What Every Student Entrepreneur Needs to Know to Succeed (7) Grants & Competitions
This is part of my Series on Student Entrepreneurship
In the previous posts in this Series we established the mindset and awareness required, the immersion you need to inititate in your local startup ecosystem, what you need to do to acquire subject matter expertise, how to develop a social media presence, the importance of finding a mentor, and how to cultivate lasting ties with investors, all with the objective of greatly increasing your chances of success as an entrepreneur.
In this installment, I’m going to highlight the fact that among the many awesome advantages you have as a student entrepreneur (your sheer youth, the spare time you have, your .edu address, the willingness of most people to help you, your freedom to operate, etc.) is the fact that you can apply for a staggering array of competitions and grants geared specifically to student entrepreneurs like yourself!
The opportunity is so remarkable I thought it deserved its own special category in this Series as I see it as separate and apart from raising capital investors. You see- what we’re talking about in this post is non-dilutive capital! Another more colloquial term for it is of course, “Free Money”!
Over the years I’ve seen the student We recommend you visit the following site for more complete information and related topics. Article source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidlerner/2012/07/22/what-every-student-entrepreneur-needs-to-know-to-succeed-7-grants-competitions/