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School

Contact Name(s)

Email(s)

Boise Sate University

Cara Van Sant

caravansant@boisestate.edu

BYU-Idaho

Rob Tietjen

tietjenr@byui.edu

College of Eastern Idaho

College of Idaho

College of Southern Idaho

College of Western Idaho

Courtney SantillanRichard Sotto

courtneysantillan@cwirichardsotto@cwi.edu

Idaho State University

Jeff Street

jeffstreet@isu.edu

Lewis-Clark State College

North Idaho College

Ryan Arnold Dean Miles

rsarnold@nicddmiles@nic.edu

Northwest Nazarene University

University of Idaho

George Tanner

gtanner@uidaho.edu

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Venture College will be in close communication about logistics, guidance, and updates. The best teams will make the most use of their time by doing the following:

  1. Grow your business and build traction: Above all, use this time to get as much traction and validation as possible. Past winners have hit the boosters to go all-in and make business progress.

  2. Pitch Practice: Use Venture College as a resource to schedule pitch practices, review the pitch template, etc. Pitch to friends, professors, anyone who will listen to your pitch.

  3. Get Your Assets in Order: We will be asking for the following things -

    1. Your official business name

    2. Business logo

    3. Brief description of the business

    4. More detailed student info and pre-competition forms

    5. A quick 30 second video about your business (if you want to change the one from the application)

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  1. Team Intro - Just needs your Business Name, Logo for a 10 second intro

  2. The Problem - Sell judges there is a problem worth solving - and why current products or companies haven’t solved it

  3. Your Service/Product - Explain what your service/product /service is or doesSolution/Benefits - If people use your product/service, will it solve the problem? Other perks? , and the value it provides to customers.

  4. Market Opportunity: The whole world might need your product - but who really really needs it now. You need to thread the needle and show this could be a big idea but you are laser focused on a beachhead to launch the idea.

  5. Go-To-Market: On Slide 5 - you tell me a specific sub-segment who will love your business. Now you need to tell how you are going to market to them and launch the business through them.

  6. Revenue Model: How you make money ($35 one-time or $35/ a month per user) and any relevant costs (especially if you are a product based-business).

  7. Progress to Date: Sell the judges this isn’t just an idea. You have progress and traction.

  8. Next Steps: What are your next steps to grow the business. How could IEC funds help?

  9. Team: Brief overview on why judges should believe you are the team that can execute on your next steps and actually grow the business.

  10. Questions: - Simple slide to help you thank judges and open up for questions.

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