| Judge's Name | Competitor Business Name | Score for CONTENT | Score for PREPAREDNESS | Score for PITCH SKILLS | Score for COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE AND POTENTIAL for GROWTH (SWOT analysis) | Score for OVERALL CONCEPT | Score for COMMUNITY & TARGET MARKET | Total Score | NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candice Price | Sensiil Studios | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 29 | Good job. Consider a bit more enthusiasm as you present, just a bit more energy to your pitch. Sometimes your excitement will help excite the people you are presenting to. Remember you may be the last one to pitch after a judge has sat through several others. |
| Raisa Turner | Still Poppin Gourmet Popcorn | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 28 | What is your vision? (3,5,7, 10 years) How can you scale up the business to meet that goal? And what tactics do you have to ensure that you will grow as projected. |
| Nina Austin | Gamble Tech Firm | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 29 | Great concept, maybe focus on coaching instead of mentoring. |
| Raisa Turner | Sensiil Studios | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 29 | Incorporate your opportunities of branching out in the media, movies, etc. |
| Nina Austin | D ATKINS ENTERPRISES LLC DBA GIMME THE SCOOP | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 30 | Focus on showing the financials. 1-3yr growth! |
| Breonna Kellogg | Abundant Faith N Joy | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 25 | Great teamwork. Make sure to give products to judges before starting pitch. Smile and own the space. Awesome job. |
| Nina Austin | NorthStar biPOC Wellness Ctr, LLC | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 29 | You know your business well,now show the numbers and growth potential in short clear bullet points. Tighten up on your intro of who you are and what you do. To save you some time. Just practice and you got this. |
| Raisa Turner | AFROMAHA LLC | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 30 | For the financial projections, add a slide to the deck presentation that shows how you plan to keep all the sources of marketing to match your projections. Take into account losses. |
| Candice Price | Gamble Tech Firm | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 27 | Excellent and exciting concept. Looking forward to seeing it's growth. Consider additional options for revenue opportunities, including minimal costs to mentees. |
| Fatou Sogoyou | Sensiil Studios | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 27 | Remote was a little tougher but great presentation, on point, vision is clear, show a good understanding of the business and the plan Would like to know more about financial, revenue model, talk a little more about the different stream of income, additional vertical to think about merchandise, subscription based, on screen parternship etc... |
| Nina Austin | Abundant Faith N Joy | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 30 | Fantastic presentation, reach higher with your sales projections. |
| Nina Austin | Still Poppin Gourmet Popcorn | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 30 | Just keep your numbers tight! |
| Raisa Turner | Nebraska Innovation Labs | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 28 | Provide clarification of the LLC and the non-profit arm of the LLC. We need to clearly understand the relationship between the 2 for financial aspects. Also, show how you plan to cut costs for client acquisition, explain for the judges to understand profitability. |
| Judge's Name | Competitor Business Name | Score for CONTENT | Score for PREPAREDNESS | Score for PITCH SKILLS | Score for COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE AND POTENTIAL for GROWTH (SWOT analysis) | Score for OVERALL CONCEPT | Score for COMMUNITY & TARGET MARKET | Total Score | NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS |
