Competitions

Forming a team to compete in Chicago Booth-sponsored or national contests designed to showcase your business knowledge and skills is great preparation for your future. As a team, you will learn how to motivate people, build relationships, and lead. Here are some of the competitions where Chicago Booth students have participated:

• A.T. Kearney Global Prize - This competition simulates an actual client engagement. Read article  >
• Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC) - Students get to play the role of venture capitalists, interact with real-life entrepreneurs to decide potential investment opportunities, and are evaluated by actual investors. Read article >
• JP Morgan Good Venture - Students create a presentation for a nonprofit. The organization of the winning team received funding from the company. Read article >
• Fortune Small Business business plan contest  - The event is designed to uncover the nation's most promising entrepreneurs. Read article >
• Energy Finance Competition - This challenge tests MBA students from 16 of the nation's top business schools in a case based on the rapidly growing energy industry.
• The Edward L. Kaplan New Venture Challenge - Sponsored by Chicago Booth's Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship, many successful businesses have been started as a result of the visibility winning this leading business plan competition creates. Read article >
• JP Morgan Mergers & Acquisitions Challenge - Students work on a case created by the company based on an actual deal. Read article >
• IPO Challenge - Sponsored by the Investment Banking Group, the competition is designed to simulate the analysis, preparation, and delivery that investment bankers engage in when competing to win an IPO mandate. Read article >