Who is Eligible to Get Involved

Competitors

All full-time and part-time MIT students at all levels of education and from any department, registered with MIT for the current semester, are eligible to enter the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition.

People who do not meet this requirement may join or form teams, provided that at least one of the principal contestants on the team is a current full-time MIT student.

Teams are encouraged to seek the involvement of MIT faculty, alumni, post-docs, researchers, and staff. Always check the entry kit for the appropriate year's Competition for complete eligibility guidelines.

Non-Competitor Involvement

Attend Events:

You are more than welcome to join us at our public events. Those events can be found on our calendar. Some of these events require pre-registration online from links on the calendar.

Judge the Competition:

Some people like to help the review the entries and choose the winners of the $100K. The Judges are a small, select group of Entrepreneurs, Professional Services Providers, Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists. The typical path to becoming a Judge starts with showing your commitment to the true nature of the competition by giving to the competition as a mentor and/or speaker for one or more years. If you are interested in being a Judge, please send a bio or resume and a statement explaining why you want to be a judge to the Lead Organizer from the $100K contacts page.

Mentor a Current Team:

Some people are interested in helping a current team of students through the competition process and the beginning stages of forming a company. More details on what it means to become a Mentor are under the Mentors section.

Speak at an Event:

We often look for interesting people to speak at one of our events either as a keynote speaker or a panelist. Entrepreneurs and people involved with entrepreneurship provide a great perspective and are quite often able to give tips and advice that will help our current participants. If you have a strong background in a particular area such as Marketing or Finances, you may want to speak at a Spring Workshop that is geared towards the semifinalist participants. If you are interested in speaking at an event, please review our list of scheduled events on our calendar and contact one of the Organizers from the $100K contacts page.

Sponsor the Competition:

To learn more about sponsorship opportunities, please contact our Sponsor lead from the $100K contacts page.

Sponsor, Attend or Get Involved with the Global Startup Workshop:

The Global Startup Workshop is a yearly conference designed for organizers of other business plan competitions. It helps those organizers learn from both MIT and other competitions how to successfully run a competition. Each year it is held in a different part of the world. If you would like more information, please contact our GSW Organizer listed on the $100K contacts page.