| 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 | 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. |
| 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 | Still Poppin Gourmet Popcorn | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 26 | Adjust financial slide for easy readability, possibly just go back a few years on the slide instead of the beginning in 2017. You can speak to the beginning years, but maybe just show a few for a larger graphic. Don't be afraid to ask for help when and where needed, and don't be afraid to GROW!!! |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| Nina Austin | Nebraska Innovation Labs | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 27 | Clean up graphic in pitch deck. |
| 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? |
| Nina Austin | AFROMAHA LLC | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 27 | Cost of attendance, cost of vendors, how do you compete with other festivals in Omaha. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Nina Austin | Sensiil Studios | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 28 | Expand market. Merch! Merch! Merch! |
| Nina Austin | Abundant Faith N Joy | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 30 | Fantastic presentation, reach higher with your sales projections. |
| 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! |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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? |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Jim Reiff | Sensiil Studios | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 26 | Good understanding of numbers and how to get there. What is scale potential |
| 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 |
| Nina Austin | Gamble Tech Firm | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 29 | Great concept, maybe focus on coaching instead of mentoring. |
| 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 |
