Congratulations to the 2013 Winners!
Congratulations to Tauros Engineering, the business track grand prize and crowd favorite winner, and Quickstor, the runner up!
Tauros Engineering
Commercializing a revolutionary technology for the detection of bridge scour (Adrian Ross, MBA '14; Alison Flatau; David Flatau; Tyler Flatau)
Quickstor
A mobile platform for self storage rental that increases lead conversion and value (Rebecca Greene, MBA '13; Todd Rudnianyn, MBA '13)
Read more about the Competition Finale in the HBS News Release and watch interviews with the winning teams. Also, check out these articles: BostInno, Harvard Business School Awards More Than $300K to 'Entrepreneurship of All Kinds' and Boston Business Journal, Harvard's New Venture Competition names Bluelight, Tauros top winners
Student Business Track
The New Venture Competition (formerly called the Business Plan Contest) provides a unique opportunity for students to put entrepreneurship principles into practice with an integrative learning experience. Whether you are a winner of prizes (totaling over $75,000 within the business track), go on to implement your proposed new venture idea, or simply take advantage of the learning and apply it later in your career, we guarantee the Competition will be an exciting, challenging, and rewarding experience. We look forward to understanding more about your idea, hearing your pitch, and providing you with some valuable feedback along the way.
Get Started Now!
When you register for the business track of the student New Venture Competition, you will immediately benefit from a number of resources:
- Reimbursement of start-up expenses for up to $1,000 that are focused on validating key assumptions of the business model, value proposition, or growth hypothesis.
- Opportunity for Early-Stage Idea Feedback from outside experts that have agreed to review your pitch deck or business plan.
- A robust series of workshops covering Baker library resources, start-up legal considerations, development of financial plans, and creating an effective pitch.
- Personal 1:1 meetings with our Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (EiR) to discuss your idea further. Sign-up now for an appointment with an EiR (login required).
We hope the Student New Venture Competition will play an important part in the success of any entrepreneurial venture you may be involved with during your career!