Date
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Venue
Online. Final gala event venue – to be confirmed
Description
The annual Leopards Lair competition encourages and supports student entrepreneurs across the three campuses of the North-West University (NWU) and Vaal University of Technology (VUT) to become future employers and henceforth job creators by embracing the value of entrepreneurship as a career choice. Undergraduate and postgraduate entrepreneurs are invited to submit their innovative and business ideas.
The purpose of this competition is to identify the top student entrepreneurs, showcase their businesses ideas, and invite investment into their student business. The competition also provides the opportunity of developing skills through the different phases of the competition. In this process, undergraduate and postgraduate entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to demonstrate their entrepreneurial talent.
Important dates:
- 31 July 2020 – Deadline for submissions of registrations. Apply online
- 10 August 2020 – Announcement of top 80 (20 per campus)
- 31 August 2020 – Deadline for submission of Business Model Canvas
- 8 September 2020 – Announcement of top 40 (10 per campus)
- 18 September 2020 – Deadline for submission of Pitch Training Video
- 28 September 2020 – Announcement of top 20
- Date -TBC - Final presentations & announcement of top 3
Follow the NWU Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences Facebook page for more information.
Contact Details
For more infornation contact: bhive EDC: Annelie Steenkamp / 016 910 3393