Venture Capital Investment Competition
Encyclopedia
The Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC) is an entrepreneurial education program developed and coordinated by the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School
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in 1998 in response to the number of business plan competitions popping up at most business school
s. VCIC has grown into a virtual venture job fair
and marketplace. The program culminates every April in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
, with the International Finals, where the winning teams take home $10,000 in prize money.
Events took place at the following dates and locations:
Kenan-Flagler Business School
The Kenan-Flagler Business School is the undergraduate and graduate business school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The school offers a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Master of Business Administration , MBA for Executives, Master of Accounting, Ph.D., a business...
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History
VCIC began in the middle of the dot-com bubbleDot-com bubble
The dot-com bubble was a speculative bubble covering roughly 1995–2000 during which stock markets in industrialized nations saw their equity value rise rapidly from growth in the more...
in 1998 in response to the number of business plan competitions popping up at most business school
Business school
A business school is a university-level institution that confers degrees in Business Administration. It teaches topics such as accounting, administration, economics, entrepreneurship, finance, information systems, marketing, organizational behavior, public relations, strategy, human resource...
s. VCIC has grown into a virtual venture job fair
Job fair
A job fair is also referred commonly as a career fair or career expo. It is a fair or exposition for employers, recruiters and schools to meet with prospective job seekers. Expos usually include company or organization tables or booths where resumes can be collected and business cards can be...
and marketplace. The program culminates every April in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States...
, with the International Finals, where the winning teams take home $10,000 in prize money.
Events in 2011
In 2011 the program included ten regional finals and 40 single-school events in North America, Europe and Asia. Fifty top business schools from around the world participated in the competition.Events took place at the following dates and locations:
- Mountain VCIC Region at University of ColoradoUniversity of Colorado at BoulderThe University of Colorado Boulder is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado...
February 11 - Silicon Valley VCIC Region at Santa Clara UniversitySanta Clara UniversitySanta Clara University is a private, not-for-profit, Jesuit-affiliated university located in Santa Clara, California, United States. Chartered by the state of California and accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, it operates in collaboration with the Society of Jesus , whose...
February 11 - Southeast VCIC Region at Georgetown University February 4
- Mid-Atlantic VCIC Region at Carnegie Mellon February 18
- European VCIC Region at London Business SchoolLondon Business SchoolLondon Business School is an international business school and a constituent college of the federal University of London, located in central London, beside Regent's Park...
February 25 - Northeast VCIC Region at New York UniversityNew York UniversityNew York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
February 25 - Asian VCIC Region at Indian School of Business February 26
- Southwest VCIC Region at University of Southern CaliforniaUniversity of Southern CaliforniaThe University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
March 4 - New England VCIC Region at Columbia Graduate School of Business March 4
- European VCIC Region at Oxford Said Business School March 4
- International VCIC Finals at University of North CarolinaUniversity of North CarolinaChartered in 1789, the University of North Carolina was one of the first public universities in the United States and the only one to graduate students in the eighteenth century...
April 16–18