Business Plan Competitions

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1	NAME	AFFILIATION	LOCATION	OPEN DATE	DEADLINE	EVENT DATE	TYPE
2	Ivey Competition	Ivey	London, Ontario		October	January	Competition
3	The Queen’s Entrepreneurs’ Competition	Queen's Smith School of Business	Toronto		October	January	Competition
4	Baylor Business New Venture Competition	Baylor University	Waco, Texas	September	October	February	Competition
5	Cleantech University Prize	US Department of Energy	Chicago, Illinois		November	February	Competition
6	College-by-College Pitch Off	Iowa State University - Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship	Ames, Iowa			February	Competition
7	MD&M West Conference	MedTechWorld	Anaheim, California			February	Conference
8	Cupids Cup	Under Armour	Varies	October	January	March	Competition
9	Greater Lansing Entrepreneurial Awards	Greater Lansing Business Monthly	Lansing, Michigan			March	Conference
10	ISU Innovation Pitch	Iowa State University - Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship	Ames, Iowa		Limited to first 30 students	March	Competition
11	McGinnis Venture Competition		Pittsburg, Pennsylvania		January	March	Competition
12	New Orleans Entrepreneur Week	Idea Village	New Orleans, Louisiana			March	Conference
13	OPEN Minds	VentureWell	Austin, Texas	November	December	March	Competition
14	Business Model Competition	University of Iowa	Iowa City, Iowa		March	March	Competition
15	Outdoor Weber	Weber State University	Ogden, Utah	January	January	March	Competition
16	Student Startup Madness (SXSW)	South by Southwest	Austin, Texas		December	March	Conference
17	Midwest Entrepreneurship Conference	University of Nebraska - Omaha	Omaha, Nebraska		April	April	Conference
18	Draper Competition for Collegiate Women Entrepreneurs	Smith College	San Mateo, California	January	March	April	Competition
19	Carnegie Mellon University Venture Challenge	Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	December	February	April	Competition
20	ExxonMibil Spring Energy Challenge	BBL Ventures	Houston, Texas		March	April	Competition
21	e-Fest	Entrepreneur & Innovation Exchange	Minneapolis, Minnesota	February	February	April	Competition
22	Global Social Venture Competition	University of CA, Berkeley	Varies		December	April	Competition
23	Global Student Entrepreneur Awards	Global Student Entrepreneur Awards	Varies		December	April	Competition
24	Pappajohn Student Entrepreneurial Venture Competition	John Pappajohn Iowa Entrepreneurial Venture Competition	Ames, Iowa		April	April	Competition
25	Rice Business Plan Competition	Rice University	Houston, Texas	November	February	April	Competition
26	TCU Ventures Prize	TCU Neeley School of Business	Fort Worth, Texas	October	February	April	Competition
27	TigerLaunch	Princeton Entrepreneurship Club	Princeton, New Jersey		December	April	Competition
28	Under Armour Sustainability Challenge	Under Armour and the University of Maryland	College Park, Maryland		April	April	Competition
29	Tulane Business Model Competition	Tulane University	New Orleans, Louisiana	November	January	April	Competition
30	University Startups Conference & Demo Day	NCET2	Washington DC	December	February	April	Competition
31	Young Entrepreneur Convention	Young Entrepreneur Convention	Ames, Iowa			April	Conference
32	New Venture Championship (NVC)	University of Oregon	Portland, Oregon	November	February	April	Competition
33	UGA's Next Top Entrepreneur	University of Georgia	Athens, Georgia		March	April	Competition
34	EntreFEST Pitch Competition	EntreFEST	Cedar Rapids, Iowa			May	Conference
35	IBMC	IBMC	Provo, Utah	January	April	May	Competition
36	Med Tech Conference	Oppenheimer, PWC, and more	Minneapolis, Minnesota			May	Conference
37	Michigan Growth Capital Symposium	MGCS	Ypsilanti, Michigan			May	Conference
38	Milken Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition & Conference	Penn Grad School of Ed. & Milken Family Foundation	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	January	February	May	Competition
