6th Annual Regional Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge (KCK) - 2025

Elevator Pitch Rubric

Instructions

A Judge will begin with the following phrase:

"Hi! I'm _____ and I'm interested in partnering with your organization but I wanted to learn more about your organization..."

And then the competitor will begin and must respond in 30 seconds.

If the competitor goes over 45 seconds please respond with
"I'm so sorry to cut you off, but I have to go, thank you!

You will then have 30 seconds to gather your thoughts and are then allowed 1-3 minutes in total to ask questions.

Criterias

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

Performance: Appearance, confidence, posture, speaks slowly.

1 Poor

2 Minimal

3 Sufficient

4 Above Average

5 Excellent

Presentation: Clear, concise, understandable.

1 Poor

2 Minimal

3 Sufficient

4 Above Average

5 Excellent

Expectations: States goals of business, captures attention, persuasive, realistic.

1 Poor

2 Minimal

3 Sufficient

4 Above Average

5 Excellent

Time Length. Please rate by the following: More than a minute = 1, 45 seconds = 2, 10 seconds = 3, 15 seconds = 4, 30 seconds = 5

1 Poor

2 Minimal

3 Sufficient

4 Above Average

5 Excellent

Overall Performance

1 Poor

2 Minimal

3 Sufficient

4 Above Average

5 Excellent

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