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Business Plan Competition

Announcements

  • Team registration is now closed. Good luck to all teams!
  • 1-2 page abstract due: January 30, 2012
  • Fast Pitch round: February 4, 2012
  • Semi-final round: March 10, 2012
  • Business Plan Competition Finals: March 31, 2012

How to Enter

  • Carefully review the Eligibility and Protocol for Teams sections to ensure you meet all criteria before entering.
  • Register your team online before January 27, 2012.
  • Refer back to the Protocol for Teams section for information about the business plan, presentations, and important next steps.
  • Begin preparing your 90 Second Fast Pitch to present on February 4, 2012!

About the Competition

Student teams of entrepreneurs face off for a chance to win cash prizes totaling $18,500 – including a $10,000 grand prize – in the Pepperdine University Business Plan Competition. A distinguished panel of entrepreneurs and venture capitalists will judge the competition and provide invaluable feedback and networking opportunities to the teams.

The business plan competition reflects the Graziadio School hallmarks of experience-driven and entrepreneurial education – giving students a chance to apply the knowledge they’ve learned to fulfill their dreams of launching their own business. Students from all schools of Pepperdine are invited to compete.

Socially Minded Entrepreneur Award

A special $1,000 prize will be awarded to the team whose plan best embodies the theme of social responsibility in business. The Socially Minded Entrepreneur Award is presented by the Graziadio School’s student-run Values-Centered Leadership Lab, an organization dedicated to furthering corporate social responsibility and ethics in business.

The Pepperdine University Business Plan Competition is presented by the Graziadio School of Business and Management and the Palmer Center for Entrepreneurship and the Law.