Finding Benjamin

Benjamania 3/21

ChrisH — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:53:43 +0000

Matt and Joe host Benjamania! Check it out to see the three winners!

FindingBenjamin on Iwearyourshirt.com

meganH — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:21:42 +0000

Tomorrow, March 19 (which happens to be Chris’s 20th birthday!), is FindingBenjamin Day on iwearyourshirt.com. Run by Jason Sadler along with partner Evan White, iwearyourshirt.com lets you purchase a day where both guys will wear whatever shirt you give them and promote your product, website, or even your birthday! They promote their sponsors using the social medias, such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Ustream, and Flickr. Iwearyoushirt.com has literally been all over the news, most recently on Fox Business on March 8th. Their advertising service is top quality and one of a kind, and we were very fortunate to get a spot on the iwearyourshirt calendar considering how fast it sells out. Be sure to check us out on their site on Friday the 19th!

***We did an interview with Jason awhile back in August. Check it out HERE.

****Don’t forget to sign up for BENJAMANIA this week!! Submit your lucky number HERE.

Finding Benjamin Crib Notes- Business Idea

ChrisH — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:05:08 +0000

It’s been awhile since the last crib note, but that doesn’t mean there has been a lack of excitement at the HOP. Joe and I are in the initial stages of creating a business plan for a new idea we want to launch before the snow melts. We plan to start a “do-it-all” service, including snow shoveling, yard work, junk removal, etc. Essentially anything you can think of that two college students would be capable of. The “do-it-all” service will also include a grocery delivery service that we expect will be popular among the elderly folks. We plan to document this journey with lots of video blog entries on Finding Benjamin, so stayed tuned. We need help with a business name! If you have any good ideas post a comment below.

Benjamania 2/28

ChrisH — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:48:26 +0000

Watch to see who wins!

Limitless VC Contest

meganH — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:55:25 +0000

Aspiring entrepreneur? Looking for a way to gain some start-up funding and some valuable mentoring? Check out the Limitless VC contest. Unlike the many prestigious business plan competitions that while rewarding can be time consuming and require a lot of effort, this contest asks you to do nothing more than to submit a 2-minute pitch video to youtube – the funnier and more outrageous, the better!

This contest is tied in with an iPhone app called BizBreak, which is a boss-punching game aimed at helping you get some much-needed stress relief. All in the spirit of entrepreneurship, the winner of the Limitless VC contest will receive 50% of the profit made from the BizBreak app, which is already up to $3,000. In addition, the winner will receive mentoring from a few very successful entrepreneurs.

You have until April 16th to submit a video. The 8 most viewed videos along with 2 more wildcard videos will be selected as finalists, and there will be a 7-day public voting period to determine the winner. Get to it! Sounds like a great prize for a quick and fun video submission. Check out the promo video for all the other details.

BENJAMANIA 2/20

ChrisH — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:50:15 +0000

Watch the video to see the winners! We will email the winners with further instruction. Come back to see when the next drawing is!

BENJAMANIA Promo

ChrisH — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:30:26 +0000

New Benjamania drawing this Saturday!! (2/20) Go here to submit your lucky number now! INVITE FIVE FRIENDS AND YOU GET TO SUBMIT A SECOND NUMBER TO INCREASE YOUR OWN ODDS!!

BENJAMANIA 2/6/10

ChrisH — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:45:43 +0000

Watch to see the winner!

Official Launch of BENJAMANIA

meganH — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:46:02 +0000

Our new contest, BENJAMANIA, has completed its beta testing phase and we’re now looking for you to help us with our official launch! BENJAMANIA is free and requires no obligation from you, other than submitting a lucky 5-digit number and tuning in to watch and see if you’ve won money. Each contest will feature a video of our hosts as they scratch off lottery tickets until they find a winning ticket. Then they randomly draw a 5-digit number. Whoever submits the lucky number closest to the number drawn by our hosts will receive the lottery ticket winnings. It could be $2 or it could be $2,000, but that’s the beauty of it! We’ll announce the contests ahead of time on the BENJAMANIA page and we’ll also post the videos right here, so stay tuned.

Since this is a new project, we’re looking for feedback and we welcome comments on what you like or how we can make a fun contest even better!

Upcoming Business Plan Competitions – added last week

meganH — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:59:37 +0000

We’re continually adding to our Business Plan Competitions Map to keep you current on all the opportunities out there. Each week we’ll be posting an update of what competitions we have added – as you can see, there’s something for everyone, and there is still some time before the registration period ends! Stay tuned for some more new features in this section of our website.

Bucknell University Venture Plan Competition – Open to teams of undergraduate university students, this contest offers prizes of up to $5,000 for the most promising new ventures.
Great Lakes Entrepreneurs Quest Business Plan Competition – All Michigan citizens are invited to apply to one of three different categories depending on the nature of the business plan. Cash prizes range from $500 to $5,000.
Milken-PennGSE Business Plan Competition – Open to virtually anyone, this competition judges educational business plans and encourages applications in every conceivable educational setting. The first place prize is $25,000.