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Apex Hybrid Business Plan Competition

by Maurice | February 3, 2023

Amount:

$10,000

Type of Program:

Competition


Description:

The Apex Business Plan Competition challenges participants to be innovative and creative as they develop, direct, organize and present a business plan or new venture to a panel of judges and mentors. The competition has two tracks: 

  1. 1
    The Student business plan track (open for students enrolled in post-secondary institutions);
  2. 2
    The New venture track (open to recent alumni, non-students and students running early-stage ventures).

Comments on Funding:

Funding is $30,000 in cash prizes.

The prize for the winners of the New Venture Track is $10,000 (allocated to up to 3 teams).


When It Ends:

Ongoing

Deadline:

Next deadlines to be determined

Eligibility:

Applicants for the Student business plan track must:

  • be actively enrolled full- or part-time students in a postsecondary institution (worldwide),
  • have not competed in Apex with the same business before, unless team can show a significant pivot in their business idea;
  • have personally conducted the business plan analysis and prepared all financial projections (up to 2 years) together with the team members.

Applicants for the New venture track must:

  • own a venture that:
  • has less than $1 million/year (CAD) in revenues;
  • has fewer than 25 employees;
  • is less than 5 years old;
  • have the rights to use any content not created by the participant, and the content must be correctly sourced.

Application Steps:

1

Applicants must submit the online application form;

2

Applicants must compete in the elevator pitch round;

3

Applicants must compete in the presentation round.

Documentation Needed: 

Applicants must submit:

  1. 1
    the executive summary;
  2. 2
    the investor pitch deck, if applying for the new venture track;
  3. 3
    a business plan, if applying for the student business plan track.

Other Things to Note:

The registration deadline for the 2023 competition was December 15. 

Program Contact:

Apex Business Plan Competition | IBEC | Faculty of Management | UNB

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About Maurice

Maurice (Moe) Muise learned the ins-and-outs of government while an employee of the Government of Canada in Ottawa for 10 years. His current focus is helping small businesses in Atlantic Canada to identify and maximize government grants to grow their business. Click here to learn more about Moe’s background and how he can help your business.

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