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This is a guide to all things Carbon Venture 2022
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Carbon Venture 2022
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Beyond your university or college’s coach, we are here to help you with any questions.
General Overview
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Overview
Venture College, and the Institute for Pervasive Cybersecurity are excited to offer the first Carbon Venture Competition, with $20,000 in prize money.
Participants will choose a problem statement provided by our industry partners, and form interdisciplinary teams to propose solutions to that problem. These teams will compete for cash prizes as they solve critical carbon & sustainability issues. At the same time, they will be building a viable venture for themselves and making helpful connections to mentors and industry leaders.
Sprint Week
The Venture College will lead participants through a week-long sprint to test, validate, and launch their venture. Teams will be working with industry experts, business leaders, and mentors to help them craft their venture and pitch.
Pitch Competition
The Carbon Venture Challenge will culminate with a pitch competition. Judges include industry experts, entrepreneurs, and investors, providing connections to a network that will last well beyond this competition.
Finals Pitch Competition
The top four teams will pitch for cash prizes during this year’s Boise Entrepreneur Week.
Prize Money
The following prizes will be awarded:
1st place - $10,000
2nd Place - $5,000
3rd Place - $3,000
Other small awards may be granted.
Problems Statements
If you already have a venture or solution that addresses carbon reduction or sustainability, you are allowed to use it for your pitch presentation.
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this competition. Otherwise, you can use the following problem statements as an inspiration for a starting point:
High Level Problem: How can you help Boise State reduce it’s sustainability score?
Boise State recently scored at 48.87 (out of 100) for it’s sustainability performance. They are looking to improve their score in the near-term; however, secondary education and institutions can be deathly slow - especially if it requires multi-departmental approval, size-able budget, or new resources.
We suggest your solution offers the following:
Little to no budget. You could suggest re-allocating costs to fund your idea, but we suggest not trying to increase the existing budget.
Boise State is especially interested in spreading awareness amongst students - with the intentions of changing students' behaviors and habits.
Specific Problems
Problem Selection Tips
Important Dates & Schedule
Tentative and subject to slight changes.
Out of Town Check-In: 3:00-5:00
IEC Teams Dinner and Introduction: 6:00-7:00
Pitch Practice: 7:00-10:00 p.m.
Schedule for Thursday, April 7th
Tentative and subject to slight changes.
Pitch Competition: 9:00-1:00
Your team will pitch 3 separate times to 3 different groups of judges
JUMP Slides Open for Students: 1:00-2:00
Lunch: 1:00-3:00
Tabletop Presentation (mini-tradeshow feel): 3:30-4:30
Awards Ceremony and Final Pitch Competition: 4:30-6:30
Tips & Suggestions
We encourage participants to work on interdisciplinary teams, and to look beyond their own institution to find the right partners for their team.
Venture College will help match students to teams when the program begins. If you don’t have a team in mind, not to worry, as we will help!
Main Contacts
Beyond your university or college’s coach, we are here to help you with any questions.
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Ryan Vasso |
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Cara Van Sant |
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Nic Miller |
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Schedule for Wednesday, April 6th
Tentative and subject to slight changes.
Out of Town Check-In: 3:00-5:00
IEC Teams Dinner and Introduction: 6:00-7:00
Pitch Practice: 7:00-10:00 p.m.
Schedule for Thursday, April 7th
Tentative and subject to slight changes.
Pitch Competition: 9:00-1:00
Your team will pitch 3 separate times to 3 different groups of judges
JUMP Slides Open for Students: 1:00-2:00
Lunch: 1:00-3:00
Tabletop Presentation (mini-tradeshow feel): 3:30-4:30
Awards Ceremony and Final Pitch Competition: 4:30-6:30
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Minimally schedule at least 1 pitch practice with Ryan Vasso or Nic Miller from the Venture College team (we recommend more than 1)
Schedule a logistics-walkthrough with Cara Van Sant
Completed Pitch Deck sent to Cara Van Sant
Files need to be in PPT or link to Google Slides.
Pitch Details
All pitches will be 4 minutes or less
Pitch decks will need to be sent to Cara Van Sant prior to April 6th
Please follow the general pitch-deck outline
Please note the template is merely a suggested guide You may:
Change the order of the slides
Brand the slides with different colors, titles, etc.
No videos are allowed in the slides
Pitches will be followed up with a Q&A session with judges for 4 minutes or less
If your team has multiple members, it is not required that they all present during the 4 minutes. It’s your choice.
Each team will pitch three times during the pitch off. If you take 1st place in your track, you will pitch one more time (against the other track winners) in the Final Pitch Competition.
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