CEED uOttawa - Faculty of Engineering
Hanan Anis
NSERC Chair in Entrepreneurial Engineering Design, Professor, and Faculty Coordinator in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Faculty of Engineering hanis@uOttawa.ca

Minto Sports Complex, room N205
801 King Edward
Ottawa, ON
K1N 6N5

The Entrepreneurship Concepts competition lets students present their innovative business plans to a panel of judges from the Ottawa community. Students will prepare a business plan with the support and guidance of experts. A total of $10,000 will be awarded between the three winning teams.

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students receiving their prize after the competition

Entrepreneurship Concepts competition — 2021

The 2021 edition of the Entrepreneurship Concepts competition was (virtually) held on February 11, 2021. Details on the next edition of our Entrepreneurship Concepts competition will be released soon.

Prizes

First place: $5,000

Second place: $3,000

Third place: $2,000

 

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Timeline

January 25, 2021: Submit your written business plan. Send submissions to: hanis@uOttawa.ca

The 2-page summary for concept competition must include the following information:

  • What problem are you solving?
  • What is your solution to the problem?
  • How big is the market?
  • What is out there (i.e., competitive products and/or existing design solutions)?
  • Why do you believe that you are better?
  • What is your business model?
  • What is the timeline for execution?
  • What are your deliverables?
  • Describe your team's skill set.

January 28, 2021: Results of the second phase of the competition communicated to the participating students. A maximum of 8 business projects will have been chosen to continue to the third and final phase of the competition.

Early February: ‘Dry-run’ of the final oral presentations

February 11, 2021 - 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.: Entrepreneurship Concepts competition. Final oral presentations and evaluation of the 8 finalist business projects.to receive monetary awards totaling $10,000.

Eligibility

Individual entries : participants will need to be registered students in any of the Faculty of Engineering undergraduate or graduate programs of studies during the Fall and/or Winter term.

Team entries: a majority of the participants need to be registered students in any of the Faculty of Engineering undergraduate or graduate programs of studies during the Fall and Winter term. For teams comprising only two individuals, this condition will be fulfilled if at least one of the two team members meets these eligibility requirements.