2011 Entrepreneurship Challenge
Business Idea Competition

"The Career Explorations Entrepreneurship Challenge provides the hands-on mentorship and practical tools student entrepreneurs need to take their idea to the next level..."

- Seth Flowerman, President Career Explorations

Career Explorations Entrepreneurship Challenge

The Career Explorations Entrepreneurship Challenge (CEEC) takes the traditional idea of a business plan competition to the next level! The winner of the CEEC receives an all-inclusive summer experience in his or her city of choice (Boston, Chicago, New York City, or San Francisco). Career Explorations provides the winner with housing, a meal plan, the opportunity to explore your host city through included activities, and of course a hands-on internship with a world-class entrepreneur.  This is the experience you need to get your idea off the ground or build your company to the next level!

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The following steps outline information about the Career Explorations Entrepreneurship Challenge. If you have any questions, please contact us at info@entrepreneurshipchallenge.com. Good luck!

Competition Entry Details:

Step 1: Register for the Competition

•  Check out the eligibility page to see if meet the application criteria

Step 2: Create your business plan

• Full business plans should not exceed 10 pages of text, 12 pt. font, double spaced with 1" margins. Up to an additional 5 pages of appendices may be included in addition to the 15 pages of text.  
•  For plan entry requirements and judging criteria please see our submissions guidelines/judging criteria page
• Check out the resources for student entrepreneurs page for some guidance

Step 3: Submit your entry by e-mail to info@entrepreneurshipchallenge.com

• Applications are due by Midnight, March 20^th, 2011
• Please submit your presentations in either word (.doc or .docx) format or adobe (.pdf) format.

Step 4: Next Steps

• Applications are reviewed by a panel of expert judges, and the ten finalists will be notified by March 31^st. 
• Finalists present in a virtual competition via webinar to the judges in early April, 2011. 
•  Final winners will be selected and announced in April, 2011.

Why Participate?                                                                          

•  Refine your pitch! Get your idea off the ground! OR Build your company to the next level!
• Explore your entrepreneurial spirit! 
• Gain credibility as an award-winning student and raise awareness of your product.
• Win prizes totaling in excess of $15,000! 
• "One of the most important things you could possibly do as a young entrepreneur is go learn from another successful entrepreneur...and what better opportunity than through the Career Explorations Entrepreneurship Challenge..." - Louis Lautmen, successful entrepreneur and founder of the Young Entrepreneur Society

Did you know?

According to a study by Babson College, students who wrote business plans while they were students were nearly twice as likely to start a business as their peers.