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Self-Bailout Contest for Small Businesses

By Kaira Rouda|2023-02-07T00:29:04+00:00June 10, 2009|contests, Office Depot, small business|Comments Off

Survival of the smartest! Office Depot is awarding more than $1,000,000 in prizes in the Office Depot—Adopt a Small Business Contest. 500 small businesses will win more than $2,000 in prizes! Want to enter? Upload a two-minute video about what your business is doing to survive during these hard times and how Office Depot can help you get through the challenges. The entry deadline is 11:59 PM EDT on July 31, 2009. Click here to enter. By entering the contest, you have a chance to win $1,300 Office Depot gift card, one year of Tech DepotTM services tech support ($599.00 value) and $110 gift card toward copying, printing and shipping services. Gotta love free tech support and gift cards. For official contest rules, click here. Good luck!

Collegiate Entrepreneurs Start Your Engines

By Kaira Rouda|2023-02-07T01:46:54+00:00May 18, 2009|college students, contests, dorms, innovation, StartupNation, startups, Web site|Comments Off on Collegiate Entrepreneurs Start Your Engines

Are you or do you know a college student with entrepreneurial aspirations? Show off your business by entering StartupNation Dorm-Based 20, which ranks the top 20 leading collegiate entrepreneurs in the country. To enter the contest, you must attend a college in the U.S. (not necessarily living in a dorm), your business must have a Web site, and you have to fill out the online form. The judges will be looking for: Innovativeness of business concept Potential for growth Cutting-edge business practices Demonstration of business fundamentals Potential for overall impact Financial performance Check out the 2008 Dorm-Based 20 winners: A Slice of Paradise Ablaze Custom Cleaning Affordabook Bizooki Brett Adams Design LLC CaptainU Collegeffect.com Digital Wingman, Inc E SCRAP Ohio EnMobile Hurricane K-9 Waste Removal, LLC IsThatOneGood LLC Note2Home ROCS College Student Staffing Sand Shack Shelby Burford Design The Magic of Jared Sherlock Vortex Web [...]