Previous Winners
2008 Contest General Information
On Tuesday, April 29, 2008 Harvard Business School held the Business Plan Contest Finals. The winner of the Traditional Track was: EyeViewDigital.com (team members: Tal Riesenfeld, HBS; Yaniv Fain, MIT; Oren Harnevo, EyeView; Yaniv Nitzan, EyeView; Gal Barnea, EyeView) and the runners-up were Good Start Genetics (team member: Paris Wallace, HBS), MyHappyPlanet.com (team members: Karen Ong, HBS; Steve Davis, HBS; Ethan Laub, HBS; Todd Pinkerton, MyHappyPlanet.com; Francois Gagnon, MyHappyPlanet.com), Physica Solutions (team members: Carlos Jaramillo, HBS; Jeremy Friese, HBS) and Supply Solutions (team members: Kevin Sousa, HBS; Jun Wang, HBS).
The winner of the Social Enterprise Track was Diagnostics For All (team members: Hayat Sindi, Harvard; Roozbeh Ghaffari, MIT; Carol Waghorne, Partners; Kyra Bobinet, HSPH, Jon Puz, HBS; Gilbert Tang, HBS; Krishna Yeshwant, HBS) and the runner-up was Ghonsla (team members: Emmanuel Arnaud, Ghonsla; Zehra Ali, Ghonsla; Monica Hau Le, Ghonsla; Mubarik Imam, Ghonsla).
Handouts, Slides, etc.
- 2008 Kick-off with Prof. Bill Sahlman overview flyer
- HELP Session: Using Baker Library Resources slides
- HELP Session: The Entrepreneur's Legal Workshop slides
- HELP Session: Pitching your Plan slides
Videos and News
- Watch the video from the Finals.
- Read the HBS News Release from the Contest.
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
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.
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.
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.
Past Winners and Runners-Up
2003
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Traditional Track
FBC (winner)
Brontes Technologies
Jadoo Power Systems
TrialBridge
Social Enterprise Track
Gyaana (winner)
FoodSTOP
2002
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Traditional Track
FishLogic (winner)
Aprendo
Empower
Music Games, Int.
Social Enterprise Track
BEST Education Partners (winner)
The Unison Project
2001
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Traditional Track
Potentia Pharmaceuticals (winner)
Bluesolid
Realtime Ops
Twin Photon
Social Enterprise Track
Low Cost Eyeglasses (winner)
Modulo
2000
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Bang (winner)
3Plex (formerly Truck-it-now)
Knumi
Sound Micro
1999
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Local Rewards.com (winner)
eBricks.com
OurWellness.com
Suppliermarket.com
1998
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Zefer (winner)
Crimson Solutions
InnerVue
So Clean
1997
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Omnicon Technologies (winner)
American Veterinary Specialists
Chemdex.com
MST Group, LLC

