This is a guide to all things Carbon Venture 2022
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Join the fight against climate change while competing for $20,000 in cash prizes by pitching your venture to industry experts, investors, and community members.
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There are three phases of this competition:
Sprint Week (April 12-18, 2022)
Participants will attend daily meetings from 5:00-6:00 p.m., composed of a mix of lessons, brainstorming sessions with industry leaders, practice pitches with mentors, and one-on-one meetings. Solutions will be refined into ventures through research, customer discovery, and idea validation.
Pitch Competition (April 19, 2022)
The Carbon Venture Challenge will culminate with a pitch competition. Judges include industry experts, entrepreneurs, and investors, providing connections to a network that will last well beyond this competition.
Finals Final Pitch Competition (April 22, 2022)
Finalist teams will pitch for $20,000 in cash prizes.
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If you already have a venture or solution that addresses carbon reduction or sustainability, you are allowed to use it for this competition. Otherwise, you can use the following problem statements as an inspiration for a starting point:
High Level Problem: How can you help Boise State reduce it’s sustainability score?
Boise State recently scored a 48.87 (out of 100) for it’s sustainability performance. They are looking to improve their score in the near-term; however, secondary education and institutions can be deathly slow moving - especially if it requires multi-departmental approval, a sizeable budget, or new resources.
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Solutions that will not require multi-departmental changes or need significant time for approvals.
Little to no budget. You could suggest re-allocating costs to fund your idea, but we suggest not trying to increase the existing budget.
Boise State is especially interested in spreading awareness amongst students and getting them involved.
A solution that would be easy to test and collect results (to see if it justifies investing more time or effort).
Specific Problem Areas
Boise State’s sustainability score is comprised of category and subcategory scores.
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All pitches will be 4 minutes or less
Pitch decks will need to be sent to Cara Van Sant prior to the competition.
Please follow the general pitch-deck outline
Please note the template is merely a suggested guide. You may:
Change the order of the slides
Brand the slides with different colors, titles, etc.
No videos are allowed in the slides
Pitches will be followed up with a Q&A session with judges for 4 minutes or less
If your team has multiple members, it is not required that they all present during the 4 minutes. It’s your choice.
Each team will pitch three times during the pitch off. If you take 1st place in your track, you will pitch one more time (against the other track winners) in the Final Pitch Competition.
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