Gaston County Entrepreneurial Contest

Cash Prizes!
Tons of recognition.
Network with local Business Leaders.
Get creative, put in the time, and achieve...

The amount of this years cash prizes haven't been worked out yet, but if last year is any indication of the possibility... the top four business plans were awarded with the first place receiving $1,500.  Not bad, huh?

2009-2010 Contest for Business Ideas

 

Are you an innovative thinker? Do you think you can do something better than everybody else? You might be an Entrepreneur…someone who has an idea for a business or a product that is new, different, and/or better than what’s already out there in your community or the world.

 

In efforts to help Gaston County students (grade 9 - 12 equivalent ages) gain knowledge of entrepreneurship, the Entrepreneur Action Team of Gaston 2012 is offering a contest. The contest will give students, working as individuals or teams, an opportunity to win cash prizes! The contest can help students to discover what it would be like to generate an idea and build it into a business. 

• Participants will develop a basic business plan of their idea.
• The format of the plan should be in a Word document. However, feel free to add any pictures or other visuals.
• Completed entries need to be forwarded to the CTE district office by May 1st, 2010.
• Remember to proofread your plan for correct grammar & spelling.
• Representatives from local businesses will judge the entries from 1st and 2nd semester.
• The highest scoring individuals or teams will have an opportunity to meet the judges to present their business idea before final winners are selected.

Rules and Guidelines: 

1. Only one entry per student or team. (Teams consist of a minimum of one student and a maximum of four students.)
2. The student or team must complete the work. Technical assistance should be limited to advice from your teacher, parents and mentors and not doing actual work for the student or team.
3. Entries must be typed in a Word document.
4. All decisions of the judges are final.