The Center for Entrepreneurship and the El Pomar Institute for Innovation
and Commercialization (EPIIC) at the University of Colorado at Colorado
Springs are proud to announce the first annual Sports/Outdoors Business Plan
Competition. This competition is open to any United States college,
university, community college, or technical institute team of students.
Applications for the Sports/Outdoors Business Plan Competition are being
taken beginning April 1, 2011 through August 1, 2011.
Preliminary feedback will be provided to all entries, with the top 10
selected for onsite competition at the Antlers Hilton in Colorado Springs
during the weekend of October 21-22, 2011. Winners will be announced on
Saturday, October 22, at a competition banquet. Prizes for the competition are:
Challenger Homes First Prize: $20,000
Second Prize: $10,000
Third Prize: $3,500
Fourth Prize: $1,500
The competition is open to any team of students or teams that combine
students and non-students as long as 50% of the venture principals are
currently, or were students at the time of application submission.
Venture types that will be considered in this competition are limited to
sports, outdoors, and fitness categories, which may be broadly conceived to
include:
Sports equipment
Sports apparel
Outdoor equipment
Camping, fishing, hunting gear, apparel, services
Fitness and nutritional products/services
Sports performance products/services/technologies
Anti-doping detection and preventative products/services
Fitness gear
Fitness apparel
Fantasy sports
Sports related statistical/analytical services
Sports/outdoors/fitness related social media
Sports/outdoors/fitness related media
Online fitness communities and services
Wellness products, services, technologies
Sports/outdoors/fitness related web sites, social media, gaming
The 2011 EPIIC Sports/Outdoors Business Plan Competition is the first
business plan competition in the world to be focused purely on
Sports/Outdoors new venture concepts. This unique competition is intended
to encourage innovation and outside-the-box thinking among students and
others interested in healthy, sports/outdoor oriented lifestyles.
The finals for this competition will be held in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Colorado Springs is widely known for its outdoor and sports oriented
lifestyles. The natural beauty of the regions snow-capped peaks, bike
trails and open spaces, access to arts and cultural venues, family
attractions, proximity to world-class ski resorts, and over 300 days of
sunshine attract millions of visitors each year.
Colorado Springs is tucked at the foot of Pikes Peak at an altitude of 6,035
feet. A bustling hub for the mining industry, the city was dubbed Little
London for its affinity to arts and culture.
Today, Colorado Springs is enjoying a resurgence of national recognition for
its quality of life and abundant opportunities. Money Magazine rated the
city number one - the Best Big City in the nation to live and work - in its
August 2006 issue. Cities Ranked & Rated, published by Frommers, ranked the
community 4th in the nation based on a rigorous analysis including cost of
living, climate, education, health and healthcare, crime, transportation,
leisure, arts and culture, economy and jobs, and overall quality of life.
In addition, the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), one of America's
premier sports organizations, is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colo.
The U.S. Olympic Committee is the coordinating body for all Olympic-related
athletic activity in the United States. The vision of the USOC is to enable
America's athletes to realize their Olympic and Paralympic dreams.
For more info, contact Tom Duening, El Pomar Chair in Business and
Entrepreneurship (
tduening@uccs.edu), or see
http://epiic.uccs.edu/.
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