Business Contests
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Posted by Bonny Albo Dec 4, 2006 |
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
- Inc's Entrepreneur of the Year
- Make Mine a Million US-based women entrepreneurs looking to make a million dollars with their small business idea. Similar to the Apprentice.
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
- 5: Make Mine a $Million for U.S.-based female entrepreneurs.
- 15: Southeast BIO "designed and developed to help promote the creation of new, venture-attractive life science companies based in the Southeast."
- 30: Dell Smart Business Award
- 30: Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards for business owners in the Carolinas.
April Business Contests
- 9: Bronze Quill Business Communications Contest, for all South Texas businesses.
- 30: HP Responsible Business Contest, young entrepreneurs 15-18 years old in participating countries.
May Business Contests
- 15: My Own Business Contest, US resident, 18 years or older. $100 application fee.
June Business Contests
July Business Contests
- 31: Planet Out's Entrepreneur of the Year, for gay, lesbian, transgendered or bisexual (LGBT) entrepreneurs in Canada or the US.
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.