Global Student Entrepreneur Awards - Global Competition for College and University Students

GSEA Regional Competitions are coming up quick!  Here is a list of the current regional competitions with dates, times and more:

Texas USA Region - GSEA Application Deadline: 7 April 2007
Regional Competition Date: 16 April 2007 - 12:00pm
Regional Competition Location: Texas Christian University - 2800 S. University Dr., Fort Worth, TX USA

Minnesota USA Region - GSEA Application Deadline: 10 April 2007
Regional Competition Date: 23 April 2007 - 9:00am
Regional Competition Location: University of St. Thomas - Schulze School of Entrepreneurship - 1000 Lasalle Ave. Minneapolis, MN USA

Southern California USA Region - GSEA Application Deadline: 10 April 2007
Regional Competition Date: 24 April 2007 - 9:00am
Regional Competition Location: Loyola Marymount University - 1 LMU Dr., Los Angeles, CA USA

New England USA Region - GSEA Application Deadline: 24 April 2007
Regional Competition Date: 7 May 2007 - 9:00am
Regional Competition Location: Suffolk University - 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA USA

We’re still compiling information regarding regional competitions in Arizona, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, South Africa, Japan, Malaysia, India, Australia, the United Kingdom and more… and we will post that information up ASAP.

Remember - if you live in one of the above regions we will be contacting you to compete in these events!  This is your ticket to the GSEA Global Finals in Chicago in November!

Prizes for the top two competitors for our GSEA Regional Events include:

• $1000 Cash (1st Place) or $500 Cash (2nd Place)
• Airfare from your home city, accommodation, meals and conference registration to compete at the GSEA Global Finals in Chicago from 1-3 November 2007
• Mentorship, donated products and services, and more!

What are you waiting for?!  Click here to nominate an undergraduate student entrepreneur for the GSEA and best of luck!

Our friends at the NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation are running a great business plan competition which is open to all US High School and Post-Secondary students.

This annual competition in its second year is an opportunity to submit a business plan to compete for up to $7500 in seed capital or a $1000 scholarship.

The competition begins 15 March 2007 and runs until 1 May 2007.

More information can be found in these two documents:

2007 BizFilings Plan for the Future Cover Sheet
2007 BizFilings Plan for the Future Guidelines

Also, more information can be found starting 15 March 2007 at http://www.nfib.com/yef/.

Good luck!