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Over 85 percent of new businesses fail within a few years, often because they try to plan their way to success. It’s time to change.
The BMC Global is a unique student startup competition focused on the inputs, not the outputs, of the entrepreneurial process. The competition rewards active identification and validation of crucial business model hypotheses rather than the writing of a static business plan, talking to customers outside the building rather than researching secondary data inside the building, applying customer development rather than relying on product development, and “pivoting” or changing course rather than executing on the plan. Submissions for the competition focus on the process entrepreneurs undertake as they test their most crucial hypotheses with customers and develop validated business models. The goal is validated learning about the key business model hypotheses and failing early is a success compared to failing late. Ultimately we believe this new approach will improve the success rate of new ventures, allowing entrepreneurs to save both time and money in the process. The BMC Global is open to all students enrolled at accredited institutions of higher education anywhere in the world. Each year thousands of student teams from hundreds of schools all over the world participate. |
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BMC Global Hosts
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The BMC Global has been hosted by numerous organizations in the past. 2012 - Brigham Young University 2011 - Brigham Young University 2013 - Harvard University 2014 - Brigham Young University 2015 - Brigham Young University 2016 - Microsoft Ventures 2017 - Computer History Museum 2018 - Brigham Young University 2019 - Brigham Young University 2020 - Cancelled due to COVID - 19 |
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