New Venture Competition:
Student Social Enterprise Track
The student social enterprise track of the New Venture Competition (formerly the HBS Business Plan Contest) aims to educate students in the process of creating and evaluating new ventures that have a central focus on the creation of social value. Its goal is to provide an integrative learning experience for all participants, and prepare students for opportunities in entrepreneurship sometime during their careers. Social Enterprise Track entries may include nonprofit, for-profit, or hybrid model business plans.
Entrepreneurship and the HBS New Venture Competition: It All Starts Here
2013 New Venture Competition Winners
Congratulations to our Grand Prize Winner!
Bluelight Innovative consumer finance for the base of the pyramid John Ikeda, HKS; Manoah Koletty, HKS; Mustafa Khalifeh
and to our Runner-up!
WAVE Hospitality Academy Empowering youth in West Africa to access employment opportunities through vocational training Misan Rewane, MBA '13; Karan Chopra, MBA '13; Navid Rahimi, MBA '13; Bryan Chiduben Mezue, MBA'13
Follow the journey
Follow the journey of four teams in the student New Venture Competition, through a mini documentary series.
Congratulations to our finalist teams!
Bluelight Innovative consumer finance for the base of the pyramid John Ikeda, HKS; Manoah Koletty, HKS; Mustafa Khalifeh
Good Benefits Helping companies run simple, engaging, high-impact workplace giving programs Ryan Selkis; Rudmila Rahman, MBA '13; Alexandra Minnis, MBA '14, Lauren Penneys, MBA '14
myProxy A web-based platform to digitally record patient's end-of-life care wishes and make them available Azalea Kim, MBA '13; Margaret Terry, MBA '13; Amy Flaster, MBA '13
WAVE Hospitality Academy Empowering youth in West Africa to access employment opportunities through vocational training Misan Rewane, MBA '13; Karan Chopra, MBA '13; Navid Rahimi, MBA '13
Congratulations to our semi-finalist teams!
Bantay.ph Bluelight Escala Good Benefits Kisaan Saral MatchSpark Mentor Me India myProxy Nuestra Comunidad A Place in the Sun Foundation Plexx The Reset Foundation Sikhana Thought Bubble WAVE Hospitality Academy Zen Way, Inc.
Social Entrepreneurship Workshop Series (past events)
A workshop series has been designed to support major elements of the business plan process, and is open to students entering the student social enterprise track of the New Venture Competition or with general interest in social entrepreneurship.
Identifying the Market for Social Ventures March 13, 6:30 - 7:30 pm, Harvard i-Lab
Office Hours: Lee Carter, Financial Modeling for Social Ventures March 27 and 28, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m., Harvard i-lab
Developing a Social Enterprise Business Plan
February 19, 5:00 - 6:00 pm, Harvard i-Lab
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Perspectives of Social Entrepreneurs
Office Hours: Tony Klemmer - Education Social Entrepreneur February 25, 3:00 - 7:00 p.m., Harvard i-lab
Check the i-Lab Calendar for more events.
Program Contact Information
HBS Social Enterprise Initiative
Telephone: 617.495.6421
Email: se@hbs.edu
