- Weight
- 25%
- Description
- The Tradeshow is a 90-minute event where businesses will have the opportunity to pitch their product or service to judges using a tradeshow booth as a visual and informational aid.
Judges will visit each business to evaluate the business idea, display, and your ability to discuss the business and answer questions about it.
- Guidelines & information
- Entrepreneurs will be allowed time to set up their trade show booths. Booths must be finished and students ready to begin answering questions by the time judges begin their walkthrough.
- Judges will visit business booths for a total of 90-minutes. If entrepreneurs are not at their booth when judges visit, the business will be disqualified from the Tradeshow component.
- Judges will spend 3-5 minutes listening to each business share the highlights of their business plan and high-level details of the product or service being offered.
- Entrepreneurs will be allowed to provide samples or handouts.
- Judges will be allowed to ask questions.
- Members of the public might also be invited to the trade show. Entrepreneurs should be at their booth, ready to network and share with all those in attendance.
- Judging deadline
- Mar 7, 2025 2:00 PM CST