Competition Name Hosting Organization(s)
Queen’s Entrepreneurs’ Competition Queen’s School of Business in Kingston
Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition University of Washington
Babcock Elevator Competition Babcock School of Business (Wake Forest University)
BYU Business Plan Competition Brigham Young University
SDSU Venture Challenge San Diego State University
Tulane Business Plan Competition Tulane University
McGinnis Venture Competition Carnegie Mellon
New Venture Championship Business Plan
Competition Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship (University of Oregon)
Dell Social Innovation Competition LBJ School of Public Affairs (University of Texas)
University of San Francisco International Business Plan Competition (No Updated info)
University of San Francisco
Competition)
Venture Labs Investment Comp. ( FormerlyMOOT CORPMcCombs School of Business (University of Texas at Austin)
Movers and Changers mtvU & NYSE
Global Social Venture Competition University of California, Berkeley
Utah Entrepreneur Challenge David Eccles School of Business (University of Utah)
Rice University Business Plan Competition Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, Jesse H. Jones Gra
8th Continent Project BPC
Thunderbird Innovation Challenge Thunderbird
Location Type Registration Executive Summary
Ontario, Canada
Seattle, WA Social Entrepreneurship 11/4/2010 11/4/2010
North Carolina 12/31/2010 Feb-11
Provo, UT 10/21/10 (idea pitch deadline) n/a
San Diego, CA 11/19/2011 12/3/2011
New Orleans, LA Conscious Capital 1/23/2011
Pittsburgh, PA 2/11/2011
Portland, OR Starting November 2010 Feb-11
Austin, TX Social Entrepreneurship 2/14/2011 2/14/2011
San Francisco, CA 2/4/2008 2/4/2008
Austin, TX n/a n/a
Oct. 15 2010
Berkeley, CA Social Entrepreneurship tba tba
Salt Lake City, UT 2/1/2011 2/4/2011
Houston, TX 2/4/2011 2/18/2010
Arizona Postponed for now NOT a BPC
Plans Due Plans Due (Invitation only) Final Event Total Cash & Prizes 1st Prize
11/5/2010 1/20/2011-1/22/2011 $25,000
1/13/2011 2/14 - 2/18/11 $30,000 $15,000
2/4/2011 3/25-3/26 2011 100000 10000
2/15/2011 n/a 4/1 - 4/2 100000 50000
2/18/2011 3/17/2011-3/19/2011 $25,000 $3,500
1/23/2011 4/8/2011 $70,000 $50,000
3/1/2011 3/10/2011-3/12/2011 $60 Cash, $60 in kind $20,000
Mar-11 n/a Apr-11 $70,000 $50,000
4/1/2011 n/a May 2011 (dates not announced yet)$50,000
n/a n/a 4/3-5/08 $25,000 $15,000
n/a 4/14/2011? 5/4 - 5/7 $111,500 $135,000
Oct 15 2011 n/a $25,000
tba n/a 4/22 - 4/24/10 $45,000 $25,000
3/3/2011 4/9/2011 $100,000 $40,000
3/21/2011 4/14/2011 - 4/16/2011 over $1,000,000 $370,000
4/8/2011-4/9/2011
$28,000 $20,000
2nd Prize 3rd Prize
$10,000 $7,500
$1,000 $1,000
30000 20000
$1,500 Other
$10,000 $5,000
$7,500 Other
$5,000 $3,000
$10,000 $5,000
$5,000 $5,000
$15,000 $7,500
$5,000 $3,000
Website
http://www.theqec.com/site/
http://www.foster.washington.edu/centers/gbc/globalsocialentrepreneurshipcompetition/Pages/GSEC.aspx
http://business.wfu.edu/ace, http://business.wfu.edu/elevator, http://business.wfu.edu/default.aspx?id=1007
http://bpc.byu.edu
http://emc.sdsu.edu/programs/Venture-Challenge/
http://tea.tulane.edu/?page_id=831
http://www.mcginnisventurecompetition.com
http://www.oregonnvc.com/Default.aspx
http://www.dellsocialinnovationcompetition.com/
http://www.usfca.edu/IBPC/
http://www.mootcorp.org
http://www.moversandchangers.com/, http://www.mtv.com/on_mtvu/contests/moversandchangers/2010/Official_Rules.p
http://www.gsvc.org
www.uec.utah.edu
http://www.alliance.rice.edu/alliance/RBPC.asp?SnID=95926838
http://www.8cproject.com/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=20
http://www.thunderbird.edu/sites/tsis/index.htm
Entry Restrictions
undergraduate, international bpc
Ideas must center on Health Care, IT or Communication Technology (2005) used to reduce poverty. Graduate &
undergraduate teams allowed.
At least one MBA program student on team.
50% of team must be degree-seeking BYU students.
At least one graduate student per team; teams limited to 5 individuals.
3 tracks (Tech, Life Sciences, Cleantech) At least one graduate student per team; teams limited to 5 individuals.
At least one graduate student per team; teams limited to 5 individuals.
Undergrad or Grad Students from any university (Dec 2010 grads allowed to enter. The venture must exist
primarily to solve a social problem
At least one graduate student on each team.
By invitation only (see below)
ers/2010/Official_Rules.pdf
At least one MBA student or one that has graduated from a graduate business program within 2 years of the
submission date.
Team leader must be currently enrolled in a university or college in Utah.
At least one graduate student per team; teams limited to 5 individuals.
4-5 MBA team members
Who to Contact Email or phone
Donna Fulp Donna.Fulp@mba.wfu.edu, 336.758.5103
Kiley Peters kpeters@emc.sdsu.edu
Emily Roberts erobert2@tulane.edu
djc@andrew.cmu.edu 412-268-8685
Steven Snyder ssnyder@uec.utah.edu
rbpc@rice.edu (713) 348-3443
602-978-7173
katherine.hutton@thunderbird.edu
Notes
Who judges the competition? (i.e. entrepreneurs, VC's, etc)
Information will be
provided in early
November
No specific dates
released yet…
Not all information
has been decided yet
Not updated for
2011 on website
Investors, celebrities, entreprenuers
2011 dates to be
announced
Students, Professors, VC's, Angel Investors, etc. (Panel)
VC's, entrepreneurs, engineers, etc.
Information will be
provided in early
November
Not a bpc, no
updated info