The Rowe School of Business at Dalhousie University has issued the following press release:
Call for Student Startups: Canada’s Business Model Competition
Dalhousie University’s Rowe School of Business is hosting Canada’s Business Model Competition (CBMC) on March 13th and 14th. The event gives student entrepreneurs from across Canada an opportunity to showcase their startups, expand their networks, and compete for prizes. This is the last week for students to submit an application before the deadline on February 28th at midnight AST.
The organizers are expecting 25-30 applications from top ranked universities from across Canada to compete for a share of the $50,000 Deloitte Smart Launch Award. Last year Teknically from Wilfrid Laurier University received the first prize of $25,000 in cash and in-kind services from Deloitte. Sparkgig from the University of Waterloo captured the $15,000 second prize package, and Santé West from the University of British Columbia won the $10,000 third-place prize package
Canada’s Business Model Competition is sanctioned as the national qualifier competition for the International Business Model Competition (IBMC). The first place team will win $25,000 in cash and in-kind services and will advance to the IBMC at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, in early May.
The event is organized by the Norman Newman Centre for Entrepreneurship at the Rowe School of Business.
The Centre’s Director, Dr. Ed Leach says, “Canada’s Business Model Competition is a truly national event; we have teams applying from coast to coast. It’s a great opportunity for student entrepreneurs and innovators. And the event showcases the capacity of our region to be the go-to venue for a national event like this. ”
The Newman Centre and Dalhousie University – along with their partners, Deloitte and McInnes Cooper -- are looking to host more student startups, provide more learning and have a bigger impact on the Canadian university start-up ecosystem than last year.
For more information, visit our website: http://www.bmccanada.ca/. Applications are open until February 28th, 2015 and you can apply here: http://www.bmccanada.ca/apply-now/. And if you have any questions, please contact one of our event organizers using the contact information listed below!
Information Contact:
Akram Al-Otumi
Norman Newman Centre for Entrepreneurship
Dalhousie University Akram-Alotumi@Dal.ca
902-488-8116
Kathleen Heymans
Norman Newman Centre for Entrepreneurship
Dalhousie University
902-789-2162
