The Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship
Awards
Top 25 Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Programs
Every year, the Princeton Review surveys more than 2,000 schools to rank the top 50 schools with entrepreneurship programs in both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Since 2007, the Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship has been ranked in the top three of the 25 undergraduate schools in the nation.
- 2014 Ranked #2:
- 2013 Ranked #2:
- 2011 Ranked #1:
- 2010 Ranked #1: UH Bauer Entrepreneurship Program is No. 1 in U.S. Again
- 2009 Ranked #2: Entrepreneurship Program Lands Atop National List for Third Year in a Row
- 2008 Ranked #1: UH Bauer Entrepreneurship Program No.1 in U.S.
- 2007 Ranked #2: Bauer College At University of Houston Entrepreneurship Program Lands On Top Of Prestigious National List
2014 Business Plan Competitions
Every year, the Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship has student teams present a business idea for competition. In 2014, several WCE business plan teams brought home a number of accolades and placed #1 in several competitions.
| 2014 Competition | Host | Dates | Team(s) | Placement | Money Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor New Venture Competition | Baylor University | Feb. 28 - March 1, 2014 | REEcycle | First | $25,000 |
| Global Student Business Plan Competition | College of the Bahamas, Nassau | March 18 - 22, 2014 | Wavve | First | $5,000 |
| CARA | Fourth | ||||
| Global New Venture Competition | University of Nebraska - Lincoln | March 19 - 21, 2014 | Energetik | First | $4,000 |
| EMI | |||||
| Giants Entrepreneurship Challenge | University of North Dakota | April 3 - 6, 2014 | CARA | First | $5,000 |
| OXIGINNE | Third | $1,000 | |||
| Values & Ventures Business Plan Competition | TCU | April 10 - 13, 2014 | Energetik | Third Place & Energy Independence Award | $15,000 |
| Rice University Business Plan Competition | Rice University | April 10 - 13, 2014 | Wavve | Semi-Finalist & Clean Technology Innovation Prize | $16,500 |
| California Dreamin' | Chapman University | April 24 - 27, 2014 | Wavve | Third | $30,000 |
| MIT Clean Energy Prize | MIT | April 26 - 29, 2014 | REEcycle | First | $2,500 |
| First Look West (FLoW) | California Institute of Technology (CalTech) | May 6 - 8, 2014 | REEcycle | First | $100,000 |
| National Clean Energy Business Plan Competition | U.S. Department of Energy | June 11 - 12, 2014 | REEcycle | First | $70,000 |
| TOTAL WINNINGS | $274,000 |
Previous Years in Business Plan Competitions:
- 2013: 1st place - California Dreamin’ Competition at Chapman University
- 2012: 1st place - Nebraska Innovation Competition at UNL
- 2012: 1st place - Richards Barrentine Values & Ventures Business Plan Competition at TCU
- 2012: 2nd place - California Dreamin’ Competition at Chapman University
- 2012: Top 10 - Venture Challenge t San Diego State University
- 2011: 3rd Place - Value & Ventures Business Plan Competition
- 2011: Best Written Plan - Values & Ventures Business Plan Competition
- 2010: 2nd Place - Evansville New Venture Creation Competition
- 2010: 1st Place - New Venture World Competition at UNL
- 2007: 3rd Place - Northwest Venture Championship
- 2005: 2nd Place - Enterprise Creation Competition
- 2004: 1st Runner-up - Northwest Venture Competition
- 2004: 1st Place - Division 1 Northwest Venture Competition
- 1999: 2nd Place - Donald Duncan/Duncan Aviation Business Plan Competition
- 1998: 2nd Place - Enterprise Creation Competition
