The NIBS Worldwide Business Plan Competition aims to stimulate entrepreneurship among students. Teams are challenged to conceive of a new service or product offering, and then create a business plan and concept pitch video aimed at convincing potential investors to finance the business.
Each year, the three best submissions are selected by a jury of business professionals and academics to compete in the Final Round.
Participants in the Business Plan Competition benefit in a variety of ways:
- experience creating a business model and writing a business plan
- familiarity with primary / secondary market research and the process of conducting feasibility studies
- feedback from a jury of senior managers and academics
- experience working as part of a team
- opportunity to sharpen organizational and communication skills
2023 Competition
Registration deadline: 17 January , 2023, max two teams per university are permitted to register. Teams can be made of undergraduate and postgraduate students. Between 2-5 team students are permitted to make up the team.
Payment deadline: 17 January 2023
Final presentation round: early to mid May 2023. If you have questions regarding competition logistics or the status of your registration/payment, please contact the Competition Coordinator, Vera Demaiter.
Links
See submissions from past winners and finalists.
Relevant Documents
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NIBS-Worldwide-Business-Plan-Competion 2022 (Updated Nov 2021)
NIBS Business Plan Competition – Judges Evaluation form (Sep 2020)
NIBS Business Plan Competition – Sample 1
NIBS Business Plan Competition – Sample 2
NIBS Business Plan Competition – Sample 3