Win seed funding, mentorship and tailored support with the Emerge Social Venture Lab

Posted by John King on December 21, 2010 under Competitions, Social Enterprise | Be the First to Comment

Submit your social business idea by 16.01.11 and you could win seed funding from a £25,000 fund, expert mentors and an unforgettable experience.

The Emerge Social Venture Lab is a new, rigorous fellowship programme for UK student entrepreneurs with early-stage social venture ideas that demonstrate high-impact potential. Every year, they select ten teams to participate in an incubation programme that provides seed funding, mentorship and tailored support. By guiding these ventures from ideation to implementation, Emerge hope to develop tomorrow’s leaders who will drive positive social change.

Win up to £8,500 funding plus places at a residential bootcamp, mentoring and internships!

Entry deadline 16th January 2011. View the video below and enter the competition.

Win £50,000 with Barclays One Small Step

Posted by John King on March 30, 2010 under Competitions | Be the First to Comment

Got a great business idea? From start-ups to existing businesses, anyone can pitch for the chance to turn a great idea into an even better reality.

Want to show your support? Do your bit for businesses. Get behind the competition and prepare to vote for your favourite idea.

Ten prizes of £50,000 are on offer from Barclays for the best new business pitches from around the UK. You can submit a simple business plan and optional video pitch to judges who will shortlist the best entries to be voted on by the public. Anyone with a website with a large user base, or lots of twitter followers, has got an even better chance of winning!

Enter by 16 May at Barclays One Small Step website.

Business heroes needed. Desperately.

Posted by John King on February 8, 2010 under Competitions, Social Enterprise | Be the First to Comment

Could you pitch your business skills against others from across the country to see who can raise the most money for Haiti?

Would you like to make your CV stand out from the crowd?

If so, you are just the kind of Business Hero that Save the Children need.

And that the children affected by the earthquake in Haiti need too.

If you enter the Business Heroes Challenge:

• - You will pitch your business skills against others across the country to see who can raise the most for Haiti.
• - You could win up to £500 funding for your business idea from our sponsors Reckitt Benckiser and Accenture.
• - You could have the opportunity to work with an experienced mentor from Accenture, Barclays or IBM to develop your idea.
• - You will gain skills and experience to build your CV and to help you stand out from the crowd at job interviews.
• - Your ideas and achievements will be visible to companies across the UK who are looking out for great talent.
• - You will tangibly help Haitian children who have been tragically affected by the earthquake.

For the ideas that raise the most money, our sponsors have offered:

• - An internship for summer 2010 with Save the Children (funded by Reckitt Benckiser) for the business that raises the most.
• - A personal career coaching session including CV review, mock interviews and skills sessions for every winning student (provided by Citi).
• - A lunch at Barclay’s Canary Wharf offices for the top 40 fundraisers (provided by Barclays).

Visit the Business Heroes website to enter before the closing date of Sunday 7th March 2010.