2025 UDC Capital Cup Entrepreneurship Competition
Entrepreneurship is a cornerstone of what makes America great. Successful businesses are founded on interdisciplinary, communication, and critical thinking skills, many of which must be gained through experience. While raw knowledge can be obtained in the classroom, it can be difficult for a burgeoning young entrepreneur to experience the process of developing a business plan and executing it. That’s where entrepreneurship competitions can help play a huge role. These competitions give outlets to students who may have a great idea but lack the resources or mentorship for comprehensive follow-through.
Capital Cup- High School Entrepreneurship Competition empowers high school entrepreneurs from around the world to create a culture for entrepreneurship, to promote entrepreneurial education, and to engage in a more peaceful world. Participants are encouraged to submit their innovative ideas and projects with a societal impact. High school entrepreneurs can present their new venture ideas to an expert panel of entrepreneurs and business leaders, gain valuable feedback, win thousands of dollars in startup funds, and meet prospective mentors and investors!
History
UDC Capital Cup Entrepreneurship Competition was originally sponsored by the CIBER at Georgia Tech, Funded by the U.S. Department of Education.
Vision
The Capital Cup Entrepreneurship Competition will bring the Entrepreneurship competition to every high school in America and to every country in the world, offering smart, innovative young people the opportunity and incentive to create business ideas that can change the world.
Mission
The UDC Capital Cup Competition is committed to providing experiential learning opportunities for entrepreneurial high school students in Washington DC. In addition, we strive to support and recognize the achievements of entrepreneurs within Washington and throughout the United States. We’re committed to the success of entrepreneurs and believe that they are the cornerstone of a robust economy and nation.
Topic of 2025 UDC Capital Cup Entrepreneurship Competition
The International Business Entrepreneurship Plan involves the development of a proposal to start a new business venture in an international setting. It may be a new business or a new product/service of an existing business. Any type of business may be used.
Participants in the International Business Entrepreneurship Plan will:
- apply entrepreneurship knowledge and skills in an international setting
- prepare an oral proposal for a new business venture
Qualifying Overview
- The participants must fully complete and submit the online registration form at https://forms.gle/xEKR8gcX3keVSqsR6
- Registration Deadline is July 1, 2025, 11:59 PM, Eastern Time.
- The participants will research the global marketplace and then propose an entrepreneurial product/service to bring to market. They should explain why, based on this research, they believe in this product/service and its market potential.
- The participants will then pitch this new product/service idea based on a specific target market segment and create the promotion, pricing, and distribution strategies to bring it to market.
- The participants will then present their findings to the Capital Cup Committee in a video that is a maximum of four minutes (no more than 240 seconds) in length posted on YouTube.
- Videos over four (4) minutes (more than 240 seconds) in length will not be evaluated and will not be eligible for awards.
- The video should be uploaded to Youtube.com.
- Each team has NO more than 3 members.
- UDC Capital Cup Committee will evaluate all submitted video presentations and select the top five overall teams to attend the face-to-face final competition on Thursday, August 14, 2025, in Washington, DC. From the final five teams, the overall winning team will be selected.
