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Competition Timeline
Round 1
Applicants must submit a one-page description of their business and a 60 second video
- Update Applications
- 19-Aug-2014 Midnight to 22-Sep-2014 11:58 PM
- Judging
- 23-Sep-2014 Midnight to 26-Sep-2014 11:59 AM
Semi-finals Round
10 applicants will be selected to move to the semi-finals round.
- Update Applications
- 26-Sep-2014 03:00 PM to 06-Oct-2014 03:10 PM
- Judging
- 09-Oct-2014 Midnight to 09-Oct-2014 11:58 PM
Finals Round
- Update Applications
- 10-Oct-2014 Midnight to 20-Oct-2014 10:59 PM
- Judging
- 24-Oct-2014 Midnight to 24-Oct-2014 10:00 PM
Times are in CST (-0600)
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Chicago State University Entrepreneurial Idol Competition
Welcome to 2014 Chicago State University Entrepreneurial Idol Competition - Next Step Funding business plan competition. To get started all you have to do is Click the REGISTER button and follow the instructions if you have not logged in before. If you have already registered, please log in using your e-mail address and password.
Competition criteria require you:
- Be an Illinois based business (physically located in Illinois)
- Have 2013 gross annual maximum revenues of no more than $2,500,000
- Applicant must be at least 18 years of age and a legal resident of the U.S.