Genesis 2008 - IIT Madras

Spread over 3 - 4 months, the contest provides a stage for those interested in the social entrepreneurship field to:

* Come up with innovations and business ideas that can bring about radical improvements, catering to specific problems faced by the society.
* Get your ideas reviewed by experienced VCs, incubators and successful social entrepreneurs, refine and fine-tune business-plans and models.
* Find like-minded people on the forum and build up a strong team, collaborate with mentors and financers.
* Face the stumbling blocks on the path to enterprise development through strong backing and guidance by our associate organizations.


The competition is open to all students and working professionals (including NGOs) who have ideas that are innovative, feasible and can benefit society. The only restriction is that 50% of the registered members of every team that enters this competition should be students.

Here at Genesis, entrepreneurship takes an altruistic turn.

• Vaibhav Barnwal wrote (1 year ago):

  8 reasons why participate in GENESIS 2010 -
  
  1. $6000 cash prizes
  2. Upto $100,000 as Seed Funding (above the prize money) through Indian Angel Network (IAN).
  3. Formal Introduction with team of Angel Investors
  4. 3 months long extensive mentoring for GENESIS 2010 finalists
  5. 2 stage process to help you draft your Business plan (executive summary -> project charter -> business plan)
  6. Finals to happen in an Asian summit (ASES) which will be attended by delegates from Stanford university, Japan, China, Korea, Australia, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong-Kong and India.
  7. A 'Villgro Special award' to the tune of $1000 for Business plans in agriculture, dairy, energy and water sectors focused on Rural Areas
  8. Winners will be given a chance to pitch their ideas in Genesis Summit
  
  Last date for submitting entires - March 25th, 2010 | Visit http://www.genesis.iitm.ac.in/ for more details

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• Vaibhav Barnwal wrote (1 year ago):

  GENESIS 2010, ASIA'S LARGEST SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION Launched!! Last date for submitting entries - March 25th | Log on to http://www.genesis.iitm.ac.in/ for more details.

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• Bharath M R wrote (2 years ago):

  IIT Madras presents Genesis 2010
  If you have a great social entrepreneurship based business plan, Genesis 2010 is the event you are looking for. Genesis is a social entrepreneurship competition that aims at bringing about a confluence of students, entrepreneurs, NGOs, innovators, incubators, corporate and creating a holistic platform for the initiation and development of exemplary social enterprise models.
  The competition is open to all students and working professionals (including NGOs) who have ideas that are innovative, feasible and can benefit society. The only restriction is that 50% of the registered members of every team that enters this competition should be students.
  Submissions of executive summary have already started. Mail your executive summaries to genesis@ctides.org
  The last date for submission of executive summaries is 20th February.
  Visit www.genesis.iitm.ac.in for more details.
  

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• Ian Fisk wrote (2 years ago):

  The William James Foundation has announced 8 competitions that together provide $100,000 in cash and in kind support for sustainable entrepreneurs. Entrants can be of any age or from anywhere in the world. First round deadline is December 4th. Details at: www.williamjamesfoundation.org/press.

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• Vaibhav Barnwal wrote (2 years ago):

  Check out the link http://www.c-tides.org/events/breakthrough for BREAKTHROUGH 2009 guidelines.
  
  Last date for submission of entries is 10th Nov, 2009
  

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