The Hult Prize is a start-up accelerator for social entrepreneurship.
In partnership with the Clinton Global Initiative we have created the world's largest student movement for Social Good. Register now for your chance to change the world.
Start-up accelerator for social good
Responding to a challenge made by President Clinton and building on
the success of previous Hult competitions (Hult Global Case Challenge)
the Hult Prize has committed to launch a new wave of student social
entrepreneurs. The Hult Prize has become THE program for budding social
entrepreneurs, recently named one of the top five ideas changing the
world by President Bill Clinton and TIME Magazine.
The Hult Prize is a start-up accelerator for social good. Dedicated
to launching the next wave of social entrepreneurs through identifying,
funding, mentoring, advising and launching new social businesses.
In partnership with President Clinton and the Clinton Global
Initiative, the Hult Prize has created the world’s largest student
movement for social impact and the world’s largest crowdsourcing
platform, dedicated to solving the most pressing social challenges on
the planet.
Funded by Swedish Billionaire, Bertil Hult and supported by the Hult
International Business School, the Hult Prize is THE program for budding
social entrepreneurs. Each year, more than ten thousand college and
university students from around the world apply to pitch their ideas at
one of six regional events that take place in Boston, San Francisco,
London, Dubai, Shanghai and online. Up for grabs is an opportunity to
spend the summer in the Hult Accelerator - a world class center for
innovation located in Boston.
Following the conclusion of their time working in the Hult
Accelerator, each of the six winning teams then pitch their start-ups at
the annual Clinton Global Initiative meeting, where President Clinton,
along with CGI Meeting attendees select and award the winning team with a
USD1 million prize.
This Year's Challenge
Over the past three years, the Hult Prize has taken on some of the
planet's toughest challenges. These have included Education, Energy,
Housing, and Water. For the 2013 Prize, President Clinton has
personally selected the challenge: the Global Food Crisis.
A detailed case study, narrated by President Bill Clinton, will be
released to all selected participants in early January to set the
framework for this year's challenge. Competitors will then be asked to
develop social enterprises that answer the President's Challenge.
The global food crisis can be approached through multiple lenses,
such as: distribution, manufacturing, production, technology and many
others. Each, represents an opportunity for innovation. Nearly 1
Billion people in the World are Hungry, that is over 1 out of every 4
children. Ironically, our global economy produces enough food each year
to feed everyone, however more than one-third of the food generated for
human consumption continues to be lost or wasted.
College and university students from around the world are being
called to action to compete in one of five regional rounds of
competition held in: Boston, San Francisco, London, Dubai and Shanghai.
Teams of 4-5 students will be charged with developing ideas for social
enterprises that can conquer one of modern day’s most solvable global
challenges - the food crisis. The global winner will receive US$1,000,000 in start-up capital to launch their new social enterprise!
Facts:
1) One out of every four children in the world are hungry even though
our global economy produces enough food to feed everyone. In total,
nearly one billion people in the world are hungry and suffer from
malnutrition.
2) The world produces enough food to feed everyone, however more than
one-third of the food generated for human consumption is lost or
wasted.
3) There are more hungry people in the world, then the combined population of the US, Canada and EU.
4) A poor family in a poor country spends over 70% of its income on
food, leaving very little to spend on energy, education, housing,
healthcare and other critical needs.
5) Hunger is one of the world's most solvable challenges.
6) The global food system needs to be redesigned to yield more, healthier food, while reducing cost and ecological footprint.
7) New business models are required around food security that can
yield greater access to markets, new approaches to distribution, and
local sourcing bolster food quality and workers’ livelihoods, while
reducing waste and improving resilience to extreme conditions.
8) The current food system is not sustainable. Global food demand is
expected to double in the next 25 to 50 years. Current modes of
production and patterns of consumption are not sustainable and can not
meet this demand. Existing business models must change to ensure global
food security.
9) Agriculture accounts for 70 percent of the world’s use of
increasingly scarce water supplies, and deforestation for food
production generates more greenhouse gases than all forms of
transportation combined.
Moreinfo: http://www.hultprize.org
