Review Board for Student Division:
- John Stavig - Director, Gary S. Holmes Center for Entrepreneurship
- Jeremy Lenz - Vice President of Operations, The BioBusiness Alliance of Minnesota
Student Division
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The Student division of the Minnesota Cup seeks out, supports, and celebrates Minnesota's most innovative and effective young entrepreneurs that attend a college or university in the state and are between 19-25.
Awards and Benefits Include:
Student Division Winner:
- $5,000 in seed capital
All finalists:
- Featured in a Twin Cities Business supplement (Fall 2009).
- Detailed feedback of their final written entry and oral presentation.
- The opportunity to present their plan to a review board of esteemed business leaders.
All semi-finalists:
- An invitation to attend a semi-finalist reception at the James J. Hill Reference Library.
- Opportunity to work with members of CEO Roundtable for feedback on their plan.
- One month of access to "HillSearch" professional research tools from the James J. Hill Reference Library.
All entrants:
- Access to "The Minnesota Cup Hill Resource Center" from the James J. Hill Reference Library to assist with their plan.
- One year, complimentary subscription to Twin Cities Business.
- A valuable experience that will help advance their ventures.
How to enter:
The deadline for the 2009 competition was midnight, Friday May 22nd.
If you'd like to be notified about the 2010 competition, please email support@breakthroughideas.org
First Round:
Deadline for submitted online applications is 11:59 PM on May 22, 2009.
Second Round:
Student semi-finalists will be announced on June 15th and will be invited to a reception at the James J. Hill Library on June 24th.
Semi-finalists will be asked to write an in depth business plan by July 24th.
Third Round:
After the review board has reviewed all semi-finalists business plans, 3 finalists will be announced on August 20th.
Finalists will make oral presentations to the review board on September 1st. The 2009 Student winner will be announced at this time.
Grand Prize:
The winner of the Student division will compete against five other Minnesota Cup division winners for the Minnesota Cup grand prize on September 10.
