Why Partner with us?

Student Startups Competition (SSC) is a business competition to challenge college and graduate students to think about how they can use entrepreneurship to address global problems via their own start-ups or applying entrepreneurial thinking. The competition aims to empower students to take innovative initiative and to explore the dynamic business world outside their own countries.

This competition provides a platform for students who are genuinely passionate about entrepreneurship to connect with peers, investors, and mentors globally to fine tune their ideas, receive real-world feedback and penetrate new markets.

- The competition target a highly ambitious, hight caliber and English-speaking demographics. In 2015, 62%+ of the participants were from bussiness schools and 29%+ of the participants majored in Computer Science and Engineering relted related.

- As English proficiency is one of the important criteria for SSC to screen participants, SSC attracts a very open-minded and global student body.

- A highly ambitious audience, over 60% of SSC participants indicate that they have plans to study abroad.

It’s a good opportunity to meet the next generation of innovators.

Important dates

Preliminaries Finals

Taiwan Mar. 14-Mar. 31 May 12

Vietnam Mar. 21-Apr. 18 May 14

Organizer

EnvisionRecruit

EnvisionRecruit is a marketing agency serving clients in the education industry. We provide marketing solutions to help schools recruit international students and establish awareness in the local markets, especially in Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

RMIT University Accounting Club

We created the Accounting Club to support students as they study accountancy and other related accounting courses. With support from the RMIT Vietnam Accountancy Program, we have successfully organized many accounting and finance-related events that have been really popular with students, such as the Introductory Accounting Quiz, Information Sessions from CPA Australia and ACCA, and Industry Tours to some of Vietnam’s largest accounting firms, including KPMG and Grant Thornton.

Sponsor

e27.co

Asia's leading resource platform for innovation-led businesses, encouraging a new generation of technology leaders, creators, entrepreneurs and investors who are constantly impacting the marketplaces they work in.

Pinehurst Advisors

Pinehurst Advisors is an early stage angel/seed fund management company with an investment focus in the internet media, mobile, and ecommerce space. Our first fund, Pinehurst Fund I, has invested in over 12 companies since 2011.

IE BUSINESS SCHOOL

IE Business School is a graduate school located in Madrid, Spain. It was founded in 1973 under the name Instituto de Empresaand since 2009 is part of IE University.

IE Business School runs MBA, Executive MBA, master's degree programs in finance and management, executive education programs, PhD and DBA programs. Approximately 1,900 students from 90 countries undertake degree programs at IE each year. There are approximately 5,600 annual participants in the school's executive education programs. The school has offices in 28 countries and approximately 40,000 alumni residing in 102 countries.

TAIWAN STARTUP STADIUM

Taiwan Startup Stadium (TSS) is a brand new startup cluster in downtown Taipei. TSS's mission is to equip Taiwan startup founders with the skills and resources to become more globally competitive.

* The Organizer reserves the right to change/modify/or withdraw the Activity without any prior notice of the same at its sole discretion.