Business Plan Contests
Take the first step in making your business idea a reality! Cornell offers annual business plan competitions for both undergraduate and graduate students. Winners can receive up to $10,000 and an opportunity to be considered for investment by BRVentures, Cornell's on-campus, student-run venture capital firm.
- Cornell Venture Challenge
Business Plan Contest | Contest Web site
$10,000 and 20 hours of legal counseling for first place, $2,500 for second place, $1000 for third place. - Entrepeneurship@Cornell Big Idea Competition
Undergraduate Idea Competition | E@C Big Idea Contest Information
The Competition for Big Thinkers“The Big Idea” is a business idea competition open exclusively to Cornell undergraduates. Organized and executed by Entrepreneurship@Cornell, “The Big Idea” offers cash prizes to the top three ideas in two separate categories - Business Enterprise and Social Enterprise. Winners are determined by three phases of competition including a live presentation to alumni, students, faculty and staff at the annual Entrepreneurship@Cornell Celebration. Learn more at http://www.eship.cornell.edu/BigIdea/.
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Cornell University
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