校本 HEBSBA 创业的挑战 Competition
2023 H-E-B School of Business & Administration (HEBSBA) 创业的挑战 Competition
12月5日星期五. 1、下午1-3点.m., the 2023 校本 HEBSBA 创业的挑战 Final Competition organized by Dr. 何塞•莫雷诺和Dr. 特蕾莎修女哈里森, co-directors of the Beckendorf Family Center for Innovation and Global Entrepreneurship, took place with five finalists competing for prizes.
Investing in student entrepreneurs at 校本
The 创业的挑战 at the H-E-B School of Business and Administration invests in the entrepreneurial aspirations of students at the University of the Incarnate Word.
为期13周的比赛, 每年秋季学期举行, allows students to develop a business model from idea to actualization. The winning team is awarded $8,000 in seed money. The second-place winner will receive $2,500, and the third-place winner will receive $1000.
培养伟大的想法
We are looking for students with new and creative solutions to real-world problems that support economic growth. This competition is specifically looking for ideas that:
- Solve social problems on a global scale (health care, healthy food, electricity).
- Offer value and wealth creation for people living below the poverty line in the U.S. 和国外.
- Explore international or cross-border opportunities.
- Offer and sell products/services to businesses rather than individual consumers.
Big ideas require a wide knowledge base. That is why the 创业的挑战 encourages participants to build their teams with students with diverse areas of expertise. Marketing students teamed with engineering, or pharmacy students paired with communication arts – these teams can achieve more together than they could as individuals.
卢姆| 2020
瓦莱里娅·拉莫斯·库列尔, Diana Jazmin Casas Del Angel and Santiago Meza – a team of students from 校本 Campus Bajío in Mexico – won first place and $10,000 in the 2020 创业的挑战. LU'UM transforms recycled rubber material from car tires and shoe soles into a flooring product for use in a myriad of applications, 包括学校, 健身房和餐厅.
极地之旅| 2019
Noah Silvas and 尤兰达马丁内斯 won first place in the 2019 创业的挑战 for their startup known as Journey Poles, which manufactures unique and colorful IV poles for use in children’s hospitals and health care facilities.
Sinzuca Chocolates | 2018
穆罕默德Al-Nasser, 尤兰达马丁内斯, Matthew Silvas and Noah Silvas took home first place in the 2018 创业的挑战 with Sinzuca Chocolates – a health-conscious chocolate product infused with superfoods.
专业的指导
Each team is assigned a mentor to serve as a professional source of feedback and advice throughout the challenge. Mentors are local business leaders, entrepreneurs and professionals in their respective fields.
The mentor relationship is vital to the success of each team. Each mentor will share a practical point of view on the team's business idea based on his or her experience and knowledge. Each team will be assigned a mentor by challenge administrators based on the expertise of each mentor as it relates to the team's business idea.
In addition to professional mentors, the faculty of the H-E-B School of Business and Administration provides guidance to students as they work to develop their business models. Workshops are held throughout the competition to allow participants to learn design-thinking skills including brainstorming, 团队建设, networking and business model innovation.