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Case competitions reap tangible and intangible rewards for participants.
SustaInvest: The Sustainable Portfolio Pitch Competition
April 17, 2009
Submission Deadline Extended to March 25th
http://www.sustainvest.org/
2008-09 William James Foundation 6th Annual Socially Responsible Business Plan Competition
The William James Foundation supports and rewards entrepreneurs who are starting mission-driven companies. Applicants must submit a plan for a for-profit business with social and/or environmental values integrated into its mission and bottom line. For more information, download the instructions, or visit the foundation's website at www.williamjamesfoundation.org/criteria09. The deadline to submit is December 1, 2008.
Walmart Better Living Business Plan Challenge 2009
The Walmart Better Living Business Plan Challenge provides a forum for students to showcase their best ideas and to help Walmart learn from some of the brightest minds in the world. The competition challenges students to invent sustainable products or develop sustainable business solutions and present them to a panel of Walmart executives, suppliers, and environmental organizations. In addition to gaining an audience with some of the top business and sustainability leaders in the United States, the winning school will receive $20,000 to invest in their business or product. Click here for more details.
2009 Social Innovation Competition
The RGK Center at the University of Texas at Austin is looking for university students nationwide with ingenious entrepreneurial ideas that will change the world. The RGK Center is asking students to dream up a plan that combines creativity and innovation to tackle a pressing social issue for a chance to win $50,000 and put their plan into action. This is the first year that the competition has been opened to students outside of the state of Texas, and we would appreciate your help in reaching out to students from George Washington University who are interested in social entrepreneurship.
We have just extended the entry deadline to February 6, 2008. Students can enter online through the website: http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/rgk/competition/index.php.
We are very excited about giving students the opportunity to apply the skills they gain in the classroom in a tangible, entrepreneurial setting. I have included below an announcement which may be sent out to students. I look forward to working with you in the future to develop students' interest in social entrepreneurship. If you have any questions regarding the Social Innovation Competition, please contact myself or the Program Coordinator, Heather Alden (heather.alden@mail.utexas.edu).
2008 Competitions to look out for in 2009:
Thunderbird Sustainable Innovation Case Competition
http://www.thunderbird.edu/sites/tsis/index.htm
Net Impact Case Competition – Rotman School of Management
http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/csrcasecomp/
RGK Center of Philanthropy and Community Service
http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/rgk/competition/about.php
Changemakers - Ashoka
http://www.changemakers.net/ambassador
JPMorgan Good Venture Case Competition
goodventure.org/
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