs at: Washington State, Seattle Pacific, Pacific Lutheran, Seattle, and the Washington. Western Ontario IBK Capital Ivey Prizes total $100,000 USD. Virginia-Darden -Wide Concept UVA x x Fall Open to UVA students, faculty or staff. Open to UVA students, faculty or staff. Veneto Nanotech Nanochallenge x x x Anybody from anywhere in the world, who has an innovative and high-growth nanotechnology business project can participate. Wake Forest Babcock Elevator Pitch Each team much have a MBA student from an accredited MBA program and that person must be the presenter. Name
Washington -St. Louis Olin Cup Entrepreneur x x Fall Teams must include at least one Washington student to be eligible. Worcester Polytechnic Institute Yale WPI Venture Forum Y50K Yale x Open to technology based pre-start, startup, or ongoing businesses located in New England. Each team must have one member who is a student or employee/faculty member of Yale. Any reference obtained from this site to a specific commercial product, process, service, or event does not constitute or imply an endorsement of the product, process, service or event, or its producer or provider. The views and opinions expressed in any referenced document do not necessarily state or reflect those of the developers of this document or NC State. If you would like to be added to this list or edit information seen here, please contact Autumn Teal at autumnteal@ncsu.edu.