Laurence A. Baiada Center for Entrepreneurship

Baiada Center Competitions

The Baiada Center hosts four 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 four 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...

Global Entrepreneurship Week Pitch Competition: In partnership with Drexel Green and the Great Works Symposium, the 2009 Global Entrepreneurship Week competition, "Green to Gold Concepts to Change the World: People, Prosperity & Planet" will be held on November 19, 2009.

First Place: $600

Second Place: $400

Third Place: $250

Business Concept Paper and Pitch Competitions: Submit a three-page business concept on February 1, 2010. The authors of the ten top papers present their concept in a three-minute pitch on March 9 and compete to win cash prizes.

First Place: $1500

Second Place: $1000

Third Place: $500

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Register Online for Concept Competitions
Click here for Concept Evaluation for Competitors

Business Plan Competition Submit a Full Business Plan on April 19, 2010 and compete for cash prizes.

First Place: $3000

Second Place: $2000

Third Place: $1000

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Register Online for Business Plan Competition: New Team | Existing team (Phase I Participants)
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Baiada Business Incubator Competition: Present your plan to a panel of judges at the 2010 Entrepreneur Conference and compete for office space in the state-of-the-art Baiada incubator to start the business. Upon entry into the incubator, in-kind service (values totaling over $50,000) and other prizes will be awarded to the start-ups.

First Place: $10000*

Second Place: $8000*

Third Place: $6000*

*$6000 will be used to defer incubation and training fees; remaining will be a cash prize to be used to start the business.

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