SBC Grand Finale
Informations sur l'événement
Description
The last round of the Social Business Creation competition will take place on September 17, 2018 in the National Bank amphitheater at HEC Montréal. The winners of the 2018 edition of the competition will finally be known!
Here is the program of the evening:
- Presentations of the three final social enterprise projects
- Special Guest Conferences
- Wine & cheese cocktail and winners' unveiling
Several door prizes will be drawn among the spectators. (Certificates gifts at Patagonia; books on social entrepreneurship; HEC sweaters, reusable water bottles and sports bags).
The 2018 edition of the SBC has 52 teams registered and 24 of them will be in Montreal for the 3rd round. The prizes awarded to the winners of the competition are:
- First prize: $15,000 cash + 1 tuition waiver to participate in MOSAIC-HEC Summer School on Management of Creativity in an Innovation Society (http://ecole-ete.hec.ca/en)
- Second prize: $7000 cash + 1 tuition waiver to participate in MOSAIC-HEC Summer School on Management of Creativity in an Innovation Society (http://ecole-ete.hec.ca/en)
- Third prize: 1 tuition waiver to participate in MOSAIC-HEC Summer School on Management of Creativity in an Innovation Society (http://ecole-ete.hec.ca/en)
About the competition
Social Business Competition is structured as a course which provides experiential learning and uses a gamification approach to enhance students’ learning experience. Participating students learn how to use market mechanisms to address social challenges, leverage on a social collective mindset, collaborate with various stakeholders, and develop their business idea into a real business. This competition offers a win-win platform that allows for bottom-up development.