Under the circumstance of “mass entrepreneurship and innovation”,the first “New Jingshi” Venture Competition sponsored by BNU Business School, BNU Graduate Union and BNU MBA Education Center and organized by BNU MBA Association and Employment & Entrepreneurship Service Department of Graduation Union comes into being at the right moment in order to promote the academic idea of BNU Business School --“Save the Country with Economy, Promote Business and Culture”; to integrate resources of all alumni; to show the elegant demeanor of young talents; to motivate innovative practical ability; and to build the entrepreneurial dream for young leader. The theme of the Competition is “New Chapter of BNU Crossover Entrepreneurship”. The Competition aims at helping the entrepreneur teams improve their pioneering skill, construct financing platform, display innovative consciousness, discover and develop entrepreneurial opportunity, promote resource integration ability, and realize their entrepreneurial dreams by “Training & Competition”.
In the early stage of the Competition, the organizing committee held 4 pre-competition trainings and invited some famous successful founders including Ding Li, the founder of Kanwawa, Yan Hui, the founder of Ycpai, Wang Yujie, the famous enterprise venture capitalist, Jin Wei, the founder of Zhimajinrong, Li Jianjun, the partner of 91maker, and Fan Jiaxin, the founder of Haier Air Box to share their experiences and secrets of starting a business with other entrepreneurs. They answered the questions raised by the attendees and competitors by their own entrepreneurial experiences and offered practical suggestions according to specific project.
Pic 1: Four entrepreneurship trainings
The Competition has attracted entrepreneurs of different fields to participate enthusiastically. After the evaluation by experts, there are 26 out of over 40 projects entering the first round of the Competition. The founders and partners of these projects came from universities including BNU, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing Materials University, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunication, Peking University, University of Georgia, University of Manchester, Communication University of China, Chinese Academy of Social Science, Chinese Conservatory of Music, Minzu University of China, Capital Medical University, and Huazhong University of Science and Technology. The Competition has also invited many professional investors and CEOslike Wang Shengjiang, the CEO of Hongtai New Space, and Zhang Ping, the president of zhimajinrong and Chinese Top 10 MBA, as consultants and guests.
Pic 2: Final match of the Competition
After fierce competitions, five projects, which are Unlimited Wardrobe, NIAC, Seven Kids, CZTREE, and TianmuFeihu, stood out in sessions like stage presentation and question-and-answer and won the Top 5 Prize of the Competition. And they will compete for the championship in the ultimate road show of the 2nd “New Jingshi” Venture Competition onNovemeber 21.
On November 7,our reporter interviewed the representatives of Top 5 teams and some guests after the end of the Competition. Our distinguished guests thought highly of the competitors and expressed great expectations for their future performance. The competitors said that they have harvested a lot in this competition and extended their gratitude to BNU for providing such a great platform.
Pic 3: The competitors
The Competition has received great support from units including BNU Education Foundation, BNU Student Employment & Entrepreneurship Instruction Center, MBA Case Teaching & Research Center, Zhimajinrong, Jingshi Entrepreneur Association, JingchuangShidai Science and Technology Incubator, Hongtai New Space, people from all walks of life, and all BNU MBA students.
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