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CALL FOR ENTRANTS!
GLOBAL SOCIAL VENTURE COMPETITION
The Global Social Venture Competition is the largest and oldest student-led business plan competition providing mentoring, exposure, and $45,000 in prizes for social ventures from around the world. Start forming a team today to submit your executive summary by January 20, 2010*!
Winning plans in the past have ranged from global health to
microfinance, from cleantech to education, from fair trade to community
development, from business concepts to operating companies, and have
included for-profit and non-profit models.
ENTRANT REQUIREMENTS
- Every team must include at least one member who is a current student in ANY graduate business program or who has graduated from any graduate business program within the past 24 months.
- Operating companies are welcome to enter, though they must be less than 3 years old (as measured by first revenue or first patent issued).
- Plan can be for a for-profit or non-profit as long as either can be financially self-sustaining at scale.
TEAM MATCHING
If you are interested in the competition but need to assemble a team, please visit our team matching document.
GSVC PARTNER SCHOOLS
- Haas School of Business
- Columbia Business School
- London Business School
- Indian School of Business
- ESSEC Business School
- Thammasat Business School
GSVC also has several Outreach Partner Schools – for a complete list, visit: GSVC Outreach Partners
KEY DATES
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December 8, 2009 |
Entrepreneurial Best Practices Panel:
Measuring Social Impact: Lessons from the Trenches (more info) |
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January 20, 2010* |
Executive Summaries Due |
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Feb/March 2010** |
Full Business Plans Due |
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March 2010** |
Regional Semi Finals |
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April 6, 2010 |
Final Business Plans Due |
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April 21-23, 2010 |
Global Finals & Symposium |
* Please note: The January 20th submission deadline is for entrants from the US, Europe (non-French speaking), Africa and South America. Entrant teams from Asia should apply to the Asia Regional Round at the Indian School of Business or the SE Asia Round at Thammasat Business School in Thailand. If you wish to submit a plan in French, you may do so via the ESSEC Business School Regional Round in France. Please also visit gsvc.org for more details on how to enter.
**Final Business Plan Submission and Regional Semi-Final dates vary by Partner School and Region. Please see the GSVC calendar for more information.
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