Previous Winners
2012 Contest General Information
On Tuesday, April 24, the 2012 Business Plan Contest Finals were held. Read about this year's Contest in the HBS Press Release and in Inc. Magazine. We are pleased to announce the winners and runners-up of the Contest:
The winner of the Business Venture Track was: Vaxess Technologies (team members: Michael Schrader, HBS; Anura Patil, HBS; Livio Valenti; Patrick Ho; Kathryn Kosuda; Isa Watson; Matthew Olsofsky), and the runners-up were RallyPoint (team members: Aaron Kletzing, HBS; Yinon Weiss), SaferTaxi (team member: Jonathan Lo, HBS) and Zumper (team member: Anthemos Georgiades, HBS).
The winner of the Social Venture Track was eTransitions (team members: Lissy Hu; Jessica Hohman; Kira Yugay; Jonathan Helm) and the runner-up was XinfuGo (team members: Ying Chen, HBS;
Yixin La, HBS; Qiwei (Gary) Shi, HBS).
Handouts, Slides and Videos
- Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Eric Ries, 9/21/11 video.
- Peter Thiel on innovation in attacking business and social issues, 9/29/11 video.
- Paths to an Entrepreneurial career: Perspectives from HBS Entrepreneurs-in-Residence, 10/13/11 video.
- Business Plan Contest Kick-Off, 10/17/11 video.
- Entrepreneurship 101 & EC Panel, 10/18/11 video (login required).
- Panel discussion with past BPC winners, 11/8/11 video.
- Speaker Series: Using Baker Library Resources, 2/2/12 video and
- Speaker Series: Legal Workshop for Entrepreneurs, 2/9/12 video and
- Women in Entrepreneurship: Panel Discussion, 2/14/12 video (login required).
- Speaker Series: Developing & Pitching Your Plan, 2/23/12 video and
- Speaker Series: Developing a Financial Plan for the b-plan document, 2/28/12 video.
- Contest Finals & Award Ceremony, 4/24/12 video.
2011 Contest General Information
On Tuesday, April 26, the 2011 Business Plan Contest Finals were held. We are pleased to announce the winners and runners-up of the Contest:
The co-winners of the Business Venture Track were: Baby.com.br (team members: Kimball Thomas, HBS; Davis Smith) and BOSS Medical (team members: Romish Badani, HBS; Derek Poppinga, HBS; Haim Gottfried; Maxim Budyansky; Neil Shah; Peter Truskey; Shoval Dekel), and the runners-up were MyTeksi (team members: Anthony Tan, HBS; Hooi Ling Tan, HBS; Adeline Chan, HBS), Qweek (team members: Roman Itskovich, HBS; Anita Venkiteswaran, HBS; Alexander Ginzburg; Daniel Rubinstein) and Ubiquitous Energy (team members: Bart Howe, HBS; Miles Barr; Erdin Beshimov; Jutta Friedrichs; Nathan Trujillo).
The winner of the Social Venture Track was SANA Care (team members: Sidhant Jena. HBS; Anshuman Sharma; Ikaro Silva) and the runner-up was The Watt Campaign (team members: Luke Winston, HBS; Stephen Elliott, HBS; Rony Kubat).
Handouts, Slides and Videos
- Launching a Start-up After Graduation with Rafael Corrales & Prof. Tom Eisenmann, 9/27/10 video (login required).
- Introduction to the Rock Center and Entrepreneurship at HBS, 10/4/10 video (Rock Center overview), video (EC panel discussion) and
- Business Plans at Early Stage Ventures with Prof. Joe Lassiter, 10/12/10 video and
- Paths to an Entrepreneurial career: Perspectives from HBS entrepreneurs, 10/26/10 video.
- Panel discussion with past participants, 11/9/10 video.
- Speaker Series: Overseeing Web Technology and Development, 11/17/10 video.
