Welcome to the 11th annual West Virginia Statewide Collegiate Business Plan Competition , hosted by BrickStreet Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship in the College of Business and Economics at West Virginia University. The competition affords college students around the state the unique opportunity to make a business idea come to life with the support of state institutions of higher education and seasoned business professionals from around the country.
Goal: To provide students with the education, skills, contacts, and motivation necessary to create a viable, start-up company in West Virginia. Three grand prize packages consisting of $10,000 cash prize, accounting, legal, and virtual or physical incubator space are awarded to the top team in each category:
Lifestyle and Innovation – These can be products or services that are part of daily life or new innovations. They can be the introduction of new products or services, or new methods or techniques on existing products or services.
Hospitality and Tourism – Products or services with relevance to hospitality, restaurants, hotels, tourism or related fields.
STEM – Products or services with an emphasis in engineering, technology, energy, and healthcare
Eligibility: Any full-time college student attending a four-year, degree-granting West Virginia institution OR a full-time community college student at a West Virginia degree granting institution. Open to all majors! Full time status will be verified. Students participating in university-approved co-op programs are considered to be full-time students for the purpose of this competition. Students that graduate in December 2016 are eligible to compete, but MUST attend all mandatory functions related to the competition during the spring of 2017.
The deadline to enter is October 14, 2016 at noon ET.