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 |
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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. |
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. |
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? |
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. |
Fatou Sogoyou | Nebraska Innovation Labs | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 22 | Clarify non profit comment - confused judges Clarify the cost of acquisition - 13k is high , how many customers are you averaging Improve the slides - title, legend as needed etc |
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. |
Fatou Sogoyou | D ATKINS ENTERPRISES LLC DBA GIMME THE SCOOP | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 22 | Good presentation, improve the slides, work on the delivery Don't look at the deck during presentation... focus on the judgeS Talk more about the growth, how to scale, customer retention How the different seasons impact revenue etc |
Kiley Phelps | Patron Senior Living LLC | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 23 | Talk about how your referrals will generate revenue. I think the growth might be a bit ambitious, especially since a lot of it depends on adding employees, which can be difficult to find. |
Kiley Phelps | Sensiil Studios | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 26 | Revenue slide was tricky to see - maybe put the information in a table to highlight growth potential The break even point and explanation of the financials was great! |
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. |
Raisa Turner | Abundant Faith N Joy | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 26 | Business operations should be on point. Also, share your vision, make sure your vision is 3, 5, 10 years, and its measurable, and attainable. Then share how you want to get there, and how you will be held accountable. |
Fatou Sogoyou | Gamble Tech Firm | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 23 | Good presentation, love the intro Would like to hear more about financials, projections... Customer retention rate is important - think about that Talk more about App development, maintenance, feature requests improvements |
Kiley Phelps | Nebraska Innovation Labs | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 25 | How will you reach your growth opportunities and revenue projections for 2026-2028? What is the revenue breakdown (donations vs fee for service)? |
Fatou Sogoyou | Patron Senior Living LLC | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 24 | Great composure, sound knowledgeable and passionate. Look into projections some more, break even point etc... master your financial in and out, add more details for possibility of growth... slow down during presentation |
Kiley Phelps | Gamble Tech Firm | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 25 | That introduction was amazing! It was also good conclusion to bring everything back together Try not to read off the slides Mention your pricing in the presentation, it was a little confusing to understand how you will get revenue. Great idea - need to figure out preventing competition/people getting connected to mentees and leaving the app. |
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 |
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. |
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. |
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 |