Shocker New Venture Competition 2024

March 28, 2024

Wichita, Kansas

Mar 28

Business application deadline: March 28, 2024
Judge sign-up deadline: April 19, 2024
Entry fee: Free

Description

The Shocker New Venture Competition at Wichita State University provides a platform for aspiring entrepreneurs to showcase their innovative business ideas. The focus of the competition is on fostering creativity, originality, and feasibility of business ideas. Participants go through various rounds of presentations, refining their pitches along the way. This competition plays a vital role in cultivating an entrepreneurial spirit within the university community and contributes to the growth of innovative startups in Wichita.

Schedule and key dates

March 28: Applications, including 3-minute video are due and Round #1 commences
March 29 thru April 4: Judging of Business Model Videos
April 5: Round #1 results announced
April 11: Required Workshop for teams advancing to the Trade Show
April 26: Trade Show and Finals

***New This Year***
The Trade Show and Finals are being held back to back on the same day.

Organized by

Nancy Kersenbrock

Date and time

Thu, March 28, 2024 starting at 12:00 PM CDT

Address and location

1845 Fairmount
Wichita, Kansas 67260-0147

Components

Business Model Video

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

Weight: 100%

Trade Show

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 five minute presentation where each business will s...

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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	Trade Show	Finals Round
1	Ransom Edu	40.833 / 50	32.667 / 40	– / 0	– / 0
	Ransom Edu judge scores		Judge #1: 36 Judge #2: 35 Judge #3: 38 Judge #4: 23 Judge #5: 34 Judge #6: 30
2	MedX Innovations	39.107 / 50	31.286 / 40	– / 0	– / 0
	MedX Innovations judge scores		Judge #1: 30 Judge #2: 28 Judge #3: 33 Judge #4: 29 Judge #5: 37 Judge #6: 32 Judge #7: 30
3	C Modular	38.333 / 50	30.667 / 40	– / 0	– / 0
	C Modular judge scores		Judge #1: 36 Judge #2: 26 Judge #3: 23 Judge #4: 37 Judge #5: 35 Judge #6: 27
4	Building Bedrock Education	35.893 / 50	28.714 / 40	– / 0	– / 0
	Building Bedrock Education judge scores		Judge #1: 34 Judge #2: 30 Judge #3: 28 Judge #4: 40 Judge #5: 18 Judge #6: 25 Judge #7: 26
5	Alcatraz Inc.	35.714 / 50	28.571 / 40	– / 0	– / 0
	Alcatraz Inc. judge scores		Judge #1: 29 Judge #2: 21 Judge #3: 27 Judge #4: 34 Judge #5: 32 Judge #6: 23 Judge #7: 34
6	Sure Lane inc	35.417 / 50	28.333 / 40	– / 0	– / 0
	Sure Lane inc judge scores		Judge #1: 35 Judge #2: 36 Judge #3: 21 Judge #4: 22 Judge #5: 25 Judge #6: 31
7	Cover Hood	35.208 / 50	28.167 / 40	– / 0	– / 0
	Cover Hood judge scores		Judge #1: 27 Judge #2: 26 Judge #3: 28 Judge #4: 29 Judge #5: 35 Judge #6: 24
8	Obfuscated Inc	35.208 / 50	28.167 / 40	– / 0	– / 0
	Obfuscated Inc judge scores		Judge #1: 25 Judge #2: 27 Judge #3: 28 Judge #4: 27 Judge #5: 29 Judge #6: 33
9	FLUENCY	34.375 / 50	27.5 / 40	– / 0	– / 0
	FLUENCY judge scores		Judge #1: 22 Judge #2: 28 Judge #3: 28 Judge #4: 22 Judge #5: 30 Judge #6: 35
10	ColdPulse	34.167 / 50	27.333 / 40	– / 0	– / 0
	ColdPulse judge scores		Judge #1: 35 Judge #2: 33 Judge #3: 23 Judge #4: 25 Judge #5: 26 Judge #6: 22