Level: High School students in the Washington D.C. region. Important Dates: Orientation, October 23, 2010. Registration Deadline: October 31, 2010. Prize Money: High School students, $750 (first place)

PITCH GEORGE!

Pitch George, a program of the George Washington University, invites local Washington, D.C. high school students to present their business ideas, get important feedback on the viability of the concept, and win start-up capital. This contest can provide excellent support for students seeking to build a business plan for an engineering innovation. The contest offers $750 for the high school first place prize.

GW’s Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence (CFEE) will help individuals with strong proposals refine their ideas into solid business plans to compete in the GW Business Plan Competition in the spring of 2011, where the first place winner receives $20,000.

How it Works:

Teams and individuals who are part of the GW community at large, including graduate and undergraduate and local high school students, can participate.

The judges will evaluate how clearly each presentation communicates the idea, and how viable is the business idea.

The three best entries in each tier — graduate, undergraduate, and high school — will proceed to the semi-final round of judging, which will take place in a Duques Hall Room 650. Later that day, finalists will have 3 minutes to make
their pitch in an elevator. Judges will determine the ranking of finalists in each tier: first, second and third place winners.

The three winners in each tier will receive seed funding from CFEE to start up their businesses.

Important Dates:

• October 23, 2010 – Funger 320 – Boot Camp. Learn what it takes to write an award
  winning executive summary and ‘killer’ elevator pitch
• October 31, 2010 – Executive Summaries are due online at pitchgeorge.com.
• Nov 13, 2010 – Duques 650 – Entrants compete in the Semi-Finals and Finals for
  major cash awards

Registration

Check the Website to get full details and to enter your business idea, new product or service concept into the Pitch George
Competition TODAY

Filed under: Grades 9-12, K-12 Outreach Programs