The Baiada Center hosts three competitions that provide a process for students to turn great ideas into great businesses. Competitions encourage students to form interdisciplinary teams, to take ideas from the concept phase, through a feasibility study/market analysis to a full business plan, and to build a new venture. These three competitions are designed for students across all schools at Drexel, and welcome the participation of students not enrolled in the entrepreneurial or business curriculum. Student teams receive extensive feedback and receive written comments from several judges.

Past winners range from health care technology to an innovative design for sunglasses. To read about past winners, click here...

Business Concept Competition: Submit a three-page business concept on February 4, 2008 and compete to win one of five $500 prizes.
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Business Plan Competition Submit a Full Business Plan on May 5, 2008 and compete for one of three prizes of $1,000.
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Baiada Business Incubator Competition: Present your plan to a panel of judges at the 2008 Entrepreneur Conference and compete for office space in the state-of-the-art Baiada incubator to start the businesses. Cash prizes of $12,000, $8,000, and $4,000 will be given as seed funding and in-kind service prizes with a total value of $50,000 will be provided to the start-ups.
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