The Global Social Venture Competition is the largest and oldest student-led business plan competition providing mentoring, exposure, and $45,000 in prizes for social ventures from around the world. Start forming a team today to submit your executive summary by January 20, 2010*!

Winning plans in the past have ranged from global health to microfinance, from cleantech to education, from fair trade to community development, from business concepts to operating companies, and have included for-profit and non-profit models.

ENTRANT REQUIREMENTS

· Every team must include at least one member who is a current student in ANY graduate business program or who has graduated from any graduate business program within the past 24 months.

· Operating companies are welcome to enter, though they must be less than 3 years old (as measured by first revenue or first patent issued).

· Plan can be for a for-profit or non-profit as long as either can be financially self-sustaining at scale.

For full details please visit: www.gsvc.org