New Ventures BC Competition entry deadline next week

We're days away from the 2010 deadline for the New Ventures BC Competition, a technology business competition offering a unique mix of business education, networking, mentoring, and $300K in cash and prizes. It's designed to help very early stage entrepreneurs acquire the business basics they'll need to succeed.

The competition is open to everyone in BC and entries are accepted from a person, team or business.

Previous competition winners include 2001 winner AirG, now the world’s largest inter-operator mobile community with 40 million unique users worldwide, and 2008 winner Saltworks Technology, which has raised more than $1 Million and is now selling its innovative, energy-efficient water desalination technology around the world.

Prizes to be awarded September 23rd include:

$120,000 BC Innovation Council first-prize package
$63,000 BC Innovation Council second-prize package
$37,000 BC Innovation Council third-prize package
$40,000 BC Hydro Sustainability prize
$20,000 BC Bioenergy Network prize
$20,000 BC Innovation Council Economic Impact prize

For details and to register for the seminars or competition, visit www.newventuresbc.com. Competition entry deadline is April 19th.

Company:: New Ventures BC Society
Website:: http://www.newventuresbc.com/
Location:: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Turn your idea into a profitable company by entering the New Ventures BC competition. A "new venture" is a business idea that is economically viable, but has not yet secured significant financing from "outside investors" (ie. investors other than friends, family, and company founders). It must be an innovative product or service involving a new technology. The competition will give you the opportunity to: Join... more

Company:: Saltworks Technologies Inc.
Website:: http://www.saltworkstech.com
Location:: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver-based Saltworks Technologies Inc. is a green technology company that has developed a patent-pending solar process for desalination that offers significant electrical energy savings. The desalination market is estimated to grow by $56 billion over the next seven years and energy efficiency remains its greatest challenge. more

Company:: airG
Website:: http://www.airg.com
Location:: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

At airG, we develop mobile communities and wireless social networking products that resonate with the hip and trend defining 18 – 30 demographic. We’re working with industry leaders such as Verizon, Sprint Nextel, AT&T, Bell Canada and T-Mobile to define an entirely new way of interacting on your mobile phone. In our ideally situated office in the heart of downtown Vancouver, we’re creating products that enable... more

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