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Business Plan Competitions for Social Entrepreneurs

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Investor’s Circle Call for Applicants

http://tinyurl.com/IC-call-for-applicants

January 13, 2010

Companies at early or expansion stage whose businesses address significant social or environmental issues.

Global Social Venture Competition

www.gsvc.org January 20 (USA Entries) One team member must be a current or recent (2 years) graduate business student. $25,000 grand prize.

Brigham Young University Social Venture Competition

http://socialventure.byu.edu

January 22, 2010

Applicants must be currently enrolled at Brigham Young (Provo, Hawaii, or Idaho). $50,000 in cash and prizes.

Business Environmental Awards

www.acterra.org/bea/

January 22, 2010

For existing companies in the San Francisco Bay area. Some Non-profit organizations are eligible.

Tufts Entrepreneurship Business Plan Competition

http://tinyurl.com/tufts-competition

January 25, 2010

One member of each team must be a Tufts student. $100,000 in cash and in-kind prizes.

Florida International University (FIU) Entrepreneur Challenge

http://fiuchallenge.com

January 30, 2010

Open to all FIU students. $5,000 grant.

Harvard Social Enterprise Club Pitch for Change Competition

www.pitchforchange.org/

January 30, 2010

At least one team member must be a current graduate student. Cash prizes totaling $7,000.

Tulane University Business Plan Competition

www.tulanebusinessplancompetition.com/

February 1, 2010

Open to students. All business ventures must be seeking outside equity capital. Cash prizes totaling $40,000.

Seattle Pacific University Social Venture Plan Competition

www.spu.edu/depts/sbe/svpc.asp

February 9, 2010

At least one teams member must be a SPU student. $7,500 in prizes.

Yale Entrepreneurial Society (YES)

www.yesatyale.org/y50k.php

February 9, 2010

At least one team member must be a Yale student, staff, or faculty member. $55,000 in prizes.

Duke Start-Up Challenge - Entrepreneur Competition www.dukestartupchallenge.org/ February 10, 2010

At least one team member must be a full-time student at Duke. Prizes totaling $52,000.

Stanford Social E-Challenge

http://tinyurl.com/social-ebases

February 17, 2010

At least one team member must be a Stanford student or recent alumni. $50,000 in prizes.

Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship (SASE)

www.skollfoundation.org/skollawards/

February 17, 2010

Organization led by social entrepreneur with at least a 3 year track record. Mezzanine funding available.

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Pre-Launch of Socialpreneur Leadership Course in Tucson, Arizona

If you have been reading my blog for awhile, I’m sure you know by now that I live in Tucson, Arizona, and I am a Financial Advisor, who is passionate about making a difference in the world through his work. After all that’s what this blog is all about.

For the last couple of weeks I’ve been looking for ways to turn my business into a social enterprise in order to practice what I’m preaching to everyone.

We’ll…I’m happy to annouce that I have a plan and I would like you to become a part of it.

Starting next month, I will be lauching the first Socialpreneur Leadership Course. The SLC will be the training ground of choice for aspiring Socialpreneurs. It will also be the most exciting game you’ve ever played.

SLC is in the business of creating leaders in Social Entrepreneurship. The people who complete this program will gain the skills to successful play and win “The game that makes a difference.”

The SLC will be comprised of successful business owners, directors of Non-profits and occassionally community members that have the goal turning their organization into a social enterprise or creating a Socialpreneurial project.

This program will initally be FREE and will give each participant the opportunity to build relationships and brainstorm with other brilliant highly conscious minds. Most importantly the SLC will serve as an incubator for bourgeoning social enterprises.

At the end of the program everyone will walk away with a social enterprise that is poised to create unmatched results in world of business and in the world at large.

Each team will meet for a period of 6 weeks and consist of no more than 10 players.

If you live in tucson and would like to become a member of Team 001 send an e-mail to info@socialentrepreneurforum.com with a paragraph or more explaining your business or project, the problem it solves, and why you should be selected as a player for Team 001 (No novels please).

So far I have 7 powerful players on deck and 3 seats left. I would really would love to have you on board.

What if I don’t live in Tucson…can I still participate?

Yes…I am currently creating an online platform that will allow you to particpate in the SLC from the comfort of your home.

As soon the platform is complete I’ll post it on this blog. My goal is to have this completed by the first of the new year.

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