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For those that can juggle multiple business-plan competitions, the result can be particularly lucrative.

At Business Schools, Race for Cash Heats Up Emily Maltby 2011

Please see gallery below of six first-place winners from business-plan competitions held this year, and how they plan to use their prizes.

At Business Schools, Race for Cash Heats Up Emily Maltby 2011

Jenny Corbin, a graduate of the University of Louisville, secured $835,000 in investment capital and prizes for her start-up, TNG Pharmaceuticals, by winning a series of business-plan competitions across several campuses.

At Business Schools, Race for Cash Heats Up Emily Maltby 2011

Courtesy University of Louisville The TNG Pharmaceuticals team from the University of Louisville participated in numerous business-plan competitions this year.

At Business Schools, Race for Cash Heats Up Emily Maltby 2011

Today, business-plan competitions are offering greater cash prizes and, perhaps as a result, are getting more entries than ever before, according to Joe Hurley , co-founder of BizPlanCompetitions.com, an online database for entrepreneurship contests.

At Business Schools, Race for Cash Heats Up Emily Maltby 2011

Companies and corporations go seriously astray when senior management commits the organization's resources toward altruistic endeavors with no clear linkage to business-plan goals.

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Not everyone is worried about the low real-world success rate among winners of traditional business-plan competitions.

Entrepreneur Contests Take Practical Turn Melissa Korn 2012

Run in partnership with New York University's Robert F. Wagner's Graduate School of Public Service and the nonprofit Echoing Green, Global Fellows will offer participants formal coursework, a business-plan competition and a four-week internship with so-called social-enterprise nonprofits such as VisionSpring, which helps local entrepreneurs in developing countries sell eyeglasses.

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Ms. Strimaitis says the top-heavy reward system is based on Babson's research, which shows that the winners of its business-plan competitions are more likely to become entrepreneurs after they graduate than are other finalists.

Entrepreneur Contests Take Practical Turn Melissa Korn 2012

At universities, business-plan competitions are typically held in the spring during the latter half of the school year.

At Business Schools, Race for Cash Heats Up Emily Maltby 2011