The Tulane Business Model Competition awards funding to early-stage student ventures that can demonstrate how they are adapting to their customers’ needs. Following the initial application, judges select 6 semi-finalists to compete in the competition’s semi-final round.

The semi-final round for this year will take place during New Orleans Entrepreneur Week (NOEW); where judges will choose 3 finalists to pitch their business models in the final round of the competition to determine the first, second and third place prize winners. The 2023 final round grand prize will be $125,000.

The contest rewards founders who are creating commercially viable ventures through breaking down an idea into a key business model hypothesis, who have tested their assumptions with customers and who have applied Customer Development/Lean Startup principles to refine the model for improved success.

Learn more about the Tulane Business Model Competition: https://freeman.tulane.edu/tbmc