Basic Info

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Venture College will be in close communication about logistics, guidance, and updates. The best teams will make the most use of their time by doing the following:

1. Grow your business and build traction: Above all, use this time to get as much traction and validation as possible. Past winners have hit the boosters to go all-in and make business progress.

2. Pitch Practice: Use Venture College as a resource to schedule pitch practices, review the pitch template, etc. Pitch to friends, professors, anyone who will listen to your pitch.

3. Get Your Assets in Order: We will be asking for the following things -

   1. Your official business name

   2. Business logo

   3. Brief description of the business

   4. More detailed student info and pre-competition forms

   5. A quick 30 second video about your business (if you want to change the one from the application)

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1. All teams will generally need to follow the IEC pitch deck template.

2. Teams competing will give a 4 minute pitch using a pitch deck (Google Slides recommended).

3. Judges will have a 4 minute Q&A session after each pitch. Teams will pitch three times to different sets of judges.

IEC Pitch Deck Template

All teams are encouraged to use the following template for their pitch presentation. As outlined in the template, each pitch presentation should address the following:

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