Round 1: Business Canvas
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- Description
- The ESTEAM Pitch Contest Series utilizes the Co.Starters Canvas, a graphic design tool that helps entrepreneurs understand, test, and refine ideas using a visual map. For Round 1, judges will be looking for a complete canvas (meaning all sections are filled in) that demonstrates logic and rationale for your idea.
- Guidelines & information
- Specific Requirements:
- Must use the Co.Starters Canvas (download below).
- Must complete all sections of the Co.Starters Canvas.
- Must be submitted in PDF format.
- All submitted work must be the original work of the members of the business (entrepreneurs and/or mentors).
- Any submission that does not meet these requirements will be disqualified from the Business Canvas component.
The submitted Business Canvas must cover the following general aspects of the business:- Customer
- Problem
- Alternatives (Competitors)
- Solution
- Benefit
- Advantage
- Message
- Distribution
- Revenue
- Startup Needs
- Costs
Please review the Business Canvas Rubric for full judging criteria.
Download the Co.Starters Canvas (two formats available):
Fillable PDF:Fillable PowerPoint Slide: - Submission deadline
- Mar 10, 2021 11:59 PM EST
- Judging deadline
- Mar 23, 2021 11:59 PM EDT