Skip to main content

The Ed & Shauna Smith Empower Your Dreams Competition

Competition held March 29 - 30

See 2023 Semi-Finalists

ENTER COMPETITION HERE

Entry for the competition will become available on

Empower Your Dreams 2023 Logo

The Biggest Entrepreneurial Competition of the Year

The Willes Center for International Entrepreneurship sponsors the 2023 Ed & Shauna Smith Empower Your Dreams Competition. The competition empowers students to build confidence, have experiences, network, expand opportunities, and have a positive impact. There are no registration fees to enter the competition.

Competition Timeline

data-content-type="event"
Conferences

Empower Your Dreams

Wednesday, March 29 - Thursday, March 30
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="event"

Booth Showcase

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Wednesday, March 29
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="event"

Final Presentations

9:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Thursday, March 30
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="event"

Awards Ceremony

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Thursday, March 30
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText=

Judging Criteria

The Revenue, Pre-Revenue, and Young Entrepreneur categories are judged using the same criteria. You can view the actual judging sheet, as well as information about each criteria below.