- Speaker Series: Identifying and Protecting Your IP Assets, 11/18/10 video and
- Gary Rogers: Lessons Learned in 40 Years of Business Building, 12/2/10 video and
- Speaker Series: Using Baker Library Resources, 2/1/11 video and
- Speaker Series: Legal Workshop for Entrepreneurs, 2/10/11 video and
- Speaker Series: Developing & Pitching Your Plan, 2/23/11 video and
- Speaker Series: Developing a Financial Plan for the b-plan document, 2/28/11 video.
- Speaker Series: Business Plan Pitching Feedback, 3/2/11 video.
- Speaker Series: BPC Speaker Series: Financing Your Business Plan, 3/8/11video.
- Contest Finals & Award Ceremony, 4/26/11 video.
News
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Read about the 2011 Contest in the HBS Press Release and in BostInnovation.
Also, read the press release on the 2011 Alumni New Venture Contest winner, Privahini Bradoo (MBA 2008), and her plan, BioMine.
2010 Contest General Information
On Tuesday, April 27, 2010 the HBS Business Plan Contest Finals were held. The winner of the Business Venture Track was: OSCOMP Systems (team members: Shantanu Agarwal, HBS; Pedro Tomas Santos, MIT; Emmanuel Magani, MIT) and the runners-up were Birchbox (team members: Hayley Barna, HBS; Katia Ververis, HBS), Palliative Care of America (team members: David Matly, HBS; Michael Matly) and RelayRides (team members: Shelby Clark, HBS; Nabeel Al-Kady, HBS; Dave Brook; David Schairer; Rob Guinn; Boris Mordkovich).
The winner of the Social Venture Track was Urban Water Partners (team members: Porter Jones, HBS; Aaron Matto, HBS; Ajay Kori, HBS; Jason Young; Justin Iwasaki) and the runner-up was Ecosquid (team members: Nikhil Raman, HBS; Saurabh Dey, HBS; Kevin O'Boyle, HBS).
Handouts, Slides and Videos
- 2010 Kick-off with Prof. Bill Sahlman video
- Panel discussion with past Contest participants video
- Speaker Series: Using Baker Library Resources handout and video
- Speaker Series: The Entrepreneur's Legal Workshop slides and video
- Speaker Series: Developing and Pitching Your Plan handout and video
- Speaker Series: Financing Your Plan video
News
- Read the HBS News Release and a Harvard Crimson article about the Contest.
2009 Contest General Information
On Monday, April 27, 2009 Harvard Business School held the Business Plan Contest Finals. The winner of the Traditional Track was: CloudFlare (team members: Michelle Zatlyn, HBS; Matt Prince, HBS) and the runners-up were Novophage Therapeutics (team members: Ann DeWitt, HBS; Michael Koeris, BU; Tanguy Chau, MIT; Tim Lu, MIT), Vox Insurance (team members: Michael Newton, HBS; Jon Altman, HBS) and YouTea! (team members: Alex Herzlinger, HBS; Tina Wu, HBS; Nimmi Roche, HBS; Ashkan Kamali, MIT).
The winner of the Social Enterprise Track was EGG-Tech (team members: Emmanuel Cassimatis, HBS; Alla Jezmir, HBS; Benjamin Lambert, HBS; Jukka Valimaki, MIT; Blandine Antoine, MIT; Jamie Yang) and the runner-up was Doodh Bhandar (team members: Siddarth Tata, HBS; Shalaka Joshi).
Handouts, Slides and Videos
- 2009 Kick-off with Prof. Bill Sahlman video
- Panel discussion with past Contest participants video
- 2008 Winner, Tal Riesenfeld, discusses his experience in the Contest video
- Speaker Series: Developing and Pitching Your Plan handout and video
- Speaker Series: Using Baker Library Resources handout and video
- Speaker Series: The Entrepreneur's Legal Workshop slides and video
- Watch the Contest Finals video
News
- Read the HBS News Release about the Contest.
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
Success Stories
Many people are aware of HBS entrepreneurial successes such as Tom Stemberg (HBS '73) of Staples and Michael Bloomberg (HBS '66). The following represent a sampling of the past participants of the contest who executed their business plans upon graduation.