Berlin-Brandenburg Business Plan Competition (BPW)
Awards up to €20,000 in prize money to startups founded in Berlin or Brandenburg.
Participation in BPW is free, and so is every seminar, workshop and networking event on the platform, whether or not a team ever submits a concept for judging. Each phase carries its own prize pool: the first phase splits €10,000 in prize money plus a €1,000 audience prize, the second splits €15,000 plus a €2,000 audience prize, and the third splits €20,000 plus a €3,000 audience prize. A team can…
BPW is open to any business idea regardless of sector, as long as the company is planned or was founded in Berlin and/or Brandenburg, including pre-founding teams and business successions. It runs across three phases, each covering a different part of a business plan: product/service and team, market analysis and marketing, and company structure and financial planning.
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