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Clay County 2025 YEC Competition

Executive Summary Rubric

Instructions

Please score each Executive Summary using the established critera, be sure to include comments that might be useful if the business was to move forward.

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?
Business Model - Has the business developed a realistic plan to grow a profitable business by creating a strong management team, analyzing the competition, and creating a marketing strategy? Or does the plan seem unrealistic or flawed.
Financial Accuracy - Did the business outline accurate and realistic startup costs, projected revenue and monthly/annual cash flow? Or are significant cost categories missing or revenue numbers unrealistic and inflated?
Local Relevance - Is the business based locally or relevant at a local level with its chances for success (Clay or surrounding counties)? Or is the business not local or relevant at a local level?
Professional Document - Is the document well organized with no spelling errors and proper sentence structure and punctuation? Would the document be presentable to a banker/investor or not?
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