Submissions Encouraged for James and Eileen Christmas Business Plan Competition and Pitch Event

The Peter J. Tobin College of Business and the St. John’s University Office of Alumni Relations invite students to enter the 2024 James and Eileen Christmas Business Plan Competition and Pitch Event.

Interested students must submit a business plan by March 6 to be eligible to compete for one of eight cash prizes, with a grand prize of $5,000—all underwritten by James W. Christmas ’70CBA and Eileen Christmas.

The Competition and Pitch Event is open to all undergraduate and graduate St. John’s University students from all majors. Students (maximum team of five) can submit a 15-page business plan and win an opportunity to present plans on Thursday, April 11, from 6 to 8 p.m. in The Peter J. Tobin College of Business, rooms 201–202.

Any business plan not selected to be one of five finalists in the competition may still be selected to take part in the Pitch Event. Selected pitch contestants can pitch their business idea in three minutes to compete for cash prizes.

Please visit http://jecbpc.com/resources for information and videos from previous competitions and http://jecbpc.com/rules for competition rules.

For additional questions, please contact the competition’s director, Roy Weissman, M.B.A., Assistant Professor of the Practice, at [email protected].