Be Your Own Boss Bowl

Sarah and Rachel Stanton, co-founders of Switch Stream and grand prize winners of the 2020 Be Your Own Boss Bowl® (BYOBB®), kicked off this year’s competition on Jan. 20 at IEI’s annual “How I Won the Be Your Own Boss Bowl®” event. Switch Stream is an assistive technology startup that produces a smart hub for […]

A year ago, the phrase “Zoom fatigue” meant nothing to most of us. Now that our lives, education and jobs exist mainly at home, staying focused and engaged in a virtual environment has its challenges.  But Fox School staff and faculty have worked tirelessly to keep students engaged in a myriad of ways. From leveraging […]

This summer, twelve finalists from the annual Be Your Own Boss Bowl and five additional high-potential Temple entrepreneurs took part in the 1810 Accelerator’s StartUp Studio program, completing a twelve-week curriculum designed to accelerate the growth of their ventures as they move through the fund and launch process. Startup Studio culminates in a Demo Day […]

Fox School Honors alumnae Sarah Stanton and Rachel Stanton among top prize winners at 22nd annual event Switch Stream, a company that makes wearable devices that help persons with physical impairments control their electronics, earned $60,000 in total prizes at the 22nd annual Be Your Own Boss Bowl® (BYOBB®), a Temple University-wide initiative that is […]

Join us on April 23rd as the Be Your Own Boss Bowl goes virtual for the first time ever! Get to know each of our finalists, see who will take home the biggest cash prizes, and hear from keynote speaker Brian Linton, Founder & CEO of United By Blue. See the full list of the […]

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2018 BE YOUR OWN BOSS BOWL WINNERS! GRAND PRIZE: UNIFI Submitted by Jessica Rothstein, Student, Fox School of Business CROWD FAVORITE: UNIFI Submitted by Jessica Rothstein, Student, Fox School of Business UNDERGRADUATE TRACK  First Place: Kovarvic LLC – (C.A.L.M.) submitted by Daniel Couser, Fox School of Business Second Place: ConsiderCode, LLC submitted […]

Competition in the 19th Annual Be Your Own Boss Bowl was tough. More than 150 Temple students, alumni, faculty and staff registered to participate in this year’s BYOBB, and after weeks of developing business plans, attending workshops and partnering with mentors, nearly 100 participating individuals and teams submitted their completed business plans for review. This week, […]

The creators of an online financial marketplace aiming to improve the consumer’s buying power in financial transactions won the grand prize at the 17th annual Be Your Own Boss Bowl®, a Temple University-wide business plan competition. RatesForUs.com, co-founded by CEO and Fox School of Business alumnus Ben Stucker, MBA ’13, and CTO Alec Baker, took […]

Be sure to register for the 17th annual Be Your Own Boss Bowl Finalists Presentations and Awards Ceremony on April 16 from 1- 5 p.m. in the lower level of Temple University’s Fox School of Business School’s auditorium. The competition’s 12 finalists will present their business plans to both students and judges, with the goal of winning […]

All business plans for the  Be Your Own Boss Bowl (BYOBB) competition are due this Tuesday, March 17 at 11:59 p.m. Competitors will submit their plans to https://app.wizehive.com/appform/login/byobb2015 and BYOBB finalists will be announced by April 1. As a reminder, you must include three items in your application: The business plan ) A pitch deck […]

Don’t miss this opportunity! The deadline to submit your Temple Opportunity Description and get a BYOBB mentor is February 13, 2015. Click here to sign up today.

Guiding Technologies (GT), a startup company focused on improving outcomes and quality of life for autistic children, won the coveted $125,000 grand prize at the 16th annual Be Your Own Boss Bowl®, Temple’s university-wide business plan competition – one of the most lucrative and comprehensive in the nation.  Over $225,000 in cash and prizes was […]

The Be Your Own Boss Bowl® deadline is fast approaching! Receive feedback from senior executive mentors on financials, strategy, marketing, and other challenging sections of your business plan. March 17th 5:00-7:00PM Alter 503D For more information on the Be Your Own Boss Bowl® click here