Hi all,
There is a competition that may interest any students from all faculties across Victoria, the event is called
Idea Pitch and it is run by a group of students from Student Entrepreneurs|Agents of Change (SEAOC), a non for profit club, at a university.
For
VCE students you can join up with a current university student to enter the competition.
Idea Pitch allow the opportunity for students to submit in their idea and by allowing students to experience the entrepreneurial process-whereby pitching their ideas to judges and investors.
There are two categories-idea and start up. You can enter as many times as you want online for Idea category.
The first step is
online submissions which close 7pm Friday the 27th of August 2010.
For more info visit
http://se.org.au/ideapitch/There are also great prizes to be won:
Startup Winners$500 Cash
Idea Winners
$300 Cash
Both also winConsult with Venture Capitalist Firm ($750)
2 Tickets to Knowledge City World Summit ($900 each)
Startup Runners-Up$150 Cash
Consult with Venture Capitalist Firm ($750)
Idea Runners-Up$150 Cash
This competition is all about learning and experiencing what it is like to be involved in entrepreneurship-we promote entrepreneurship because this part of business in Australia lags behind the rest of the world and we are just raising awareness and giving opportunities for students to expand and learn!
Also, this will look great on your resume as well!
If you have any questions feel free to ask.