Open Exclusively to Community College Students
College Leap Virtual National Business Plan Competition (NBPC)
-- A Nationwide Competition for Community College Students;
-- A Series of Entrepreneurship Educational Workshops;
-- An Access to UC Berkeley Entrepreneurship Ecosystem;
THE NBPC
Know what NBPC is about and learn how Mr. Richard Lyons says about us.
NBPC Introduction by Jay Zhao (Co-Founder at College Leap)
Video from Mr. Richard Lyons
(Chief Innovation & Entrepreneurship Officer at UC Berkeley)
NBPC Info Sessions by Jay Zhao
(From Sep. 1st to Oct. 1st)
Every Thursday 8:00 PM PST Zoom Link
Every Friday 2:00 PM PST Zoom Link
THE PARTICIPANTS
NBPC is for community college....
ENTREPRENUERS
BUSINESS MAJORS
IDEALISTS
STUDENTS
Who are currently working
on their project.
Who want to practice their
field knowledge
Who believe their technology
and idea can make some changes
Who are craving for
opportunities to shine
You only need to have at least one full-time community college students in your team to be eligible for NBPC
THE RULES
How does NBPC work? Nine Rules you should know before registration?
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REGISRATION
RULES
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The size of each team must be from 1 to 5 members;
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Need to have at least one full-time U.S. community college students in the team;
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If all of your team members are from one college that has a separate session (listed below), please register in your college’s session. Otherwise, please register in open session.
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Teams from all U.S. community colleges can compete in the open sessions.
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Teams DO NOT need to submit their pitch deck when register, but need to answer several key questions about their business.
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Registration forms will be used to conduct Screening Round.
College Leap reserves the right to change these terms and conditions at any time without prior notice
THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
A template and a sequence of workshops are prepared to walk you through the whole process of turning an idea into a business plan. All of the workshops are open to all!
Here is a business plan guideline deck you may find useful when you work on your business plan
Here is the full rubric for first-round and regional-round.
Workshop 1: Brainstorm
Prof. Laurence Lew
Foothill College
Workshop 4: Growth Strategies
Prof. Albert Napoli
Pasadena City College
Workshop 7: Decode Silicon Valley Startup Success
Thomas Xu
UC Berkeley
Workshop 2: Business Model
Prof. Vivian Faustino-Pulliam
City College of San Francisco
Workshop 5: Financials
Prof. Jose Nava
Foothill College
Workshop 8: Pitch
Prof. Kyle Barber
Bellevue College
Workshop 3: Market Opportunities
Prof. John Russo
Irvine Valley College
Workshop 6: The Entrepreneurial Mindset
Prof. Nicole McGarity
Shoreline Community College
Workshop 9: Business Plan Deck
Dillon Johnson
College Leap
If you want to request for Participation Certificate,
you need to register for all workshops
THE FINAL-ROUND JUDGES
Successful Entrepreneurs, Business Faculties, and VC Partners
Stephen Torres
Alex Budak
Entrepreneur & CC alumnus
Industry Fellow and Faculty
at UC Berkeley
Social Entrepreneur &
Changemaker Faculty &
Director at Berkeley Haas Global
Access Program
Iris Quan
Partner at TSVC &
Professor of Entrepreneurship at San Jose State University
William Rosenzweig
Social Entrepreneur &
Professional Faculty & Social Impact Fellow
at UC Berkeley Haas
Charles Eason
Statewide Director,
Business and Entrepreneurship,
California Community Colleges
Anelisa Lauri
Program Manager at
National Association of
Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE)
Gigi Wang
Startup Mentors &
Industry Fellow and Faculty
at UC Berkeley
Yubo Ruan
Entrepreneur & CC Alumnus
Founder at 8 Decimal Capital
Dariush Zehdi
Director of UC Berkeley Center for
Entrepreneurship and Development at AMENA
THE PARTNERS
Without our partners, NBPC would just be an idea!
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Business & Entrepreneurship Sector Los Angeles Region
Stanford Global Educators Network
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Berkeley ShARE Consulting Club
Berkeley Venture Capital
Berkeley Venture Review
Berkeley Re-entry & Transfer Student Association (RTSA)
Berkeley Big Idea Contest
ASUC Senate Zhang
TOOPA @ Berkeley
Irvine City College
Business Leaders Society
Alpha Beta Gamma
(CCSF Chapter)
Associated Student of
Ohlone College (ASOC)
De Anza College
Inter-Club Council
Alpha Gamma Sigma
(Pasadena City College Chapter)
Alpha Gamma Sigma
(Santa Monica Chapter)
Foothill College
Business and Entrepreneurship Club
Kappa Delta Beta International Honor Society (Skyline College Chapter)
Business & Careers Networking Club (Santa Rosa Junior College)
Berkeley Trading Group
SBDC Los Angeles Network (Pasadena City College)
Cerritos College
Business Department
North Seattle College
Accounting Club
College Leap @ Edmonds College
College Leap @ Pasadena City College
College Leap @ College of San Mateo
ROTARACT Club at
Santa Monica College
College Leap @ Bellevue College
College Leap @ Foothill College
College Leap @ Berkeley City College
College Leap @ De Anza College
College Leap @ Green River College
College Leap @ ELAC
College Leap @ Diablo Valley College
College Leap @ Shoreline Community College
THE FLYERS & SOCIAL MEDIA
Please feel free to share our flyers & Posts with your friends!
2020 College Leap National Business Plan Competition (NBPC)
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