Riipen Cross-College Entrepreneurial Challenge 2024

Cross-College Entrepreneurial Challenge
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Tom Supra
Educator
3
Timeline
  • April 19, 2024
    Experience start
  • April 19, 2024
    Check your email to view the challenge video instructions
  • April 20, 2024
    Meet your Industry Partner
  • April 22, 2024
    Meet Partners
  • April 24, 2024
    Final Submission by 5:00pm Promptly
  • April 26, 2024
    Question & Answer Response Submission
  • April 26, 2024
    Experience end
Experience
3/3 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Sole proprietorship, Startup, Non profit, Social Enterprise, Small to medium enterprise
Any industries

Experience scope

Categories
Digital marketing Project management Product or service launch Sales strategy Marketing strategy
Skills
consulting skills problem-solving skills presentation/pitching
Learner goals and capabilities

Your business may be an ideal candidate to take advantage of a small team of entrepreneurial student consultants devoted to helping you at no cost to your business.


Welcome to the third edition of the Riipen Cross-College Entrepreneurial Challenge! The CCEC brings together Mentors, Faculty and Students to help real-world businesses solve current challenges.


Are you a small business looking for some innovative and creative ideas from intrapreneurial-minded students capable of solving a pressing business problem? Then this challenge is a good fit for you!


Your business will be featured in our social media campaigns launching in March to May of 2024 with your logo prominently displayed.


You will be responsible for creating a 5 to 10 minute video explaining your business concern, then meeting with student teams to answer their well researched questions. You will have the opportuntiy to select the best option for your problem based on the submissions from various college student teams.


This year's competition launches on Friday April 19th, and will have two portions: a student team video submission and Q&A response (from student teams as well). The video submission will be a 5 minute recommendation of the challenge presented. Students will be responsible for submitting their video by 5:00 pm on Wednesday April 24. You will be required to review and evaluate all the submissions on Thursday April 25th, generating some questions to which student teams will answer that day.


Then, upon a professional panel review from industry experts along with you, winners will be chosen on Friday April 26th, and announced at our virtual closing ceremony.


Prizes will be awarded to selected teams & individuals based on outstanding teams, creativity, top presenters and much more!

Learners

Learners
Undergraduate
Any level
72 learners
Project
10 hours per learner
Educators assign learners to projects
Teams of 4
Expected outcomes and deliverables

On Thursday, April 24th, teams will submit videos of their recommendations to a panel of judges. There will be an opportunity for Q&A before winners are selected.


The winner will be announced on Friday, April 26th 12 - 1:30pm in a live virtual session with MC and Keynote Speaker.


Final Submission: The final project submission must be submitted by Thursday, April 24 at 5:00 p.m. (EST).

Project timeline
  • April 19, 2024
    Experience start
  • April 19, 2024
    Check your email to view the challenge video instructions
  • April 20, 2024
    Meet your Industry Partner
  • April 22, 2024
    Meet Partners
  • April 24, 2024
    Final Submission by 5:00pm Promptly
  • April 26, 2024
    Question & Answer Response Submission
  • April 26, 2024
    Experience end

Project Examples

Requirements

Small Business Challenges; Showcasing Intrapreneurial prowess.


Intrapreneur

[ in-truh-pruh-nur, -noor, -nyoor ]

noun

  1. an employee of a large corporation who is given freedom and financial support to create new products, services, systems, etc., and does not have to follow the corporation's usual routines or protocols.

Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

Are you seeking some ideas on how/where to grow your business product/service offerings?

Do you enjoy interacting with bright students who could provide some interesting insights to you?

Do you have a business challenge that a group of engaged students could help you solve?

Does it excite you to hear from diverse global perspectives?