I2S is About Creating a Better World
The competition is for current Georgia Tech students and recent alumni who have early stage product/service ideas or venture concepts that are geared towards creating a better world through students who Dare to Care.
Entries might focus on reducing poverty, alleviating hunger, promoting health and wellness, improving air and water quality, reducing of the rate of depletion of natural resources, developing alternate sources of energy or any other way to better the world.
I2S is About Ideas
We believe that all great ventures and organizations begin with great ideas. Therefore, I2S is primarily a competition of ideas where creativity, imagination, and technology are applied to solving social and/or environmental problems.
It is our hope that eventually these ideas will lead to sustainable organizations that are able to generate sufficient income flows to sustain their missions. If the organizations are for-profit companies, the ideas should eventually be capable of providing returns for investors as well.
I2S is About Creating Triple Bottom-Line Organizations
Simply put, I2S seeks to foster the development of organizations that are focused on the “triple bottom line,” showing concern for social and environmental outcomes as well as for economic return on investment. I2S supports students who are passionate about improving the human condition - in their immediate community or around the globe - with mentoring, access to a network of local social entrepreneurs and impact investors who serve as judges, and prize money. The final event is a poster showcase session that is open to the public. There is even a "people's choice" prize to be awarded based on votes from visitors to the competition. I2S Teams are either in the Ideas Track, representing early-stage proposals, or the Advanced Track, where most of them have been through one or more rounds of the I2S (or, in several cases, the Global Social Venture Competition or the InVenture Prize). Stay up to date on I2S events by subscribing to our email list here.
| 2018 Schedule |
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The schedule for 2018 will proceed as follows:
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| How the Competition Works |
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Click here to view a Prezi about how the competition works. I2S is open to all GT students and young alumni (Spring, Summer and Fall 2017 graduates) that are working on a project that has the potential to solve a local, global, social or environmental problem. Teams can be comprised of one individual or multiple members. Not all team members have to be GT students, but at least one of the founders has to be a GT student in order for the team to be eligible. Teams compete in two tracks: Early Stage (ideas) and Advanced Stage(track decisions will be made after you submit the Intent to Compete form with a summary about your project and fill out the related questionnaire).
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| Forms, Templates, Eligibility |
| 2017 Prizes |
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$9,500 will be awarded in the 2018 comeptition.
*All entrants are eligible to compete for special prizes regardless of finalist status. Teams need to be present at the Finals Poster Showcase to participate. |
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