Think you have a good business idea?
Who: Any currently enrolled undergraduate or graduate Mercer University student of any year, program, or campus.
What: You will submit a 2 minute video recording of you pitching your business idea for the semi-finals by September 29. A team of judges will watch the videos and select a set of finalists to present their pitches synchronously to a panel of judges over Zoom on October 13th. Judges will have the opportunity to ask each presenter questions. The judges will then select a winner. Businesses could be at the idea stage or existing small businesses. All ideas from technology to social ventures will be accepted.
When/where: Final 2 minute elevator pitch presentations will be Thursday October 13th, 6pm-8pm virtually via Zoom.
Prize money: $500
Deadline to submit your elevator pitch video to nextbigidea@mercer.edu by September 29 at 11:59pm. In the email you must include:
- Full name of each team member
- Program of study, primary campus, and year of anticipated graduation date for each team member
- Name of business idea and a brief description of the idea
- A confirmation that someone from your team will be able to pitch publicly on October 6
- An approximately 2 minute video pitch recording (videos over 2:30 will not be accepted). You need to attach the recording file or a link to the video that can be downloaded.
- The judging criteria is focused on the clarity of the content of the video pitch, not design of the video itself.
- Mercer University has free access to Zoom which can be used to record your video, but any recording platform is acceptable. Phone recordings are also accepted.
- These videos will only be used by the semi-finalist judging panel and will not be shared publicly.
Finalists will be notified by October 6, 2022
Questions:
- Please email general questions to nextbigidea@mercer.edu
- If on the Atlanta campus and you have specific questions please contact: Dr. Briana Stenard at stenard_bs@mercer.edu; if on the Macon campus and you have specific questions, please contact: Dr. Marko Horn at horn_m@mercer.edu or Professor Stephanie Howard at howard_sd@mercer.edu