Blue Ocean Student Entrepreneur Competition
The largest and most prestigious virtual pitch competition for high school students around the world REGISTER for 2025SUBMIT YOUR PITCHPreparing High School Students for the Real World of Entrepreneurship and Empowering Them to Create Blue Ocean Businesses.
Compete Globally, Pitch Virtually
The Blue Ocean Student Entrepreneur Competition is a virtual competition that attracts the very best high school-aged entrepreneurs from all over the world.
Every year, thousands of high school students pitch their innovative business concepts to experienced entrepreneurs and business people, receive feedback on their ideas, join a community of like-minded students, and compete for thousands in cash prizes.
Compete Globally, Pitch Virtually
Every year, thousands of high school students pitch their innovative business concepts to experienced entrepreneurs and business-people, receive feedback on their ideas, join a community of like-minded students, and compete for thousands in cash prizes.
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Why Compete
The World's Largest Virtual Entrepreneurship Competition for High School Students
Record-breaking 2024 Blue Ocean Competition participation.
Participants
Countries and territories
Schools
US states
161 countries already represented and counting!
๐ฆ๐ซ Afghanistan
๐ฆ๐ฑ Albania
๐ฉ๐ฟ Algeria
๐ฆ๐ด Angola
๐ฆ๐ท Argentina
๐ฆ๐บ Australia
๐ฆ๐น Austria
๐ง๐ธ Bahamas
๐ง๐ฉ Bangladesh
๐ง๐ฟ Belize
๐ง๐ฏ Benin
๐ง๐ด Bolivia
๐ง๐ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina
๐ง๐ผ Botswana
๐ง๐ท Brazil
๐ง๐ฌ Bulgaria
๐ง๐ฎ Burundi
๐ฐ๐ญ Cambodia
๐จ๐ฒ Cameroon
๐จ๐ฆ Canada
๐จ๐ป Cape Verde
๐ฐ๐พ Cayman Islands
๐น๐ฉ Chad
๐จ๐ฑ Chile
๐จ๐ณ China
๐จ๐ด Colombia
๐จ๐ท Costa Rica
๐จ๐ฎ Cote d'Ivoire
๐ญ๐ท Croatia
๐จ๐ฉ DR Congo
๐ฉ๐ฏ Djibouti
๐ฉ๐ด Dom Republic
๐ช๐จ Ecuador
๐ช๐ฌ Egypt
๐ธ๐ป El Salvador
๐ช๐น Ethiopia
๐ซ๐ด Faroe Islands
๐ซ๐ฏ Fiji
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland
๐ซ๐ท France
๐ฌ๐ฒ Gambia
๐ฌ๐ช Georgia
๐ฉ๐ช Germany
๐ฌ๐ญ Ghana
๐ฌ๐ท Greece
๐ฌ๐น Guatemala
๐ฌ๐ณ Guinea
๐ฌ๐พ Guyana
๐ญ๐น Haiti
๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Kong
๐ญ๐บ Hungary
๐ฎ๐ณ India
๐ฎ๐ฉ Indonesia
๐ฎ๐ถ Iraq
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland
๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel
๐ฎ๐น Italy
๐ฏ๐ฒ Jamaica
๐ฏ๐ต Japan
๐ฏ๐ด Jordan
๐ฐ๐ฟ Kazakhstan
๐ฐ๐ช Kenya
๐ฝ๐ฐ Kosovo
๐ฑ๐ง Lebanon
๐ฑ๐ธ Lesotho
๐ฑ๐ท Liberia
๐ฑ๐พ Libya
๐ฑ๐น Lithuania
๐ฒ๐ฐ Macedonia
๐ฒ๐ฌ Madagascar
๐ฒ๐ผ Malawi
๐ฒ๐พ Malaysia
๐ฒ๐ฑ Mali
๐ฒ๐บ Mauritius
๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico
๐ฒ๐ฉ Moldova
๐ฒ๐ณ Mongolia
๐ฒ๐ช Montenegro
๐ฒ๐ฆ Morocco
๐ฒ๐ฟ Mozambique
๐ฒ๐ฒ Myanmar
๐ณ๐ฆ Namibia
๐ณ๐ต Nepal
๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands Antilles
๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand
๐ณ๐ฎ Nicaragua
๐ณ๐ช Niger
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria
๐ณ๐ด Norway
๐ด๐ฒ Oman
๐ต๐ฐ Pakistan
๐ต๐ธ Palestine
๐ต๐ฆ Panama
๐ต๐ช Peru
๐ต๐ญ Philippines
๐ต๐ฑ Poland
๐ต๐น Portugal
๐ถ๐ฆ Qatar
๐ท๐ด Romania
๐ท๐บ Russia
๐ท๐ผ Rwanda
๐ฐ๐ณ Saint Kitts and Nevis
๐ป๐จ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
๐ธ๐ฆ Saudi Arabia
๐ธ๐ณ Senegal
๐ท๐ธ Serbia
๐ธ๐ฑ Sierra Leone
๐ธ๐ฌ Singapore
๐ธ๐ฐ Slovakia
๐ธ๐ด Somalia
๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa
๐ฐ๐ท South Korea
๐ช๐ธ Spain
๐ฑ๐ฐ Sri Lanka
๐ธ๐ฉ Sudan
๐ธ๐ท Suriname
๐ธ๐ฟ Swaziland
๐ธ๐ช Sweden
๐จ๐ญ Switzerland
๐น๐ผ Taiwan
๐น๐ฟ Tanzania
