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Global Social Venture Competition 2009-10

A global social business plan competition that redefines profit, business and success.

Group type: Competition
Focus: Business Plans
Organizer: Student-run
Funding: Corporate Sponsors, Self-generated Revenue, University Support
Location: Berkeley ,CA, USA
Website: http://www.gsvc.org

ABOUT US

The Global Social Venture Competition is the largest and oldest student-led business plan competition providing mentoring, exposure, and prizes for social ventures from around the world. The mission of the GSVC is to catalyze the creation of social ventures, educate future leaders and build awareness of social enterprises. The competition supports the creation of real businesses that bring about positive social change in a sustainable manner.

TO SUBMIT AN ENTRY –

1. Become a member of YouNoodle (at least one team member from each team has to become a YouNoodle member).
2. One team member should fill out the executive summary application form on behalf of the team. All future correspondence will be with this team member via the email address on their YouNoodle profile.
3. Please read the official rules and guidelines on the GSVC website and upload the executive summary and resume book in the correct formats. Please be advised that we will not accept submissions that do not follow the official rules and guidelines.
4. Click ‘Submit an Entry’ link to the right.

If you have any questions, please contact gsvc@haas.berkeley.edu

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Sent by Neha Mehta on 19 March 2010, 01:24PM

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  • Joyce Chung Joyce Chung wrote (1 month ago):

    Brown bag lunch with the International Development Working Group: Jacaranda Health
    Where: The Berkeley HUB
    When: Tuesday, Feb 9th at 12PM

    Nick Pearson (Haas '08) worked at the Acumen Fund investing in social ventures in East Africa, and is now launching Jacaranda Health, a social venture to provide maternity services and emergency obstetric care for low-income women in Kenya. Nick will talk  about the process and challenges of starting up a social enterprise in Africa, and discuss with the group some of the issues that early stage social ventures face from the perspective of both investors and entrepreneurs -- finding funding, selecting a legal structure, building partnerships, getting pro-bono help, etc.

    Hub Berkeley
    2150 Allston Way, Suite 400
    Berkeley, CA 94704
    http://bayarea.the-hub.net/public/

  • Joyce Chung Joyce Chung wrote (1 month ago):

    If you’ve already created your submission for GSVC, we highly encourage you to enter your idea into the UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition as well! Just modify your entry to no longer than 3 pages, but you may format it any way you would like (i.e. Single-spaced, Powerpoint slides, PDFs, etc). Many winners in previous year entered both competitions, and we hope you’ll submit your social venture idea to the Business Plan Competition this year.


    The only requirement is that at least one teammember must be affiliated with Cal (alum, faculty or student).

  • ed whyman ed whyman wrote (2 months ago):

    http://www.Traidmark.org can help

  • Donald Carlsson Donald Carlsson wrote (2 months ago):

    The Executive Summary re. 'The Berkeley Incubator Business-Center'* Bank, Berkeley Branch is now again complete = I avail myself to work with any and all students who wish to bring this summary into the required protocol for the competion-processes.

    Donald Dean Carlsson** DDC@TheStadiumCommunities.com

  • Simon Dang Simon Dang wrote (2 months ago):

    Do I need to have all my team members before the Jan 20th deadline or can I continue to look for suitable partners after I submit the executive summary?

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    International Relations graduate from Stanford University, pursuing MBA at Berkeley.

  • Jill Erbland

    Senior Program Manager, Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Haas School of Business; Staff advisor for the GSVC at Haas.

  • Rei Kasai

    Haas MBA with 10 years of sales, marketing, and technical management experience in high-growth VC-backed enterprise software and mobile companies.

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