New Venture Competition 2014 - 1st Announcement for Latin America

HBS Club of Brazil & Harvard Club of Argentina

 

 

    HARVARD CLUB DE ARGENTINA           

 

 

The HBS Club of Brazil, in conjunction with Harvard Club of Argentina is pleased to participate in the fifth annual New Venture Competition, joining 15 regional clubs worldwide.

Alumni from the entire Latin America are invited to apply on the HBS NVC Web site, and compete in the regional finals for a chance to represent Latin America in the global HBS finals.  

A panel of investors and entrepreneurs from Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, will evaluate submissions and presentations and will choose the winning regional entry.

Please note that you do not need to be running a startup to enter the contest; a good idea and business plan is all you need to participate.

Regional Latin America winners will receive:

-    A chance to reach over 80,000 HBS alumni via the alumni website and up to $75,000 in cash prizes at the global finals;
-    A direct invitation from HBS Alumni Angels of Brazil, to present his company for an evaluation for further angel investment;
-    A special coaching and advice section from the previous NVC LA regional winners from 2011 to 2013.

This competition is open to all HBS alumni, including Executive Education and all other alumni status granting programs. Both for-profit and social enterprises are eligible. Competition details are on www.alumni.hbs.edu/events/nvc/Pages/default.aspx. This link also contains the requisite deadlines, process and eligibility.

For questions, please email Magnus Arantes at marantes@opm40.hbs.edu or Andrés Vacarezza at avacarezza@mba2000.hbs.edu.

Stay tuned to the NVC web site for details, as special programming will also be organized in January and February to support the NVC.

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HBS Club of Brazil      &     Harvard Club of Argentina