๐น๐ญ Thailand
๐น๐ฌ Togo
๐น๐น Trinidad and Tobago
๐น๐ณ Tunisia
๐น๐ท Turkey
๐น๐จ Turks and Caicos Islands
๐บ๐ฌ Uganda
๐บ๐ฆ Ukraine
๐ฆ๐ช United Arab Emirates
๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom
๐บ๐พ Uruguay
๐บ๐ธ USA
๐บ๐ฟ Uzbekistan
๐ป๐ณ Viet Nam
๐ฟ๐ฒ Zambia
๐ฟ๐ผ Zimbabwe
... + more!
What Inspired the Competition?
The Blue Ocean Student Entrepreneur Competition is inspired by Chan Kim and Renรฉe Mauborgneโs global bestseller Blue Ocean Strategy
Blue Ocean Strategy inspires high school students to:
- start looking at the world with a new perspective;
- see possibilities where other see boundaries;
- see growth where others see constraints;
- solve problems that have never been solved before;
- create solutions using systematic tools and frameworks;
- start businesses that will make this world a better place for all of us!
What Inspired the Competition?
The Blue Ocean Student Entrepreneur Competition is inspired by Chan Kim and Renรฉe Mauborgneโs global bestseller Blue Ocean Strategy
Blue Ocean Strategy inspires high school students to:
- start looking at the world with a new perspective;
- see possibilities where other see boundaries;
- see growth where others see constraints;
- solve problems that have never been solved before;
- create solutions using systematic tools and frameworks;
- start businesses that will make this world a better place for all of us!
Why Students Love to Participate
โThe Blue Ocean Competition has been an amazing opportunity to fuel my desire to create my own business with one of my best friends. The competition has gained us attention and opened doors we never could have imagined.โ
โThe Blue Ocean Entrepreneur Competition encourages students to dive deep into their own ideas. It offers a unique opportunity to develop the practical skills necessary to realize any vision.”
โThe Blue Ocean Pitch Competition was a fantastic platform for us to not just get validation for our idea but also learn about many new innovative products and services created by other high school students like us.”
Why Teachers Get Involved
โThe competition enriches the marketing curriculum and provides students with essential entrepreneurial, critical thinking, creativity and collaboration skills to prepare them for the future.โ
โThere is an essential curriculum that must be covered in the course, but we also are allowed to add onto that curriculum to enrich the experience for the students. That is what I did through the Blue Ocean competition and the online course.โ
Get Involved
Students
Develop entrepreneurial skills and experience that will set you up for success.
Teachers
Prepare your students for the real world of entrepreneurship.
Judges
Share your expertise to help high school students become better entrepreneurs.
Sponsors
Empower high school students to change the world for the better.
Ambassadors
Inspire your peers to create innovative solutions to real-life problems.
Global Partners
Make the competition accessible to all high schoolers around the world.
Recent Winners
More than 9,800 students took part in the 2024 competition. Check out the inspiring winning blue ocean pitches.
More than 5,200 students took part in the 2023 competition. Check out the inspiring winning blue ocean pitches.
More than 2500 students took part in the 2022 competition. Check out the inspiring winning blue ocean pitches.
More than 2000 students took part in the 2022 competition. Check out the inspiring winning blue ocean pitches.