| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nina Austin | Sensiil Studios | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 28 | Expand market. Merch! Merch! Merch! |
| Raisa Turner | Patron Senior Living LLC | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 28 | Add a slide the has a breakdown of how you plan to use all sources of growth and added referrals to show how your projections align with your marketing plan. |
| 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. |
| 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! |
| 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 |
| 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 |
