Next Bright Idea Update

 2009 was the inaugural year for Next Bright Idea, our idea competition that was created to foster and reward innovation and creativity and foster entrepreneurial thinking.  This year, we are repeating the collegiate edition and expanding to add a high school edition, in combination with the Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour events. The competition will be run very similar to the college edition including an online idea submission process at NextBrightIdea.com.  Then on February 24, we will hold to events where the finalists present their ideas to a panel of judges.  Finalists from both the collegiate and high school competitions will receive prizes, as well as access to a mentoring team to continue to flush out their ideas into viable entities.