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How to Participate

Each participating high school is allowed two competing teams, one per track. Teams are made up of 1-4 students. Students must be enrolled in a participating high school for the duration of the competition.

Registration is open to high schools in the following counties: Brunswick, Columbus, Duplin, New Hanover, Onslow, and Pender.

Each team is required to have either a teacher, counselor or community member serving as the team advisor. Teams will be required to select one of two tracks upon registration (for-profit or non-profit). Registration and submissions are both managed by Qualtrics. If advisors are advising two teams, on separate tracks, they must register each team separately.

Register For the Competition

LEARN SOMETHING NEW

This competition revolves around the concept of a lean startup. Students and advisors should become familiar with this concept before constructing deliverables such as the executive summary and rocket pitch.

Participants should familiarize themselves with the following concepts: For-Profit or Social (non-profit) Entrepreneurship, how to write an executive summary, and create a rocket pitch. We encourage teams to do their own research. Get resources for the competition.

CREATE YOUR OWN IDEA

Choose one of two tracks for participation: For-Profit Enterprise or Not-for-Profit / Social Enterprise. Then create your executive summary and rocket pitch video using the concept of lean start-up. Explore competition criteria.

The core business idea must originate from one or all of the team members (no franchises or core ideas from parents, adults, etc.). No ideas that are actually in business and making revenues of greater than $10,000 per year are permitted.

SUBMIT DELIVERABLES

Make sure your rocket pitch and executive summary satisfies all the requirements outlined in Competition Criteria and are submitted by the deadline.

  • Videos are to be no longer than 5 minutes
  • Written proposals are to be 3-5 pages long

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