39	Lemelson MIT Student Prize	MIT	Cambridge, Massachusetts	March	September	June	Competition
40	WBENC Student Entrepreneur Program	WBENC	Detroit, Michigan	November	February	June	Accelerator Program
41	Arch Grants Global Startup Competiton	Arch Grants	St Louis, Missouri	March	May	August	Competition
42	CodeLaunch		Frisco, Texas	January		August	Competition
43	Think Chicago	U of I	Chicago, Illinois	March	May	August	Incubator Program
44	Business Week Pitch Competition	Iowa State University - Ivy College of Business	Ames, Iowa		September	September	Competition
45	John Pappajohn Iowa Business Plan Competition	John Pappajohn Iowa Entrepreneurial Venture Competition	Iowa			September	Competition
46	Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition	SMU Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship	Singapore	April	June	September	Competition
47	SPE ATCE Startup Village		Dallas, Texas		July	September	Competition
48	TechCrunch: Disrupt San Francisco	TechCrunch	San Francisco, California	May	June	September	Conference
49	HackISU	Iowa State University	Ames, Iowa			October	Competition
50	Innovate Celebrate	TechCo Media	San Francisco, California	April	May	October	Competition
51	Innovation Expo		Cedar Rapids, Iowa		August	October	Conference
52	Startup Pitch Event	Iowa State University - Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship	Ames, Iowa			October	Competition
53	tech.co Startup of the Year	tech.co	San Francisco, California	November	April	October	Competition
54	University Startup World Cup	You Noodle?	Copenhagen, Denmark		August	October	Competition
55	VALEO INNOVATION CHALLENGE	VALEO	Paris, France	March	April	October	Competition
56	90 Seconds for $900 Elevator Pitch Competition	Iowa State University - Agricultural Entrepreneurship Initiative	Ames, Iowa			November	Competition
57	CEO Global Pitch Competition	Collegiate Entrepreneurship Organization	Kansas City, Missouri	July	October	November	Competition
58	Collegiate Inventors Competition	National Inventors Hall of Fame	Alexandria, Virginia			November	Competition
59	Dolphin Tank	Michigan Womens Foundation	Detroit, GR, Jackson	May	May	November	Competition
60	Global Automotive Mobility Innovation Challenge		Detroit, Michigan		October	November	Competition
61	MIT 100k (requires an MIT student on team)	MIT	Boston, Massachusetts		October	November	Competition
62	National U.Pitch Competition & Showcase	Future Founders	Chicago, Illinois		October	November	Competition
63	New England Venture Summit	Young Startup Venture	Boston, Massachusetts			December	Conference
64	REV – Ignite Your Business		Council Bluffs, Iowa			December	Competition
65	Proto Cohort	LEAP	Lansing, Michigan	November	December	Feb-Jun	Accelerator Program
66	Desai Accelerator	Michigan Center for Entrepreneurship	Ann Arbor, Michigan	December		June-September	Accelerator Program
67	5x5 Nights	Start Garden	Grand Rapids, Michigan		1 week prior	Monthly	Competition
68	Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U)	Clinton Foundation	Varies		April	October	Conference
69	Automation Alley	Automation Alley	Troy, Michigan	Ongoing	Ongoing	Ongoing	Accelerator Program
70	Export Webinar Series	Export Compliance Training Institute	Webinar	Ongoing	Ongoing	Ongoing	Webinar
71	TechTown	TechTown	Detroit, Michigan	Ongoing	Ongoing	Ongoing	Accelerator Program
72	The Hatching	LEAP	Lansing, Michigan	Quarterly	Quarterly	Quarterly	Competition
73	ASPIRE	Venture Well	Varies	Semester	Semester	Semester	Accelerator Program
74	Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest	Dream Quest One	Online	Varies	Varies	Varies	Competition
75	Innovation Enterprise Summits	Innovation Enterpris	Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies	Conference
76	WeWork Creator Awards	WeWork	Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies	Competition
77	Coolest College Startups Competition	Inc.	Online				Competition
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