Welcome to the Resource Hub for the
WSU Business Plan Competition!

This page is your go-to destination for tools, examples, and guidance to help you succeed in each league of the competition. Whether you’re refining your business concept, developing your pitch, or preparing for the final event, you’ll find everything you need to excel. Make the most of these resources to build a winning business plan and deliver an outstanding pitch.

For any additional questions or support, contact us at entrepreneurship@wsu.edu.

General Resources

2025 BPC Schedule
WSU Zoom Tech Recommendations
2025 Zoom Background 1
2025 Zoom Background 2
Trade Show FAQ
Submittable FAQ (Coming Soon)
Submittable Guides (Coming Soon)
Digital program (Coming Soon)
Team Info Night slides (Coming Soon)
BPC Bites Presentations (Coming Soon)

Rubrics

Collegiate/Open Executive Summary Rubric
Collegiate/Open Business Plan Rubric
Collegiate/Open Presentation Rubric
High School Video Rubric
High School Executive Summary Rubric
High School Presentation Rubric

Collegiate & Open League Deliverable Examples

Executive Summary – Aibi
Executive Summary – Appiture
Executive Summary – CroXwise
Executive Summary – Engage
Executive Summary – GoKEFI
Business Plan – GoKEFI
Business Plan – Salud!
Financials – General
Financials – Leatha

High School League Deliverable Examples

2 Minute Video – Perfect Pillow
Executive Summary – Herny’s Lawncare
Executive Summary – Perfect Pillow
Executive Summary – Red Thread Unraveled
Pitch Deck – Coals Lumber
Pitch Deck – Red Thread Unraveled
Final Presentation – Red Thread Unraveled
Final Presentation – Perfect Pillow
Final Presentation – Herny’s Lawn Care

Additional Learning Resources

Looking to take your entrepreneurial skills to the next level? These learning materials provide valuable insights and tools to help you refine your business idea, strengthen your leadership skills, and deepen your understanding of the entrepreneurial journey. While not directly tied to the WSU Business Plan Competition, these resources can be instrumental in helping you develop as an innovator and future business leader.

Career Vision Worksheet: Guides you in aligning your personal interests, strengths, and values to define a meaningful career path or entrepreneurial focus.
Skills Values Interests Assessment: Facilitates self-assessment to identify skills, values, and interests that can shape career and entrepreneurial decisions.
Ad Lib Value Proposition Worksheet: Helps you craft a compelling and concise value proposition that communicates the unique benefits of your product or service.
Value Proposition Worksheet: Helps you develop a clear and compelling value proposition to articulate how your product solves a problem.
Value Proposition Canvas: Helps you craft a compelling value proposition based on your customer’s wants, needs, and fears and your products benefits, features and experience.
Empathy Map: Helps you deeply understand your target audience by mapping their thoughts, feelings, and actions to uncover unmet needs.
What is Customer Discovery?: Introduces concepts and tools to understand how to conduct customer discovery.
Customer Discovery Basics: Introduces tools and techniques to understand customer pain points, prioritize personas, and iteratively validate market needs.
Market Research Preparation Worksheet: Prepares you to identify target profiles and plan effective outreach for primary market research.
Market Research Execution Worksheet: Assists in structuring and analyzing market research engagements to refine hypotheses and uncover actionable insights.
Lean Canvas: Provides a streamlined alternative to the Business Model Canvas, focusing on problem-solving, customer segmentation, and market fit
Business Model Canvas: Provides a comprehensive framework to outline and visualize the key elements of your business model, from value propositions to revenue streams.