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Entrepreneurship Development

Build institutional capacity to run world-class entrepreneurship education programs. This is attainable through capitalizing on the Babson Collaborative University membership to explore innovative and impactful ways of shaping the next generation of entrepreneurs through faculty development and academic programs enhancement.

CEI Launched the Experiential Learning Entrepreneurship Program  (ELEP) in the fall of 2020; The program aims at providing experiential learning opportunities to entrepreneurship students, enhancing their understanding of the material they are learning, and expanding their scope of practical knowledge.

Webinar Series and Mentor Workshops; The series of workshops and webinars tackled pressing entrepreneurship topics, where students are encouraged to engage and reflect upon their course work by submitting reflective reports. The objective is to educate students about the innovations driving our economies today, to expose them to the varying rising sectors, and to inspire them to be agents of positive change ignited with an entrepreneurial spirit and drive.

Business Plan Project and Pitchathon; This project targets enrolled students in the Entrepreneurship and Innovation course. Notably, this course is often registered by 100+ students from different disciplines and majors, further magnifying our impact potential and diverse reach. Student teams received scheduled mentoring sessions from industry experts who guided them toward developing their business models, providing them with insights drawn from their practical experiences.

International Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR); AUC Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, in partnership with Global Business School Network and Lancaster University, brought undergraduate students a unique opportunity to work closely with Lancaster University’s Entrepreneur in Residence (#EIR), with extensive experience in the small and medium-sized businesses (#SMEs) world. The objective was to generate a simple comparative analysis/report that highlights the best practices and new techniques in the EIR’s field in both regions and come up with recommendations on a comparative analysis report in the EIR’s field, Public Relations. International Entrepreneur in Residence Richard Baguley, managing director of GDR Communications Ltd. Having founded and run his own successful PR business for over 20 years.

The Annual Entrepreneurship Summit is a one-day (virtual during the COVID-19 pandemic) that created an exciting and inspiring learning experience for the scholars by engaging them with different entrepreneurial experiences at AUC. It provided inspiration, awareness, knowledge, and training for scholars. The Summit raised scholars’ awareness about entrepreneurship, engaged them in technological innovation, and inspired and guided them in developing early-stage ideas that can be implemented in the present and future global markets.

Students Competitions

Annual International Case Competition (ICC)

The ICC brings together teams of students from all over the world to compete in solving a challenging business case. This competition is the first of its kind organized in Egypt and focused on business challenges facing high-growth entrepreneurial ventures.

The competition provides students with a unique learning experience to understand the business and entrepreneurship landscape in Egypt, Africa, and the Middle East, including complex issues around consumer behavior, economic trends, regulatory and policy reforms, technology adoption, and the supporting ecosystem.

The aim of the case-solving competition is to blend a cross-cultural understanding of working with Egyptian students and entrepreneurs with a grasp of Egyptian culture in a well-designed process.  
Annual Hackathon (HACK)
Hackathons were launched in June 2020, and it was a great tool to increase students' experience working in small groups and sharing their creative skills; while igniting innovative solutions to current social and economic problems. Hackathons also provide great accessibility to scholarships and mentorships.

The competition aimed at creating technological solutions that inspire a  more sustainable, accessible, and resilient future for our communities.

Shorooq Partners Venture Capital Case Competition (VCC)

The American University in Cairo (AUC) School of Business Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI) joins forces with Shorooq Partners, the Middle East’s Leading Early Stage Venture Capital Fund, launched Egypt’s first venture capital case competition, the “Shorooq Partners Venture Capital Case Competition” on 2023. The competition is designed as an experiential case competition, with the objective of allowing students to assume the role of a venture capitalist through a simulation, where they hypothetically invest $100,000 in a real start-up. Students will work with real-life data to create realistic content assessing a start-up, performing in-depth due diligence, evaluating investment prospects, and developing investment plans that will be presented to a judging panel from Shorooq Partners.

As a first-year pilot, this competition is targeting AUC multidisciplinary undergraduate junior and senior student teams only. However, in upcoming rounds, the competition will be expanded to invite students from all Egyptian public and private universities. This initiative is a great opportunity for the students to bring out the investors within, as well as help them understand the dynamics and variables that go into start-up funding, managing dedicated resources such as time, money, and people, and practicing data management through identifying gaps, building questions, gathering insights, and constructing a solid decision based on inputs. It will also give them the chance to present, negotiate and debate their findings, enhancing their critical and interpersonal skills. Moreover, Participants will also be exposed to a real start-up pitch deck complemented by a capacity-building training session provided by an expert from Shorooq Partners. Furthermore, attractive financial awards with a total of $4,000 for the top teams will be announced during the closing of the competition.