Previous Winners

• 2007
• 2006
• 2005
• 2004
• 1997-2003 Winners and Runners-up

2007 Contest General Information

On Monday, April 23, 2007 the Harvard Business School held the Business Plan Contest Finals, where presentations were made and the winners chosen. The winner of the Traditional Track was Judicial Intelligence (team members: Sandra Nudelman, HBS; Michele Nudelman, Washington University at St. Louis School of Law) and the runners-up were C3 BioEnergy (team members: Tracy Mathews, HBS; Curt Fischer, MIT; Andrew Peterson, MIT), Clear Suppliers (team members: Alex Zhang, HBS; Paul Morgenthaler, HBS) and Katherine Kwei (team members: Elenor Mak, HBS; Ying Soong, HBS).

The winner of the Social Enterprise Track was Unite for Health! (team members: Onil Bhattacharyya, HSPH; Lingling Zhang, HSPH; Anna Chodos, HSPH) and the runner-up was Charitable Donations Group (team members: Matt Scherrer, HBS; Paris Wallace, HBS).

Handouts, Slides, etc.

• 2007 Kick-off with Prof. Bill Sahlman overview flyer and video
• HELP Session: Using Baker Library Resources slides
• HELP Session: The Entrepreneur's Legal Workshop slides

Photos and Videos

• View photos of the winners and runners-up or watch the video from the Finals.

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2006 Contest General Information

On Tuesday, April 25, 2006 Harvard Business School held the Business Plan Contest Finals. The winner of the Traditional Track was 8baorice and the runners-up were Acillix, Elective Medical Lending, Hepa Wash and ONTV.

The winners of the Social Enterprise Track were Yashmere ('Concept' phase) and Mountains for Miracles ('Pilot' phase) and the runner-up was SoukTel ('Concept' phase).

Read more about the participating teams.

Handouts, Slides, etc.

• Overview flyer and video from 2006 Kick-off with Prof. Bill Sahlman
• Slides from 2006 Social Enterprise Kick-off with Prof. Michael Chu
• Slides from HELP Session: Developing an SE Business Plan with Prof. Stacey Childress
• Slides from HELP Session: Using Baker Library Resources to Document your Business Plan
• Slides from HELP Session: Presenting an SE Business Plan with Prof. Stacey Childress
• Slides from HELP Session: Financing a New Social Enterprise with Prof. Michael Chu

Videos

• Watch the video from the 2006 Business Plan Contest Finals held on Tuesday, April 25, 2006 in Burden Auditorium on the Harvard Business School Campus.

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2005 Contest General Information

On Monday, May 2, 2005 Harvard Business School held the Business Plan Contest Finals. The winner of the Traditional Track was Uplift and the runners-up were HeroesNow, Owl, Sikara & Co., and Travelguru.com. The winner of the Social Enterprise Track was India Info Village and the runner-up was Liberty Health - the SmartBroker.

Handouts, Slides, etc.

• Slides from the Social Enterprise Kick-Off Event
• Slides from "Developing a Social Enterprise Business Plan" with Stacey Childress
• Slides from "Performance Measurement of a Social Enterprise" with Dutch Leonard
• Slides from Library HELP Session, "Leveraging Baker Resources for Your Business Plan"
• Slides from "Financing a Non-Profit or Social Organization" with Michael Chu
• Slides from "Presenting a Social Enterprise Business Plan" with Stacey Childress

Videos

• Watch the video from the 2005 Business Plan Contest Finals held on Monday May 2, 2005 in Burden Auditorium on the Harvard Business School Campus.

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2004 Contest General Information

On Monday, April 26, 2004 the Harvard Business School held the Contest Finals, where presentations were made and the winners chosen. The winner of the Social Enterprise Track was SunEdison and the runner-up was Poli-Clinicus.  The winner of the Traditional Track was Extend Fertility and the runners-up were Fortify Systems, Lean Forward Media and Sapphire.

Handouts, Slides, etc.

• Slides from Professor Sahlman's Talk, "So, You Still Want to Be an Entrepreneur"
• Slides from "Elements and Presentation of Your Social Enterprise Business Plan" with Stacey Childress.
• Slides from "How to Conduct Research for Your Business Plan"
• Slides from "Performance Measurement of Social Enterprises" with Dutch Leonard
• Slides from Financing for Social Enterprises with Michael Chu
• Professor Bagley's  HBS Working Knowledge article, "Entrepreneur's Top Ten Mistakes,".

Videos

• Watch the video from the 2004 Contest Finals held on Monday April 26, 2004 in Burden Auditorium on the Harvard Business School Campus.

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Past Winners and Runners-Up

2003

• Traditional Track
  FBC (winner)
  Brontes Technologies
  Jadoo Power Systems
  TrialBridge
  
  Social Enterprise Track
  Gyaana (winner)
  FoodSTOP

2002

• Traditional Track
  FishLogic (winner)
  Aprendo
  Empower
  Music Games, Int.
  
  Social Enterprise Track
  BEST Education Partners (winner)
  The Unison Project

2001

• Traditional Track
  Potentia Pharmaceuticals (winner)
  Bluesolid
  Realtime Ops
  Twin Photon
  
  Social Enterprise Track
  Low Cost Eyeglasses (winner)
  Modulo

2000

• Bang (winner)
  3Plex (formerly Truck-it-now)
  Knumi
  Sound Micro

1999

• Local Rewards.com (winner)
  eBricks.com
  OurWellness.com
  Suppliermarket.com

1998

• Zefer (winner)
  Crimson Solutions
  InnerVue
  So Clean

1997

• Omnicon Technologies (winner)
  American Veterinary Specialists
  Chemdex.com
  MST Group, LLC