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Dec 4, 2006
Business Contests
Winning an business contest provides your small business with many benefits: free publicity and advertising, cash, and prizes related to running your own business. Some contests are a one-click type of event (enter your name and address here), others are more in-depth (with essays, interviews or months-long elimination processes).
This is the most complete list of business contests I could find to assist you in building, growing or creating your own business. If you feel I've missed one, please post it here. All business contests are arranged by deadline date for entry.
Ongoing Deadlines
January Business Contests
- 15: Visa Business Contest, for Visa business card holders. One-click entry.
- 31: ideaWins: The Ultimate Challenge, from Microsoft. Retail US establishments only, entry gives you a free download of Microsoft Accounting 2007. Warning: choose the low bandwidth option, as the high one seems to crash a lot of people's computers.
- 31: Federation of Small Businesses' Champions, for UK-based businesses with no more than 50 employees who have been trading for a minimum of five years.
February Business Contests
- Great Ideas for Chattanooga high school students (homeschooled or otherwise).
- 14: High School Business Contest, Nebraska, Iowa, Mississippi and Kansas only.
- 15: My Own Business Contest, US resident, 18 years or older. $100 application fee. Today is the 'early registration' deadline - if the winner registers before this date, they will win an extra $5,000.
- 15: Ace Hardware for US citizens over the age of 21.
- 28: Wildfire, for UK-based youth 14-18 only.
March Business Contests
April Business Contests
May Business Contests
June Business Contests
July Business Contests
August Business Contests
- No listings at this time.
September Business Contests
- No listings at this time.
October Business Contests
- No listings at this time.
November Business Contests
December Business Contests
- No listings at this time.
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