Develop ideas, build a team, write a business plan, pitch your idea for real money.
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Congratulations to the advancing teams in BPC 2025.
Collegiate League
- Driveway Pit Stop – Mobile Mechanic – Mobile oil changing service provides convenience to busy vehicle owners who want to keep their car well-maintained without disrupting their schedule.
- Kerat AI – Personalized recommendation platform uses a novel technology to measure customers’ unique hair type and recommend hair care products best formulated for them.
- Miata Fitment – Simplifies the buying process with a 3D fitment visualizer, allowing users to input any wheel, tire, and suspension setup.
- Rainmaker Solutions – Offers a turnkey automation service built for mobile car detailers.
- Wearable Aromas – A solid perfume locket necklace designed for on-the-go, mess-free application
Open League
- Neuro Prima – a cranial implant eliminating one surgery for faster recovery and less complications (Johns Hopkins University)
- Universal Extrusion Solutions – a desktop sized, plug-and-play device that converts pellets or shredded recycled waste into filament, which can be fed directly into a 3D printer or spooled onto a new filament roll (Eastern Washington University)
- AgTag – an electronic ear tag that monitors biometrics and location in livestock (University of Montana Western)
- WineClub – a digital wine community and club that connects wineries with consumers through an intuitive mobile app (Washington State University Tri-Cities)
High School League
- Arachnid Apparel – Mead High School – Recycling clothes into trendy fashions
- Someone Loves You – Mead High School – Hoodies with uplifting messaging.
- Sweet Labs – Mead High School – Interactive dessert shop
- Vital – Sammamish High School – AI Landscaping Service
Welcome to the 2025 WSU Business Plan Competition
Registration began Wednesday, January 15, 2025 – Enter Today!
If you’re a student entrepreneur or aspiring business owner, the Center for Entrepreneurship presents the WSU Business Plan Competition – an unparalleled opportunity to practice entrepreneurship in a real-world setting and receive guidance as you launch a new venture, plus a chance to win thousands of dollars in prize money! Submit your entry by clicking here – Register for BPC – or on the button above. Deadline is Friday, March 7, 2025 to register. Executive Summaries are due by March 21, 2025.
The Center for Entrepreneurship is running the 2025 WSU Business Plan Competition in a hybrid format. Participating in a business plan competition is rewarding and we are excited to continue to encourage and showcase student innovation.
Learn by Doing
- Sharpen skills. Working on a business plan team develops innovative thinking, builds leadership, and refines communication skills.
- Network. If you’re a finalist, you and your team will present your idea to investors, entrepreneurs, and industry professionals at the competition in April. Finalists also have the opportunity to exchange ideas with judges over dinner.
- Prepare for your future. Take what you’ve learned and apply it in an existing company or new venture.
Launch a New Venture
- Move from idea to execution. Develop, test, and pitch a startup idea with your own team.
- Get advice and mentoring. Seasoned entrepreneurs, industry experts, and entrepreneurship faculty mentors devote countless hours to help students navigate the entrepreneurial process.
- Build momentum. Take your experience in the competition and invest in the growth of your venture.
Congratulations, Past Winners!
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Win Cash Prizes
Collegiate League
Grand Prize – $15,000
Second Place Prize – $10,000
Third Place Prize – $7,000
Fourth Place Prize – $4,000
Fifth Place Prize – $2,000
Open Collegiate League
Foster Garvey Grand Prize – $5,000
High School League
Grand Prize – $5,000
Second Place Prize – $2,000
Third Place Prize – $1,000
Fourth Place Prize – $750
Merit Prizes
- Valicoff Ag Innovation Prize – $3,000
- Best Tech Venture Prize – $2,500
- Best Social Impact Venture Prize – $2,500
- CougsFirst! Best Trade Show – $2,500
Thank you, 2025 Sponsors!
Crimson Partner
Dave Divine
Silver Partner
Bronze Partner
The Robert and Carolyn Wolfe Family Giving Fund
Dave & Deborah Grant
Mark Wuotila
Bryan Saftler
The Business Plan Competition is critically important for helping people to turn ideas into reality. I am excited to volunteer as a judge to support the competition and the Center, now that I am on the other side.— Jonah Friedl , NOMAD founder and WSU alumnus (Carson College of Business, Entrepreneurship – 2016)