Starting a business is hard. Many young entrepreneurs dream of owning a business, running a website or starting a cleaning company but have limited funds to start. With the hurdle of student fees and homework, many student entrepreneurs have no choice but to forestall their dreams.

The Companion Maids Small Business Scholarship was created to help students jumpstart their businesses while in school. Companion Maids, a leading on-demand cleaning company believes in helping passionate, hardworking, and talented students achieve their dream of starting their own business.

Scholarship Award

Companion Maids will award one (1) $2,000 scholarship to each winner determined by our judges. A total of three (3) scholarships will be awarded for each calendar year. This scholarship is designed to help young entrepreneurs afford the rising cost of education and help them along the road to entrepreneurship.

The scholarship will be awarded in check form, made payable directly to the winners. Please note that you will be contacted directly from our scholarship administrator email: scholarship@companionmaids.com.

Scholarship Deadline

The deadlines for the 2019/2020 scholarships are December 30, 2019 and December 30, 2020. Winners will be announced two weeks following the deadline.

Eligibility Requirements

Any current college student or incoming freshman enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree program. The student must be enrolled at an accredited college, university or trade school. No major or trade requirements. All students are welcome.

You must submit a 500-1,000 word essay on the below topic to scholarship@companionmaids.com by midnight of the scholarship deadline.

Topic

If you could start any business without any capital constraints, what would the business be and why? Do you think you could build this business without going to school?