
Social Venture Competition
Now in its tenth year, the NYU-Stern Social Venture Competition was started to recognize and support the growing number of students and alumni interested in using their business and entrepreneurial skills to create innovative approaches to tackling social problems.
Through the competition, budding social entrepreneurs receive intense instruction and training, and work closely with mentors who assist in opportunity assessment, venture development, and calculating social and financial returns-on-investment. Winners of the Social Venture Competition receive a $50,000 prize.
Over the past ten years, the Social Venture Competition has awarded more than $1,000,000 in seed money and services to ten innovative new social ventures and has been a springboard for successfully launching many more.
Over a 8-month intensive program, the Social Venture Competition offers workshops, team-building events, networking forums and coaching sessions to help teams refine their venture concept and prepare them for each phase of the competition (see below the timeline and stages).
Through the competition, budding social entrepreneurs receive intense instruction and training, and work closely with mentors who assist in opportunity assessment, venture development, and calculating social and financial returns-on-investment. Winners of the Social Venture Competition receive a $50,000 prize.
Over the past ten years, the Social Venture Competition has awarded more than $1,000,000 in seed money and services to ten innovative new social ventures and has been a springboard for successfully launching many more.
Over a 8-month intensive program, the Social Venture Competition offers workshops, team-building events, networking forums and coaching sessions to help teams refine their venture concept and prepare them for each phase of the competition (see below the timeline and stages).