Shocker New Venture Competition 2023

March 30, 2023

Wichita, Ks

Mar 30

Business application deadline: March 30, 2023
Judge sign-up deadline: April 19, 2023
Entry Fee: Free

Description

The Shocker New Venture Competition, hosted by WSU’s Center for Entrepreneurship, is designed to inspire campus innovation and develop entrepreneurial mindsets. Each year this event connects students from all academic disciplines to take key steps in developing world solutions. During the Shocker New Venture Competition teams are challenged to present their ideas and projects through various entrepreneurial concepts. Each team will be evaluated by their abilities to encapsulate their business concept through a clear value proposition, a market analysis and a sustainable competitive advantage.

Schedule and key dates

March 30: Applications, including 3-minute video are due and
Round #1 commences
March 21 thru April 6:
Judging of Business Model Videos
April 7: Round #1 results announced
April 12: Required Workshop for teams advancing to Trade Show
April 21: Round #2, Trade Show
April 28: Round #3, Finals

Organized by

Nancy Kersenbrock

Date and time

Thu, March 30, 2023 starting at 8:00am CDT

Address and location

1845 Fairmount Street
Wichita, Ks 67260

Components

Business Model Video

JUDGES: ONLY JUDGE THE THREE TEAMS YOU ARE ASSIGNED PER THE EMAIL YOU RECEIVED....

Weight: 100%

Tradeshow

The Tradeshow is a 3-hour event where businesses will have the opportunity to pi...

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Finals Round

The Finals Presentation is a six to eight minute presentation where each busines...

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Leaderboard

Watch them go! The leaderboard reflects all scores that have been approved by the competition's host.

The leaderboard is not finalized until every score has a checkmark.

= Not scored = In progress = Complete

Rank	Business	Overall Score	Business Model Video	Tradeshow	Finals Round
1	Botanic Buddy	44.5 / 50	35.6 / 40	– / 20	– / 0
	Botanic Buddy judge scores		Judge #1: 40 Judge #2: 39 Judge #3: 32 Judge #4: 33 Judge #5: 34
2	Testkey	39.75 / 50	31.8 / 40	– / 20	– / 0
	Testkey judge scores		Judge #1: 33 Judge #2: 34 Judge #3: 34 Judge #4: 29 Judge #5: 29
3	Female Engineering Matters	39.5 / 50	31.6 / 40	– / 20	– / 0
	Female Engineering Matters judge scores		Judge #1: 35 Judge #2: 33 Judge #3: 36 Judge #4: 30 Judge #5: 24
4	Roomers	39.5 / 50	31.6 / 40	– / 20	– / 0
	Roomers judge scores		Judge #1: 26 Judge #2: 36 Judge #3: 38 Judge #4: 26 Judge #5: 32
5	MDESIGNS	39.25 / 50	31.4 / 40	– / 20	– / 0
	MDESIGNS judge scores		Judge #1: 35 Judge #2: 25 Judge #3: 32 Judge #4: 31 Judge #5: 34
6	Vision-Vest	39.25 / 50	31.4 / 40	– / 20	– / 0
	Vision-Vest judge scores		Judge #1: 24 Judge #2: 35 Judge #3: 36 Judge #4: 33 Judge #5: 29
7	Taram Inc	39 / 50	31.2 / 40	– / 20	– / 0
	Taram Inc judge scores		Judge #1: 38 Judge #2: 28 Judge #3: 30 Judge #4: 26 Judge #5: 34
8	Chiropractor Marketing Solutions	38.5 / 50	30.8 / 40	– / 20	– / 0
	Chiropractor Marketing Solutions judge scores		Judge #1: 22 Judge #2: 32 Judge #3: 39 Judge #4: 29 Judge #5: 32
9	Tracer	38.25 / 50	30.6 / 40	– / 20	– / 0
	Tracer judge scores		Judge #1: 39 Judge #2: 30 Judge #3: 21 Judge #4: 24 Judge #5: 39
10	Under Pressure	38 / 50	30.4 / 40	– / 20	– / 0
	Under Pressure judge scores		Judge #1: 21 Judge #2: 21 Judge #3: 37 Judge #4: 40 Judge #5: 33