Oxford Innovation Competition
The Oxford University 21st Century Challenge is an international entrepreneurship competition for bold and innovative business ideas that can help to solve some of the key challenges of the 21st Century.
The goal of the competition is to promote the creation of sustainable new business ventures that combine financial returns with social and environmental benefits. These can include new products and services, operational processes and business models. The competition encourages ground breaking innovation and problem solving – challenging entrepreneurs from across the world to make a real difference through developing new markets and making a sustainable profit.
To achieve this, the competition is divided into three challenge tracks: Tomorrow’s Planet, Tomorrow’s People and Tomorrow’s Wealth. To enter, participants business ideas must address a key 21st Century challenge in one of these tracks. Entrants will be required to write a 5-page outline summarizing their business idea. The prize fund for the 2007 competition is £65,000.
Put your thinking cap on, sharpen your pencil and enter!
Paul Sloane