Virtual Entrepreneurship Cup
Are you keen to demonstrate your entrepreneurial skills in a competitive program? Quarter Zero runs an online entrepreneurship competition where you’ll be challenged to develop an innovative solution to a problem.
The QØ Cup is a virtual entrepreneurship competition for students around the country with one thing in mind: how can the world power the potential of young people? Participants will answer this crucial question through the three rounds of the QØ Cup.
In the first round of the QØ Cup, teams will introduce their team and write a sentence about the core problem they’re solving for; tell us about the market their venture is targeting; highlight the key assumptions they’re making; and finally give an overview of the next steps. Once teams submit their first round answers, the QØ Specialists will provide written feedback to help you moving forward.
Video Pitch and Canvas
Teams selected to move on to the second round will be challenged to consider the feedback they received in the first round as they define their solution, talk to potential users/customers, and propose their solution through an informative and compelling 3-minute video. The second round will also consist of a comprehensive and well-thought out adaptation of your proposal to QØ’s Venture Canvas.
Live Pitch and Q&A
Teams selected for the third and final round, will be challenged to incorporate feedback, insights from customer discovery, and to get their first (paying) customer! Final contending teams will select one member to present and defend the team’s solution in its entirety over a 3-minute live virtual presentation to other finalists, judges, and QØ’s live stream audience, followed by a 3 minute Q&A with the entire team.
How do I get Started? Check out the website.
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 another pure entrepreneurship program like LaunchX
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.
HOT TIP: This competition seems like a fun and easy way for a budding businessperson to come up with a business idea with friends. Most likely, the real value will come from whatever product or prototype emerges from the program, and your ability to take it beyond the short duration of the competition and help it really get traction in the market.