Scoring Criteria

 

Big City/High Tech & Main Street Lifestyles

• Quality of the Idea 20%
• Market and Competition 20%
• Operations 20%
• Finance 20%
• Quality of Written Work 10%
• Overall 10%

 

Social Enterprise

• Funding Idea 20%
• Social Impact 20%
• Operations 20%
• Finance 20%
• Quality of Written Work 10%
• Overall 10%

 

Rising Entrepreneur

• Rising Entrepreneurs are evaluated based on the above criteria for the track they are most suited to.

 

Judging & Submission Guidelines

Each judge will assign a numeric score to each Executive Summary based on the established competition criteria. These scores will be used to rank submissions relative to others reviewed by the same judge.

 

Judges are also encouraged to provide written feedback to enhance the educational value of the competition for all participants.

 

Important Note:
All submission deadlines are final. Late submissions will not be accepted, and no extensions will be granted. Teams are strongly encouraged to submit their Executive Summaries early to allow time to resolve any technical issues prior to the deadline.