Upandrunning.entrepreneur.com:

If you can, enter a business plan or venture contest. There are more of them every year. I’ve been personally involved with several, including University of Oregon, University of Texas and University of San Francisco, as well as these two at the University of Notre Dame. Contests are cropping up in lots of new places, developed by business schools, business groups, chambers of commerce and businesses. Many of them have cash prizes. Most have good feedback from judges, most get investors involved, and if you’re working on a startup, this is something you should consider…