Laurence A. Baiada Center for Entrepreneurship

Baiada Center Competitions

The Baiada Center hosts many competitions that provide a process for students and alumni 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 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 Paper Competition:
Open to all Drexel students

Submit a three-page business concept on February 1, 2012 and compete for cash prizes.

First Place: $1000

Second Place: $500

Third Place: $250

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Business Plan Competition
Open to all Drexel students

Submit a full business plan on March 26, 2012. The authors of the six top papers present their plan on April 25 and compete to win cash prizes.

First Place: $3000

Second Place: $2000

Third Place: $1000

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Baiada Business Incubator Competition
Open to current Drexel students and alumni

Application Deadline - March 19, 2012

Selected teams will present plans to a panel of judges at the 2012 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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New Team/Existing Team
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