Welcome to Your Big Year - Your Big Year. Global Competition Your Big Year is World Merit's Global Competition focused around Entrepreneurship and Global Citizenship.
Since 2010, we have had 4 Global Ambassadors travel the world volunteering in communities, working on conservation projects and delivering education programs. Applications for Your Big Year are currently closed, but don't worry, we have lots of other cool opportunities for you such as Merit Next! Create a World Merit account and we will keep you informed about Your big Year and our other opportunities. Your Big Year 3, San Francisco, USA Highlights of Your Big Year 3 include, a storytelling and video making workshop from Giancarlo Esposito, (Breaking Bad's "Gus") an innovation challenge at Deloitte Centre for the Edge, media workshop at Bloomberg and collaborative thinking at google.
Charles Batte's Big Year, Uganda Charles Batte became World Merit Ambassador after impressing the judges with a real will to make a difference coupled with first-class oratory skills. Social Entrepreneurship Business Plan Competition 2011/2012 - UTAR. Venture Competitions. Semi-finalists discuss their technology at the Annual New Venture Showcase.3 Competitions, Up to $200K Awarded, 8 Grueling Months, 1 Huge Opportunity Ideas Wanted.Not any old ideas.
What we're interested in are disruptive ideas; ideas with the power for great impact and influence. Ideas that challenge assumed boundaries and inspire a sense of what's possible. The $200K Entrepreneurs Challenge provides you with the framework and motivation you'll need to think and do what no one else is doing. Enter the competitions and discover what it really takes to launch a startup. Build a solid business modeldetermine the right product/market fitcreate a sound financial planpitch investorsassemble and lead a winning team of founders.In the end, no matter what happens, you'll emerge better prepared to bring your entrepreneurial vision to light.
*Prior startup experience or business background is not required! Rysec. Global Social Venture Competition. Rules & Prizes. MBA Students Take Honors in Social Entrepreneurship Competition. MBA student Anthony Shop presents a model for social return on investment.
Credit: Marriott School Brigham Young University GWSB MBA students earned high honors last month in a case competition that went beyond the bottom line and asked participants to measure the benefits of social entrepreneurship. The first Innovation in Social Entrepreneurship Case Competition, held Feb.10-12 at Brigham Young University, asked MBA students to create a model for social enterprise organization Fundación Paraguaya and calculate its social return on investment. Fundación Paraguaya develops innovative solutions to poverty and unemployment, and spreads them around the world.
A team of four from GWSB that included MBA students Robin Pollak, Anthony Shop, Michael Nothum and Michael Battaglia, a second-year PMBA student and operations manager for the International Council for Small Business at GWSB, came in second place to the University of Michigan for the model they presented. Dell Social Innovation Competition. Ferd Award for Social Entrepreneurship. "Create enduring value and leave clear footprints" (FERD.COM) Ferd Award for Social Entrepreneurship 2011 went to Benjamin Kainz & Oscar Lundin, Founders of “Ung Omsorg”.
At the age of 23 they have built a successful social enterprise which employs over 600 young people and is making a really positive impact on the lives of thousands of elderly people in Sweden. Social entrepreneurship, social innovation, responsible business…these are all very hot topics right now. They are also concepts that are appealing to young people who like the idea of business applying its skills and ingenuity to solve social problems in sustainable ways.
The FERD Award for Social Entrepreneurship aims to celebrate current or past participants of JA-YE entrepreneurship programmes from anywhere in the world, who through their JA enterprises have created a positive social impact in various fields of activities. Social entrepreneurs are characterized by: Criteria for selection: Worldwide Finalists. World Challenge 2011 - Down to Business. The Big Ideas Competition. The Staples Youth Social Entrepreneurship Competition. Follow-up: Ashoka/Staples YSE winners announced. In July, I blogged about the Staples Youth Social Entrepreneurship Competition in partnership with Ashoka and its TEDxYSE follow-up conference.
The competition is now closed and its winners were just announced last Monday. These winners, aged 17 to 24, have demonstrated exceptional drive and leadership in their efforts to effect social change. Check out the press release for more information on the winners, listed below, who will attend and present their world changing projects in the November 13th conference in Washington, D.C. Mohammed Barry, 19, founder of Aid for SmilesShiv Dravid, 24, founder and creator of The ViewspaperRocco Falconer, 22, founder of Planting PromisesRebecca Kantar, 18, founding member of MingaBen Lyon, 24, created FrontLineSMS:Credit Lamia Oezal, 21, founded DeKische GenerationSeaon Shin, 19, founded the Global Youth Empowering MovementHeather Wilder, 17, founder of Fostering Kids at Work. Hult Global Case Challenge.