Blue Ocean Entrepreneurship Competition

The Blue Ocean Entrepreneurship Competition is the largest entrepreneurship competition in the United States run by and for high school students. Young high school ambassadors at over 80 high schools in 17 states organize teams of students and compete for thousands in cash prizes. The competition is typically hosted in Johns Hopkins University and Silicon Valley, where teams pitch their innovative business ideas to experienced entrepreneurs and business people, receive feedback on their ideas, and join a community of like-minded students. Some teams even compete virtually for the chance to win thousands in cash prizes.

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How do I expand this narrative arc?  Check out some of the other entrepreneurship ideas we have found for you by searching our database under “Business and Entrepreneurship”. You should think about how you can broaden or deepen your narrative arc, including with one of the following:

• Spend your next summer in a pure entrepreneurship program like LaunchX or Quarter Zero

• Have a look at Wharton’s Management and Technology summer program.

• If you are interested in the intersection between sustainability and entrepreneurship, consider Sustainable Summer, which includes a program at Dartmouth at which students develop commercial solutions to climate change problems.

• Put your ideas into action when you launch a business in your own community.

• The Knowledge Society runs year round programs in an number of cities across the country. Find out if there’s a cohort near you.

• Want to do something similar through a different organization to expand your network and try your ideas in a different setting? Check out Leangap Entrepreneur.