BizPlannovation Challenge 2017

BizPlannovation Challenge 2017

        BizPlannovation Challenge 2017 was held on November 12, 2017 at Cambodia Japan

Corporation Centre (CJCC), led by Project Chair “Ms. Banh Leeyong”. With opening remark was 

made by Mr. Kong Kirivann the Co-president of International Business Club along with the closing 

remark by Mrs. Chea Sokleang (Johnan), Founder and CEO of Eco Great Mekong Solutions (Eco 

GMS). It was very successful which there were around 400 participants attending this event. 

Otherwise, the purpose of creating this event is to encourage creative ideas amongst university 

students to develop innovative business concepts, which helps Cambodian society and provide 

opportunity for students to showcase their original business ideas in front of judges who are the 

successful business people, as well as the audiences. Significantly, the event was appreciated by the 

audience, which could be shown that it is a huge success.

I. Body

Purpose of the event

        “BizPlannovation Challenge” is a business plan competition, which focuses on the emergence of 

young entrepreneurs into the business world, empowering young university students to get to know the 

process and flow of setting up a business, and encourage creative business ideas that will make a 

positive impact on our Cambodia society. “BizPlannovation Challenge” is promised to be held on the 

12th of November 2017, from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM at Cambodia-Japan Cooperation Centre (CJCC). It 

involves around 400 participants from different universities in Cambodia. Moreover, the objective of this 

event is to promote business ideas that help our Cambodian society as well as to assist the 

participants and everyone to be aware of all the opportunities and  challenges that are commonly 

faced during business operation. It can be acted as a mentor for everyone to be confident and be able 

to challenge themselves to reach their maximum potentials. Additionally, it is a platform for 

contestants to have closer interaction and present their creative business ideas in front of the 

successful business people and to the audiences. Meanwhile by joining this, everyone will 

experience new and innovative idea related to business concept. Moreover, it is a great honored for 

us to have four successful entrepreneurs and businessperson to be our judges, who are Mr. Oknha 

Cheth Serey Sopheak, Chairman and CEO of Luxury Smile and Monsne Group Co. LTD, Mr. Kong 

Soliya, Co-founder and CEO of Joonaak Delivery Co. LTD, Mrs. Chea Sokleang (Johnan), Founder 

and CEO of Eco Great Mekong Solutions (Eco GMS), and Mr. Sok Sopheakmonkol, CEO of 

Codingate to evaluate and score our contestants’ (BizWarriors) creative business plans. Besides this, 

they also share a lot of experiences as well as some business ideas to the participants in the panel 

discussion session. Meantime, we would like to thanks to our talented mentor Mr. Kheang Sovimean 

for helping us throughout the event by sacrificing him own time to train and coach our BizWarriors.

Five teams, who are competitors, come from various colleges and in different academic years. They 

give presentations under five different business plans.

1. The Triple, 3 members, Green Community Healthcare Center, which its main purpose is to cure 

some diseases, like cancer, in natural way.


2. Omega, 3 members, Organic Food Store, which selling foods, with no chemical, that do not affect 

human health.

3. The Explorer, 4 members, Traveling App, which was to help traveler introduce the abundance and 

unnoticed tourism sight.


4. Victory, 4 members, E-Journey App, the purpose was to ease people's travels.


5. Scan-Seavpov, 2 members, Scan-Seavpov App, which was to motivate people reading more book.

Next main activity was panel discussion session. Four knowledgeable judges came up and shared 

their many years experience, which they have faced on business paths under several topics, which 

allowed audience learn a lot. 

         The last main activity was the announcement. After evaluating and scoring each team's 

business plan, all judge produced a fair result. The ranks are as follow:

- Number 1: Scan-Seavpov, Price: 2 000 000Riel and other in-kind gifts. 

- Number 2: The Explorer, Price: 1 500 000Riel and other in-kind gifts. 

- Number 3: Victory, Price 1 000 000Riel and other in-kind gifts.

II. Sponsor:


vSupport

Enormous thanks to CamEd Bussiness School, who is the main supporting partner in our event, that 

sponsored us a lot of Eco bags, pens, flyers, beautiful backpacks for the winners, cups for lucky draw 

as well as some cash and many others in-kind gifts.

vMain Sponsor


Special thanks to our Main sponsors, who are TF Motors (Cambodia) Co., Ltd and ACCA 

Cambodia that provided us with many things.

• TF Motors (Cambodia) Co., Ltd has sponsored our event a lot of flyers in order to   distribute during the event and some cash for cover the event’s expenditure.

• ACCA Cambodia has also provided us with a lot of beautiful Eco bags, T-shirt, Notebooks and backpacks for our winner as well as for lucky draw and some cash.

vCo-Sponsor

• Cam-Paint, which is the Co-sponsor partner of our BizPlannovation Challenge that also, sponsored us in term of cash and many leaflets to distribute during the event.

vIn-Kind Sponsor

Thanks to Huawei, Doughnut, Roomchang Dental Hospital, Cambodia Beverage Company Ltd, 

who are our In-Kind sponsor partners.

• Huawei, kindly provided us many lovely Huawei gifts such as power banks, and speakers. Our team used these adorable gifts as lucky draw for our audiences. Our participants were very glad to get these beautiful presents.

• Doughnut has sponsored our winners with its attractive bags, which make the winners glad to have its as a gifts.

• Roomchang Dental Hospital has supported us with vouchers given to the winners and for lucky draw.

• Cambodia Beverage Company Co., Ltd has provided us with 600 cans of tasty drinks and beverages such as Minute Maid Refresh Grape, Minute Maid Refresh Apple and Coke. We use all of these beverages as refreshment for the participants during break of the event.             

vMedia

        

 For promoting the event, we would like to thanks to our Media partners, who are  Wedushare,   

BizKhmer, Sabay, and Healthtime Magazine.

• Wedushare, who is one of our media partner, has helped us in promoting the event in order to let’s everyone know more about our event.

• BizKhmer also has advertised our event through posting on its Facebook page as well as in their website.

• Sabay also an important media partner of our event, who always post the article in its page related to our event.

      • Healthtime Magazine has sponsored us a media partner and some magazines which covered
        very useful health tips for our audiences to acknowledged more about how to live in healthy                lifestyle.

        To sum up, BizPlannovation Challenge 2017 were gone smoothly by all the support from our 

four honourable judges and five teams of contestant (Bizwarriors) as well as all companies who 

sponsored for our event and the participants. Most important thing is audiences really delighted to 

receive all kind of gifts, lucky draw, and refreshments which are given by our sponsor partners. All 

in all, we would like to thanks to all of our sponsors, judges, mentor and performers very much for 

their supporting and valuable time. Without your cooperation and support, BizPlannovaton 

Challenge could not turn out as great as it could be. However, with your contributions, our event has 

been run smoothly and successfully.