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Lancaster University Management School (LUMS) is looking for the next generation of entrepreneurs! Do your students have what it takes to come up with a business idea and put together a plan in 100 days? Form a team to represent your school or college, and put your students’ creativity, business knowledge and entrepreneurial skills to the test!
The Challenge 2024:
Our 100-day challenge took place in March 2024.
Teams were required to come up with a business plan based on an idea that addressed one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Each team produced a short presentation outlining their business idea, and a poster/visual business plan/display setting out their ideas.
Teams had the opportunity to receive mentoring from our Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (EIRs) and academic staff.
Our 2024 prizewinners
The winning team was Eco Structure, from Merchant Taylors' School, near Liverpool. Their project involving manufacturing building insulation from sustainable materials stood out as particularly impressive.
Read about the event and other winners in our news story.
100 Day Challenge news articleIt’s a whole other level of real experience for the students. The emphasis on entrepreneurship makes the whole experience really inclusive, it’s great. It promotes entrepreneurship as sitting alongside all industries, we’ve got engineers with us alongside business students.