Why should your school get involved?
The Blue Ocean competition is an international, virtual (all submissions are done via the web) and student-founded and supported pitch competition for high school entrepreneurs.
Promoting entrepreneurship and helping to educate students can be a valuable additional service that you provide. This opportunity offers great educational content and experience and costs you nothing in terms of time, money or effort. We ask nothing except that you make your high school students aware of the program.
Blue Ocean Strategy and Blue Ocean Shift are two of the most popular business books of the century and are often required reading at the country’s top colleges and universities. Helping your students get a jump on this education can be valuable to their growth. The authors are Dr. Chan Kim and Dr. Renée Mauborgne.
In our competition, teams made up of 1-5 high school students generate an innovative idea for a new business concept, create a very simple business plan, present it to seasoned entrepreneurs, network, and compete for thousands in cash prizes! (see About Page) This year, we are hosting a nationwide virtual competition, in which students can submit a 3 to 5 minute video on their Blue Ocean idea. We provide educational content to teach them how to do a pitch.
The value to your students is:
Learn about entrepreneurship
Practice how to do pitch an idea
Get pitches evaluated by professionals
Learn about Blue Ocean concepts and receive a valuable certificate
Get social media exposure
Have fun
Win money
Add to resume
The value to your school is:
Promote entrepreneurship
Easy to promote. Little effort, no cost
Educational (content)
BOS is required reading in most colleges. This gets students a head start on the content. Course and certificate available
We offer a toolkit to help you integrate this into your curriculum
Huge publicity if one of your students wins
Simply have your students text the words “Blue Ocean” to (855) 700-8689 We will take it from there!!!
Pitches should be 3 to 5 minutes in length. All pitches should be submitted by January 18, 2019. Judges will begin evaluating pitches in January. We will pick the top 20 submissions by February 11, the top 10 submissions by February 28 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 15, 2018. There is a submissions tab at the top of this website.
We will also announce a People’s Choice Award ($750) winner on March 15. All pitches submitted ill be uploaded to our youtube channel "Blue Ocean Competition". To win, the student will simply receive the most “likes” on that channel.
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2018 Participating Schools
More than 90 schools from 26 states and 9 Countries have joined the Blue Ocean movement!
What is your high school waiting for?
Alliance High School,Nairobi Kenya
Skyline High School, Ann Arbor MI
Spanish River Community High School, Boca Raton FL
Pillager High School, Pillager MN
Scripps Ranch High School, San Diego CA
Wilton High School, Wilton CT
Coronado High School, El Paso TX
Johns Creek High School, Johns Creek GA
BASIS Scottsdale, Scottsdale AZ
Engineering & Science University Magnet School, Milford CT
Riverpoint Academy, Spokane WA
Medway High School, Medway MA
Mounds View High School, Shoreview MN
G.B.S.S.S, DELHI India
Wisconsin Heights High School, Black Earth WI
Brookwood High School, Snellville GA
Lawrence Academy, Westford MA
Owings Mills High School, Owings Mills MD
Redwood High School, Larkspur CA
Pine-Richland High School, Gibsonia PA
Homestead High School - Cupertino, CA
Gunn High School, Palo Alto CA
Our Lady of Good Counsel High School, Olney MD
Ravenwood High School - Brentwood, TN
Arkansas School for Math Sciences & Arts, Jonesboro AR
Glenbard East Lombard IL
Valencia High School, Placentia CA
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria VA
Kent Denver, Englewood CO
Westview High School, Portland OR
SMA Negeri 3 Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta Indonesia
Pioneer High School, Ann Arbor MI
Hamburg Area High School, Hamburg PA
Bartlett High School, Webster MA
Evergreen Valley High School, San Jose CA
Normal Community High School, Normal IL
West Essex High School, Fairfield NJ
Camden Hills Regional High School, Rockport ME
Holy Trinity High School, Chicago IL
Monta Vista High School, Cupertino CA
Barrington High SchoolNorth Barrington MN
Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring MD
Rocky Mountain High School, Fort Collins CO
West Windsor Plainsboro High School, South Plainsboro NJ
Westview High School, San Diego CA
American High School, Fremont California
Ward Melville High School, East Setauket NY
Ruben S. Ayala High School, Chino Hills CA
Brentwood High School - Brentwood, TN
Naperville North High School, Naperville IL
Montgomery Blair High School, Rockville MD
Herningsholm Erhversgymnasium, Herning Denmark
Notre Dame Collage School, Welland Ontario Canada
Downers Grove North High School, Downers Grove IL
Troy High School - Troy, MI
SBS School, Noida India
Bryn Mawr School for Girls, Baltimore MD
Philip J. Patino School of Entrepreneurship, Fresno CA
Waldorf School of Garden City, Garden City NY
Goldridge, Kwekwe Zimbabwe
Berkeley Preparatory School, Tampa FL
Mount Carmel High School, San Diego CA
River Hill High School, Clarksville MD
Rancho Bernardo High School, San Diego CA
Barrington High School, Barrington IL
Columbus Academy, Gahanna OH
Andover High School, Andover MA
Providence Day School, Charlotte NC
The Harker School, Los Altos CA
Concordia International School, Shanghai China
TJHSST, Great Falls CA
Shepton High School, Plano TX
Centennial High School, Ellicott City MD
Los Altos High School, Hacienda Heights CA
Rock Canyon High School, Highlands Ranch CO
The Summit Country Day School,Mason OH
University High School - Los Angeles, CA
Saratoga High School, Saratoga CA
Ayala High School, Chino Hills CA
Bryan County High School, Pembroke GA
Novi High School, Novi MI
Wisconsin Heights, Mazomanie WI
Mounds View High School, Arden Hills MN
Montgomery High School, Skillman NJ
Millburn High School, Short Hills NJ
Huron High School, Ann Arbor MI
London Central Secondary School, London Ontario Canada
Middlesex County Academy, Edison NJ
The Bronx High School of Science, New York NY
Winston Churchill High School, Potomac MD
The Bronx High School of Science, New York NY
