Advisor Orientation
2025 HCC Business Plan Competition
Tuesday, February 04, 2025
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Virtual Event on ZOOM
Join us virtually on ZOOM, Tuesday February 04, 2025 from 6:30pm to 8:00pm for our Advisor Orientation for the 2025 HCC Business Plan Competition. Meet BPC leaders, entrepreneurs, funders and subject matter experts who are willing to contribute their time and expertise to advise a team chosen for the 2025 HCC BPC.
Your Experience can Empower our Entrepreneurs
Houston Community College and our Center for Entrepreneurship are preparing for the 18th annual HCC Business Plan Competition (Competition). We invite you to be a part of our 2025 HCC Business Plan Competition Advisor Cohort. Join other experienced entrepreneurial, business and technology experts who give one-on-one advising to a team selected to move through our competition.
Competition training and advising is virtual and onsite with optional opportunities to meet your team in person.
Advisors are a powerful and sustaining thread in the program. As an Advisor you will have an opportunity to help entrepreneurs of all ages who are entering the HCC Business Plan Competition to take expert advice and use it to become more successful.
Approximately thirty entrepreneur teams will be chosen to compete in the 2025 Competition. We accept proposed, startup and existing companies who are entering to create refined and polished plans to start and/or grow their businesses. Each team (of 1 to 5 contestants) will move through the competition training and advising from late February through May. All contestant teams will be matched with Advisors. If you become an Advisor, you will be matched to a team based on your areas of expertise and the team's business concept and needs. Advisors are critical to the success of the Competition.
This Orientation is not Required, but it is a great way for advisors new to our competition to learn more about how it works.
To Register - Click Here
or click the REGISTER button at the top right of this page
BE SURE TO CLICK "CONFIRM AND CHECKOUT" TO COMPLETE YOUR REGISTRATION.
For more information on the 2025 HCC Business Plan Competition
Experienced Advisors
A MESSAGE TO EXPERIENCED SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORS
Are you interested in serving as an advisor to a contestant team in our 2025 HCC Business Plan Competition? HCC is proud to gather an amazing cohort of experienced volunteer advisors every year to advise our contestant teams as they move through the competition.
To know more about the advisor role and commitment:
Click Here to Read More About The Advisor Role including Time Commitment and Competiton Timeline
Advisors New to This Competition - If you have not yet served as an advisor in this Competition, please click below on our new advisor quick form to submit your interest and introduce yourself:
Returning Advisors - For those of you who have previously served as an Advisor for this Competition, please click on this link and complete the mini - form to confirm your interest in returning as an advisor in 2025 and we would be honored to have you with us again:
Returning Advisor - Even Quicker Form - 2025
Timing - Building the Advisor Cohort - We will announce accepted teams on February 20th and will pair teams with advisors as we move towards the first training session. We will pair teams with advisors by considering advisors' experience and each accepted team's business concept. We will respond to your submission throughout this period. We will be communicating with advisors via emails from c4e@hccs.edu; and sometimes via a phone call or text to speak to or reach an individual advisor.
Thank you for your time and consideration! Being of service as a volunteer advisor can change the lives of these entrepreneurs!