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Who Are We?

The Blue Ocean Entrepreneurship Competition is the largest entrepreneurship competition in the United States founded by and supported by high school students. Every year, individuals and/or teams pitch their innovative business concepts to experienced entrepreneurs and businesspeople, receive feedback on their ideas, join a community of like-minded students, and compete for thousands in cash prizes!

Prizes

First Prize $1,000

Second Prize $750

Third Prize $500

People's Choice Award $750

$1,000 Prize to the top 5 schools who bring in the most submissions

Pitches should be 3 to 5 minutes in length.  If you are unsure about how to pitch or what to pitch, see the Content page on this site on how to do a pitch and also how the scoring will be done.  All pitches should be submitted by January 18, 2019.  Judges will begin evaluating pitches in January.  We will pick the top 50 submissions by February 18, the top 10 submissions by March 1 and announce the winners on March 15.   We will notify all entrants on the status of their pitches as judging is completed.

Video submission for this contest will be accepted beginning on Monday October 14, 2019.  There is a submissions tab at the top of this website at that time.

We will also announce a People’s Choice Award ($750) winner on March 16 2020. All pitches submitted will be uploaded to our youtube channel "Blue Ocean Competition".  To win, simply receive the most “likes” on that channel.  Direct your friends and relatives to this page once submitted.

To learn how the scoring will be done by  the competition judges, please visit the Content Page of this website and see the "Rubric" section.  

Last year, we our competition featured individuals and teams from 26 states, 8 countries and more than 90 high schools! This year, we are taking competition to the next level by strengthening our presence in high schools and better engaging teachers to both promote the competition and, where possible, use he competition in their classrooms..

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Blue Ocean Shift | Blue Ocean Strategy 

Our competition is inspired by the ideas and message of the international bestseller Blue Ocean Strategy and the just released New York Times bestseller Blue Ocean Shift, co-authored by Professors W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne. Blue Ocean Strategy | Shift is about creating value for consumers and eliminating competition with innovative ideas and business models. At the Blue Ocean Entrepreneurship Competition, we challenge our competitors to channel Blue Ocean thinking in their ideas and pitches. Our leadership team works closely with the Blue Ocean Global Network to ensure that competitors have great resources to learn the strategy and apply it to their own business ideas.

Be Inspired. Be Blue Ocean. Make a BLUE OCEAN SHIFT.