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Lincoln County Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge 2024

Tradeshow Rubric

Instructions

Please visit each tradeshow booth assigned to you and listen to the student's present their business. We recommend each judge ask at least one question related to the business idea such as on revenue or expense projections, marketing, customer base, etc. This will help the student get as much as they can out of this learning experience.

Here are a few tips for scoring:

1) Remember that these are high school students, not adults. Please provide constructive criticism that is gentle and constructive rather than harsh and discouraging. Students are relying on you as part of a learning process.

2) Don’t give too many '1' or '5' scores until after you have scored all the summaries. Then you can go back and adjust scores either up or down based on what really stood out to you in positive or negative ways.

3) Please give each student some feedback in the comments section that reflects the score you are giving them. It’s hard for them to learn if they don’t have an idea of where they missed the mark and/or where they excelled.

4) Students will be able to see which judges (your names) are associated with scores and comments.

Criterias

Choose a score, from 1 (worst) to 5 (best), for each of the following.

Originality of Product/Service Offering - Has the business developed a new, creative, original, or innovative product or service to solve the market’s problem or meet demand? Or is the business offering a fairly typical product or service?
Market Opportunity - Has the business identified a problem or a need? Has research determined there is a sizeable market to support the business for success? Or are there already existing businesses that are meeting consumer needs?
Business Viability - Has the business demonstrated a realistic plan to grow a viable and profitable business? Is there a strong management team, reasonable financial assumptions, and a strong marketing strategy? Or does the plan seem unrealistic?
Booth Display - Is the booth creative, neat, easy-to-understand, relates to the business, and engages judges and customers? Or is the booth un-interesting, have spelling errors, and doesn’t present the product or service in a positive light?
Salesmanship - Did the team portray their business in a way to attract their target market and/or customers? Did the team demonstrate confidence in their product or service? Or did the team struggle with salesmanship?
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