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Virtual Case & Pitch Competitions Exclusively
for Community College Students

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An open competition specially made for all community college students who are interested in practicing their skills to solve real-world business problems.

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An invite-only competition for community college student entrepreneurs who are interested in taking their business ideas to the next level

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Community College Business Invitational

Virtual Business Case & Pitch Competitions for Community College Students

Teams will present business ideas and plans virtually and compete in multiple regional and national rounds.

Teams will solve a real-world business problem in the form of proposals and presentations.

Individuals or teams (up to 5 members) will be asked to solve a business problem faced by an actual company in roughly a month. All community college students are welcome (your colleges do NOT need to be CCBI participating colleges).

To participate, your team will need to

(1) Register using the link below (the case and instructions will be announced after the registration deadline)

(2) Submit a proposal to address key messages of your solution;

(3) A handful of teams (5–7 teams) with the best proposals will be invited to present their solutions to the judges. (teams must have presentation decks ready before the presentation day)

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Individuals or teams (up to 5 members) will be asked to present their business ideas and plans virtually to judges in multiple regional and national rounds. Each CCBI participating college will be eligible to recommend up to 2 participating teams.

To participate:

(1) Your college needs to sign up as a CCBI participating college (How to sign up for your college?)

(2) You need to ask the CCBI Advisor at your college to recommend your team (you can find the advisor below);

(3) At the time of the recommendation, your team should have already completed the whole, or most part of, presentation deck.

(4) Depending on the region your college is in, you will need to compete in the regional qualifiers and finals. The best-performing teams from each region will move on to the national semi-finals and final.

Timeline

Pitch Competition Timeline

CCBI Participating Colleges

Those are some of the colleges who will be participating in CCBI

City College of San Francisco

City College of San Francisco (CCSF)

Advisor: Vivian Faustino-Pulliam
Email: vfaustino@ccsf.edu

Shoreline Community College

Shoreline Community College

Advisor: Nichole "Nicky" McGarity
Email: nmcgarity@shoreline.edu

Irvine Valley College

Irvine Valley College (IVC)

Advisor: John Russo
Email: jrusso@ivc.edu

Borough of Manhattan Community College

Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC)

Advisor: Stephanie Belhomme
Email: sbelhomme@bmcc.cuny.edu

Fullerton College

Fullerton College

Advisor: Gary Graves
Email: ggraves@fullcoll.edu

Pasadena City College

Pasadena City College (PCC)

Advisor: Donald Loewel
Email: dxloewel@pasadena.edu

Howard Community College

Howard Community College

Advisor: Daren Johnson
Email: djohnson4@howardcc.edu

North Seattle College

North Seattle College

Advisor: Ronald Woods
Email: ronald.woods@seattlecolleges.edu

Bronx Community College

Bronx Community College

Advisor: Harini Mittal
Email: harini.mittal@bcc.cuny.edu

CCBI Educational Resource

Here are a list of resources you can take advantage to prepare for CCBI

2020 NBPC Recordings

Tombo Consulting Group Training Materials

CCBI National Rounds Judges

Successful Entrepreneurs, Business Faculties, and VC Partners

Stephen Torres

Stephen Torres

Entrepreneur & CC alumnus
Industry Fellow and Faculty at UC Berkeley

Alex Budak

Alex Budak

Social Entrepreneur & Changemaker Faculty & Director at Berkeley Haas Global Access Program

Anelisa Lauri

Anelisa Lauri

Program Manager at National Association of Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE)

Charles Eason

Charles Eason

Statewide Director, Business and Entrepreneurship, California Community Colleges

Iris Quan

Iris Quan

Partner at TSVC & Professor of Entrepreneurship at San Jose State University

Yubo Ruan

Yubo Ruan

Entrepreneur & CC Alumnus
Founder at 8 Decimal Capital

William Rosenzweig

William Rosenzweig

Social Entrepreneur & Professional Faculty & Social Impact Fellow at UC Berkeley Haas

Gigi Wang

Gigi Wang

Startup Mentors & Industry Fellow and Faculty at UC Berkeley

Dariush Zehdi

Dariush Zehdi

Director of UC Berkeley Center for Entrepreneurship and Development at AMENA

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