EO NEW JERSEY IS PROUD TO PRESENT THE
2022-23
GLOBAL STUDENT ENTREPRENEUR AWARDS (GSEA)

As featured in
Own The Room
on Disney+

Competition on January 27, 2023
Application Due by January 6, 2023

What

A global competition for students with entrepreneurial minds, a growing business, and a desire to connect, the GSEA Awards offers chosen applicants exposure and networking opportunities with top entrepreneurs in their respective fields.

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Why

Winners will receive mentoring opportunities with the New Jersey Chapter of Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO), cash prizes, and a chance to compete in the national finals, and ultimately the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards in Spring 2023

PRIZES

ENTER TO WIN $7,500 in CASH, Bitcoin or Ethereum

1ST PLACE WINNER GOES TO US East Competition in March 2023

(Eastern US Champion goes to the Global Competition in Spring 2023 with students from 50 other countries)

2ND PLACE $500 CASH

6 months of Office Space & Conference Room by Eastman Companies

Value: $10,500

Logo Design & Tagline Development by The S3 Agency

Value: $7,500

2 hours of coaching in Social Media Marketing by Libby Rothschild, Founder of Dietitian Boss

Value: $4,000

Legal work for IP – Secure Your Brand or Pursue a Product or Process Patent by Myers Wolin

Value: $3,500

Dinner with the Strategic Exit Advisors Team + a 1-year membership in our Entrepreneur-in-Residence program including research on capital resources, access to the SEA resources (i.e. Pitchbook, GF Data, etc.), and unlimited calls to our Team of Advisors.

Value: $2,500

Your Personal Leadership Profile, Strategy and Financials by Trilogy Partners

Value: $2,500

12 Exclusive EO events by the Entrepreneurs Organization of New Jersey

Value: Priceless

One Year of Mentoring by a Leading NJ Entrepreneur

Value: Priceless

ELIGIBILITY

Businesses must have generated US $500 or received US $1000 in investments at the time of application

Students must be enrolled for the current academic year in a university/college as an undergraduate or graduate student at the time of application*

Applicants must be the owner, founder or controlling shareholder of company and principally responsible for its operation.

The age cap for participation is 30 years of age

Part-time enrollment is acceptable; *Graduate students are eligible to apply only if they have continually enrolled in a university following their undergraduate degree and not left school to work on their business or to seek other employment. Exceptions can be made for students who have taken up to 12 months break before beginning their postgraduate education.

READY TO COMPETE?

Fill out an application online here: Apply Here
Select US-East / New Jersey just search for New Jersey
We will reach out to get to know you
You will be assigned a successful entrepreneur as a mentor to help you refine your presentation
On Jan 28, 2022, you will do a short presentation and Q&A in front of our panel of judges (also Entrepreneurs). Then you will have time to mingle with New Jersey’s preeminent entrepreneurs, your peers, and other business executives.
We announce the winners that day to you, the audience and the media
Our winner will compete in the US-East GSEA Competition (we pay your expenses).
The US-East winner will complete in the Global GSEA Competition among the world’s best student entrepreneurs.