2nd Annual HP HBCU Business Challenge​

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About HP and HBCUs

When a company’s culture enables you to belong, innovate, and grow, you’re inspired to bring your best ideas to the table every day. As part of our partnership with the National HBCU Business Deans Roundtable, HP’s new business-case competition is one way we’re investing in students who are ready to step up and reinvent not only the business landscape, but mindsets, too.

The challenge

Jumpstart your entry into the real world of business, before you even graduate. Put your brightest ideas to work by crafting a solution for an actual HP business problem, and you could not only win premium technology prizes, but help boost your budding career.1

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How to compete

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The dean teams

Business deans from National HBCU Business Deans Roundtable member institutions will select a small team of students — of any major — to represent their schools. These teams will submit their initial proposals for solving a real-life HP business challenge, with the top 10 teams advancing through additional rounds of virtual presentation. The final two teams will compete for a grand prize.1

How to apply

1. NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. Entry submission period: 9:00:00am CDT, 9/17/18 to 11:59:59pm CDT, 10/4/18. Open only to groups of 3 and up to 5 eligible participants (“Team”). Each eligible participant of a Team must be a legal resident of 50 US/DC who is physically located in US/DC & 18+ (19+ AL/ NE) at the time of entry, enrolled as a full-time student at an eligible School (defined in Official Rules), planning to be enrolled as a full-time student in Fall 2019 at an accredited university or college & in good academic standing at their School, all at the time of entry. NOT OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. Void where prohibited. Individual Team members must participate in the virtual presentations with Team to be considered for a prize. Teams may not add or substitute team members once a Team is registered. Entries will be judged. See official rules for entry details, prizes & judging criteria. Subject to full Official Rules. Sponsor: HP Inc., 1501 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304-1112.

HP HBCU Business Challenge Registration Forms will be distributed to business deans through the National HBCU Business Deans Roundtable executive director. Please read the HP HBCU Business Challenge Official Rules for more details.

In HP’s inaugural HBCU Business Challenge, we asked for your ideas… and you rose to the challenge!

In partnership with the National HBCU Business Deans Roundtable, HP launched the new business-case competition this fall. It’s one way we’re investing in students who are ready to step up and reinvent not only the business landscape, but mindsets, too.

We’re proud to recognize our two GRAND PRIZE winning teams!

Thank you to the National HBCU Business Deans Roundtable and all participating teams from member institutions!
Delaware State University

Delaware State University

Challenge Focus

Office Print Relevance 


Team

Justin T., Kyron B., Emma P., Nyla O., Nicholas H.


2nd Place: Tuskegee University 

3rd Place: Harris-Stowe State University

Xavier University of Louisiana

Xavier University of Louisiana

Challenge Focus

Personal Systems Services Innovation 


Team

Janelle J., Aaliyah Y., Alaina M., and Cydney S. 


2nd Place: Bethune-Cookman University 

3rd Place: Albany State University