Love's Entrepreneur's Cup

The Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup is a statewide collegiate business plan competition that simulates the real world process of researching a market, writing a business plan and making a presentation to potential investors.

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High Growth Division

The High Growth Division of the competition is the place for aspiring entrepreneurs to kick start their journey. Students from any college campus in Oklahoma are invited to write a business plan around a high-growth concept in one of five industry categories.

Small Business Division

The Small Business Division offers the opportunity to write business plans around any basic business concept, provided the approach is innovative and/or unique. The division is open to teams from non-research campuses, two-year colleges and private regional universities.

Our Mission

Through this competition, we are proving that Oklahoma has the resources and commitment to grow more entrepreneurs who will lead future startups that will create jobs and wealth for the state.

Over its 19 year history, Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup has awarded:

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About

Love's Travel Stops

Love’s Travel Stops is the nation’s leading travel stop network with more than 610 Love’s locations in 42 states and 22 EZ GO locations. Founded in 1964 and headquartered in Oklahoma City, the company remains family-owned and operated and employs more than 39,000 people. Love’s provides professional truck drivers and motorists with 24-hour access to clean and safe places to purchase gasoline, diesel fuel, fresh coffee, restaurant offerings and more. Love’s has over 430 truck service centers, which include Speedco and Love’s Truck Care locations. Love’s and Speedco combined is the largest oil change, preventive maintenance and total truck care nationwide network with over 1,500 maintenance bays and 1,200 emergency roadside vehicles available for customers. Love’s is committed to providing customers with “Clean Places, Friendly Faces” at every stop. To learn more, visit loves.comor follow the company on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter.

Our Sponsors

Thank you to our 2023 Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup Sponsors

Interview Sponsors

BancFirst

The Chickasaw Nation

Greater Oklahoma City Chamber

i2E, Inc.

Oklahoma Business Roundtable

Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology

Gold Sponsor

E.L. and Thelma Gaylord Foundation

Silver Sponsors

Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education

The University of Tulsa

Bronze Sponsors

Echo

Oklahoma State University

University of Central Oklahoma

The University of Oklahoma Office of Innovation & Corporate Partnerships

Event Sponsors

Ada Jobs Foundation

Atento Capital

Choctaw Nation

EPSCoR

George Kaiser Family Foundation

Lobeck Taylor Family Foundation

Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

Oklahoma Natural Gas

The University of Oklahoma Price College of Business

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