| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Reiff | HOPE HEALS LLC | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 16 | While not necessarily, a handout helps. Check the financials against market realities and ability to onboard quality staff. |
| Jim Reiff | Still Poppin Gourmet Popcorn | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 22 | Think about improving labeling and nutrition information. GrowNebraska can be a possible resource. Think about what sales levels are needed to increase your profitability and income. |
| Raisa Turner | HOPE HEALS LLC | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 21 | For the financial projections, dedicate time to fully understanding what the business expenses and costs are (payroll, training, taxes, insurance, etc.) and how the business revenue will cover and exceed the expenses. Include this information in your deck slides, create a new slide to show your plan on meeting the business projections for year 1, 2, & 3. |
| Jim Reiff | NorthStar biPOC Wellness Ctr, LLC | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 21 | More discussion on innovation approaches, scale. Forecast is missing for financials. |
| Jim Reiff | Patron Senior Living LLC | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19 | Check payroll expenses to include payroll taxes and costs. Cost of goods seem low. Monthly projections would help create better understanding of financials. |
| Breonna Kellogg | Gamble Tech Firm | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 24 | Great introduction. Slow down and allow us to see the slide. Try not to turn your back against judges. |
| Breonna Kellogg | HOPE HEALS LLC | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 20 | Great introduction. Bring handouts like your brochures. Make sure to shorten your pitch to be 5 minutes. Also talk about how your paid from your payor sources for example you get paid a certain amount hourly or etc. Contact NBDC for financial projections. |
| Jim Reiff | AFROMAHA LLC | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 19 | Work on discussing the balance of sponsorship, vendor, tickets. Know the exact numbers both on income and expenses. |
| Fatou Sogoyou | Still Poppin Gourmet Popcorn | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 25 | Good presentation, love the subscription approach, elaborate more on the different stream of income Would like to hear more about growth, pop ups, conference, family event is great but how do you scale? Work on marketing, adding nutrients fact on packaging, brand awareness Observations: Too many words, spell check the pitch deck, add more pictures maybe |
| Candice Price | Abundant Faith N Joy | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 27 | You and the girl did an exceptional job today! Do not be afraid to grow! |
| Fatou Sogoyou | HOPE HEALS LLC | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 22 | Good confidence, great job with the deck, nice projections but will need to elaborate on the financial How do you scale? How do we ensure we keep customers or get more customers? How do you stay profitable? What are some blockers you anticipated? |
| Kiley Phelps | Still Poppin Gourmet Popcorn | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 26 | I loved the storytelling at the beginning, that was so great. Explaining your revenue streams was well done and easy to follow - I also liked the idea for the future revenue opportunities A small suggestion, don't say that you "only" have X amount of dollars in revenue, be proud of what you have done. Especially for the first couple of years. Everyone gets started someone. The company revenue slide had some confusing information with the direct to consumer, wholesale, and fundraising percentages. I thought that was a breakdown of revenue, but I think it is actually your COGS. |
| Kiley Phelps | NorthStar biPOC Wellness Ctr, LLC | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 24 | It would have been helpful to show the total revenue - it was spoken but I kept looking for it on the powerpoint. I liked the packet with extra information, makes you stand out What are your expenses? |
| Nina Austin | Nebraska Innovation Labs | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 27 | Clean up graphic in pitch deck. |
| Candice Price | Patron Senior Living LLC | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 25 | Good job adding in a few additional details for the financials. Remember to find out what your break even point will be for profit and begin build in your salary |
| Raisa Turner | Gamble Tech Firm | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 26 | Share success of the business. Create a business plan that will retain the coaches and grow the business. |
| Jim Reiff | Sensiil Studios | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 26 | Good understanding of numbers and how to get there. What is scale potential |
| Kiley Phelps | D ATKINS ENTERPRISES LLC DBA GIMME THE SCOOP | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 22 | Great job to the siblings for stepping up and doing a great job with the pitch. Make sure the pictures are clear and not blurry to really highlight your product well What are the seasonal trends? Does revenue drop in the winter, if yes, what does that look like? |
| Nina Austin | HOPE HEALS LLC | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 22 | Understand market reality, legal fees and compliance with the states as far as training for staff. What's are your policies and make sure your financial are tight. Get with NBDC. |
| Kiley Phelps | Abundant Faith N Joy | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 24 | This was a great presentation! I loved having the daughters be involved. It was a great breakdown of the financials. What does revenue look like if you were to expand outside of your home? I know capacity might be challenging/but is that something you want to do? I think one of your biggest competitive advantages is the lower costs, highlight this. When you are doing a low cost provider strategy, you need to sell in volumes to earn a profit. |
| Candice Price | AFROMAHA LLC | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 26 | Vast improvement from initial virtual pitch |
| Breonna Kellogg | NorthStar biPOC Wellness Ctr, LLC | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 23 | Great introduction. Handout had great paper quality. The HUD has a monthly meeting that is great to be apart of to listen to other resources you can use and add your business as a referral source. I believe OPPD is now leading the meeting. Please make sure to add all 3 year financial projections; add like sales, sales per price, Cost of good, revenue and etc. |
| Candice Price | Nebraska Innovation Labs | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 24 | Add a bit more clarity to the cost per customer acquisition, as well as the separation of the non-profit and for profit. |
| Jim Reiff | Gamble Tech Firm | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 27 | Consider wording- mentor vs coach. Is there a space for connecting volunteer mentors with mentees? |
| Jim Reiff | D ATKINS ENTERPRISES LLC DBA GIMME THE SCOOP | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 22 | Double check financial projections for marginal costs as scoops increase. How can this increase Long term owner salary over time. |
| 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 |
