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Join our startup competition to test your knowledge, gain experience in the startup world and skyrocket your business ideas!

Why apply?

Get to know the startup world beyond Shark Tank

Have you always wondered how it feels like to have a startup pitch in front of the sharks? Now you can experience it yourself!

Learn directly from industry leaders

Throughout the competition, you will work with industry leaders in the startup business (from both the startup and Venture Capital sectors.)
Our partners will be mentoring you, evaluating your ideas and giving valuable feedback.

Gain hands-on knowledge and experience

Creating an imaginery startup is the best way to learn how it's done! Especially if you get professional support and feedback about your ideas.

Rise above the crowd

Millions of business students join the workforce every year. Show the world that you thrive to be more: Be a visionary! Be an innovator! Test yourself and rise above the masses!

Timing of the competition

01. Pre-registration

The pre-registration period lasts from November 4 - Deceber 1. In this period you can subscribe to our newsletter to gain early access to important materials, like startup-related knowledge snippets and information about the competition.

In this period, you should also gather a team of 2-3 to take on the challenge together!

02. Registration

If you have your team, the first step is to register as soon as possible! With this, you will secure your place in the competition and we will continue sending you preparatory materials and the tasks you should solve in the first round.

03. First round (online)

In the first round, you need to develop a onepager about your startup and a document with a few pages about the detailed business plan. Our partners will guide you along the way so you can learn how to make these documents properly!

04. Announcement of finalists

After you've submitted your materials, we will review them with the help of our partner companies and announce which teams will get invited to the finals.

05. 1 on 1 mentoring

The final teams will get personal mentoring to develop the final version of their pitch, correcting any previous mistakes and preparing it for the final pitch.

06. Final pitch

This is the part when it all comes together: You will have to present your startup idea to our jury consisting of industry experts.

May the best team win!

Prizes
Prizes are under negotiation, we will update this once it's final!

1st place

250.000-150.000 Ft

2nd place

250.000-150.000 Ft

3rd place

250.000-150.000 Ft

Questions you may have...

The competition is for 1st and 2nd year BA/BSC students of Corvinus University only. Teams of 2-3 are allowed to apply.

The registration link will appear on this website once the registration is live. Until then we suggest you to pre-register so we can personally send you every important information.

If you pre-register, we will send you interesting articles, videos, and other related content. Beyond that, no preparation is necessary unless you choose to do so. All that is required is an open mind and an interest in the startup world.

It’s entirely up to you. If you want a chance to be in the top 3, you may need to put more effort into it, but if you are lucky, everything will come together like magic!

The prizes are currently under negotiation. We will update you as soon as we have more info about it.

For the first place, you can expect somewhere between
150.000-250.000 Ft.

Do you have other questions?

Contact us at [email protected]

Who are we?

EVK is a business-oriented College for Advanced Studies, founded in 1990. The purpose of which is to provide high-quality practical training for future business leaders in addition to university studies. During our 34 years of operation, we have built up significant business capital through our alumni members, the Corvinus University of Budapest, or our corporate partners.