Compete to win $20,000 by joining "THE UCCS SPORTS/OUTDOORS BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION"!
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Posted By: Hija Chang on May 02, 2011 The El Pomar Institute for Innovation and Commercialization (EPIIC) is proud to announce the first annual UCCS Sports/Outdoors Business Plan Competition. This competition is open to any United States college, university, community college, or technical insitute team of students. Applications for the Sports/Outdoors Business Plan Competition are being taken beginning April 1, 2011 through August 1, 2011. Preliminary feedback will be provided to all entries, with the top 10 selected for onsite competition at the Antler’s Hotel in Colorado Springs during the weekend of October 21-22, 2011. Winners will be announced on Saturday, October 22, at a competition banquet. Prizes for the competition are: Challenger Homes First Prize: $20,000 Second Prize: $10,000 Third Prize: $3,500 Fourth Prize: $1,500 The competition is open to any team of students or teams that combine students and non-students as long as 50% of the venture principals are currently, or were students at the time of application submission. Venture types that will be considered in this competition are limited to sports, outdoors, and fitness categories, which may be broadly conceived to include: * Sports equipment * Sports apparel * Outdoor equipment * Camping, fishing, hunting gear, apparel, services * Fitness and nutritional products/services * Sports performance products/services/technologies * Anti-doping detection and preventative products/services * Fitness gear * Fitness apparel * Fantasy sports * Sports related statistical/analytical services * Sports/outdoors/fitness related social media * Sports/outdoors/fitness related media * Online fitness communities and services * Wellness products, services, technologies * Sports/outdoors/fitness related web sites, social media, gaming PURPOSE OF THE COMPETITION The 2011 UCCS Sports/Outdoors Business Plan Competition is the first business plan competition in the world to be focused purely on Sports/Outdoors new venture concepts. This unique competition is intended to encourage innovation and outside-the-box thinking among students and others interested in healthy, sports/outdoor oriented lifestyles. The finals for this competition will be held in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Colorado Springs is widely known for its outdoor and sports oriented lifestyles. The natural beauty of the region’s snow-capped peaks, bike trails and open spaces, access to arts and cultural venues, family attractions, proximity to world-class ski resorts, and over 300 days of sunshine attract millions of visitors each year. Colorado Springs is tucked at the foot of Pikes Peak at an altitude of 6,035 feet. A bustling hub for the mining industry, the city was dubbed Little London for its affinity to arts and culture. Today, Colorado Springs is enjoying a resurgence of national recognition for its quality of life and abundant opportunities. Money Magazine rated the city number one - the Best Big City in the nation to live and work - in its August 2006 issue. Cities Ranked & Rated, published by Frommer’s, ranked the community 4th in the nation based on a rigorous analysis including cost of living, climate, education, health and healthcare, crime, transportation, leisure, arts and culture, economy and jobs, and overall quality of life. In addition, the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), one of America's premier sports organizations, is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colo. The U.S. Olympic Committee is the coordinating body for all Olympic-related athletic activity in the United States. The vision of the USOC is to enable America's athletes to realize their Olympic and Paralympic dreams. The USOC is recognized by the International Olympic Committee as the sole entity in the United States whose mission involves training, entering and underwriting the full expenses for the U.S. teams in the Olympic, Paralympic, Pan American and Parapan American Games. In addition to being the steward of the U.S. Olympic Movement, the USOC is the moving force for support of sports in the United States that are on the program of the Olympic, Paralympic, Pan American and Parapan American Games. The U.S. Olympic Committee also oversees the process by which U.S. cities seek to be selected as a Candidate City to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games, winter or summer, or the Pan American Games. In addition, the USOC approves the U.S. trial sites for the Olympic, Paralympic and Pan American Games team selections. Website: http://epiic.uccs.edu/busplan If you enjoyed this article, Join HBCU CONNECT today for similar content and opportunities via email! |
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Hija Chang
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