EPIC (Entrepreneurs International Challenge) is a five-day international entrepreneurship competition hosted annually by the LSE, bringing together bright, ambitious students from over 50 universities to develop and enhance their entrepreneurial thinking skills.
Formerly known as the Entrepreneurs’ Open Challenge (EPOCH), the event has been running for three years, attracting well-known entrepreneurial leaders such as Karan Bilimoria (CEO of Cobra Beer) and Charles Dunstone (CEO of Carphone Warehouse) to speak and share their professional experiences with students from across the world.
Inspired by the Apprentice, the two stage competition tests students on their Sales, Negotiation, Marketing, and Strategy skills in an entrepreneurial context.
Rules and Regulations:
1. All participants should be full-time registered students, either undergraduate or postgraduate, at the participating university.
2. All participants will compete in the preliminary round on the 14 of Jan. 2009 Participation is free of charge.
3. The top 10 teams from the preliminary challenge will participate in the EPIC finals which run from the 23th to the 27rd of February, 2009.
For more information check out: http://www.epochuk.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
or the Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=33173444145
