2018 Governor's Giant Vision Competition
October 19, 2017
2018 Governor’s Giant Vision Competition
Do you hold the secret for a great business idea in South Dakota? Do you have insight for the next big thing? What’s holding you back???
We can help!
If you are a South Dakota resident or South Dakota student, you can enter the Governor’s Giant Vision Business or Student Competition.
South Dakota residents who have a new business idea are encouraged to start now on their business plan for the 2018 Governor’s Giant Vision Business Competition for a chance to win up to $20,000 to launch their idea.
If you’re a South Dakota college/university/technical school student, enter the Giant Vision Student Competition and compete for a top prize of $5,000. Students of South Dakota high schools may also enter.
Complete details and rules are on the website www.southdakotagiantvision.com. The competition is open to all South Dakotans with new ideas that they believe would benefit from the review and analysis process of the competition, while vying for funds to assist their start up. The focus of this program is on the business plan or business model and potential for job creation. It is not limited to technology entries.
In addition to cash awards, the competition will bring people with new business ideas together with judges and other invited guests who have business development experience and those who have the capacity to make venture investments.
Former applicants confirm that “win or lose” there is great value in the application process. Even for those who do not make it to the competition, the exercise of writing a formal business plan is a valuable experience that is helpful with future successes. However, there are many success stories. Examples such as DocuTap and OmegaQuant in Sioux Falls and VRC Metal Systems in Rapid City prove that the competition is helping to create viable companies which are providing good job opportunities and contributing to the state’s economy.
Application deadlines are in February and the final event competition will be held Wednesday, April 12, 2018 at the Sioux Falls Convention Center - in conjunction with the annual GOED Conference
The Governor’s Giant Vision event is hosted by the South Dakota Chamber of Commerce and Industry and sponsored by the following: Governor Dennis Daugaard; Black Hills Energy, Rapid City; Christiansen Land & Cattle Ltd., Kimball; Dacotah Bank; MidAmerican Energy, South Dakota; Toshiba America, Mitchell; US Bank, Sioux Falls, Aberdeen and Rapid City; Wheeler Manufacturing, Lemmon; and Xcel Energy, Sioux Falls. The Student Competition sponsors are Governor Dennis Daugaard; Citibank, N.A. of Sioux Falls; and South Dakota EPSCoR, Brookings.
For more information, contact Mary Anne Boyd, VP Program Services, maryanneb@sdchamber.biz or call 1-877-817-8215.
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Do you hold the secret for a great business idea in South Dakota? Do you have insight for the next big thing? What’s holding you back???
We can help!
If you are a South Dakota resident or South Dakota student, you can enter the Governor’s Giant Vision Business or Student Competition.
South Dakota residents who have a new business idea are encouraged to start now on their business plan for the 2018 Governor’s Giant Vision Business Competition for a chance to win up to $20,000 to launch their idea.
If you’re a South Dakota college/university/technical school student, enter the Giant Vision Student Competition and compete for a top prize of $5,000. Students of South Dakota high schools may also enter.
Complete details and rules are on the website www.southdakotagiantvision.com. The competition is open to all South Dakotans with new ideas that they believe would benefit from the review and analysis process of the competition, while vying for funds to assist their start up. The focus of this program is on the business plan or business model and potential for job creation. It is not limited to technology entries.
In addition to cash awards, the competition will bring people with new business ideas together with judges and other invited guests who have business development experience and those who have the capacity to make venture investments.
Former applicants confirm that “win or lose” there is great value in the application process. Even for those who do not make it to the competition, the exercise of writing a formal business plan is a valuable experience that is helpful with future successes. However, there are many success stories. Examples such as DocuTap and OmegaQuant in Sioux Falls and VRC Metal Systems in Rapid City prove that the competition is helping to create viable companies which are providing good job opportunities and contributing to the state’s economy.
Application deadlines are in February and the final event competition will be held Wednesday, April 12, 2018 at the Sioux Falls Convention Center - in conjunction with the annual GOED Conference
The Governor’s Giant Vision event is hosted by the South Dakota Chamber of Commerce and Industry and sponsored by the following: Governor Dennis Daugaard; Black Hills Energy, Rapid City; Christiansen Land & Cattle Ltd., Kimball; Dacotah Bank; MidAmerican Energy, South Dakota; Toshiba America, Mitchell; US Bank, Sioux Falls, Aberdeen and Rapid City; Wheeler Manufacturing, Lemmon; and Xcel Energy, Sioux Falls. The Student Competition sponsors are Governor Dennis Daugaard; Citibank, N.A. of Sioux Falls; and South Dakota EPSCoR, Brookings.
For more information, contact Mary Anne Boyd, VP Program Services, maryanneb@sdchamber.biz or call 1-877-817-8215.
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Contact:
Mary Anne Boyd, VP Program Services
maryanneb@sdchamber.biz, 1-877-817-8215
