Chancellor’s High School Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition
Ages:High School
Types:Submission, Presentation
Categories:Business, Entrepreneurship
Scope:State
Contact
The sixth annual Chancellor’s High School Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition of 2021 is presented by the University of North Carolina Wilmington in partnership with Chancellor Sartarelli and UNCW Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. This competition is an amazing opportunity for High School thinkers, dreamers, and innovators to explore their inner entrepreneurial spirit. This is a high school “lean” business competition for Southeast North Carolina.
- Preliminary Round: 3-5 minute “rocket pitch” video presentation plus a 3-5 page executive summary utilizing the lean business concept. Judges will pick 3 teams from each track to be invited for the final round.
- Final Round: The three teams in each track invited will present their 5 minute “rocket pitch” in person at the YEPex Youth Summit in Kenan Auditorium. A panel of judges will then score and announce the finalists from each track. There will be three winners selected from each track.
Chancellor’s High School Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition Award
- Cash prizes for the top three place winners will be awarded in each track ($1,500 for 1st, $1,000 for 2nd, and $500 for 3rd). School faculty mentors whose team places first in each track will receive $250.
- Winning teams will also receive a trophy, a one-year membership to the UNCW Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and a copy of The Lean Entrepreneur by Brant Cooper and Patrick Vlaskovits.
Website: https://uncw.edu/hscompetition/
Managing Organization: University of North Carolina Wilmington
Contact:
hscompetition@uncw.edu
Eligibility:
This program is for 9-12 graders who have any interest in innovation and entrepreneurship in North Carolina [covering 18 counties (Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Duplin, Hoke, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, New Hanover, Onslow, Pamlico, Pender, Robeson, Scotland, and Wayne), and 50 high schools].
Registration Opens: February 1, 2023
Registration Closes: March 1, 2023
Overview
The sixth annual Chancellor’s High School Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition of 2021 is presented by the University of North Carolina Wilmington in partnership with Chancellor Sartarelli and UNCW Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. This competition is an amazing opportunity for High School thinkers, dreamers, and innovators to explore their inner entrepreneurial spirit. This is a high school “lean” business competition for Southeast North Carolina.
Process
- Preliminary Round: 3-5 minute “rocket pitch” video presentation plus a 3-5 page executive summary utilizing the lean business concept. Judges will pick 3 teams from each track to be invited for the final round.
- Final Round: The three teams in each track invited will present their 5 minute “rocket pitch” in person at the YEPex Youth Summit in Kenan Auditorium. A panel of judges will then score and announce the finalists from each track. There will be three winners selected from each track.
Criteria
Awards
Chancellor’s High School Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition Award
- Cash prizes for the top three place winners will be awarded in each track ($1,500 for 1st, $1,000 for 2nd, and $500 for 3rd). School faculty mentors whose team places first in each track will receive $250.
- Winning teams will also receive a trophy, a one-year membership to the UNCW Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and a copy of The Lean Entrepreneur by Brant Cooper and Patrick Vlaskovits.
Participate
Website: https://uncw.edu/hscompetition/
Managing Organization: University of North Carolina Wilmington
Contact:
hscompetition@uncw.edu
Eligibility:
This program is for 9-12 graders who have any interest in innovation and entrepreneurship in North Carolina [covering 18 counties (Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Duplin, Hoke, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, New Hanover, Onslow, Pamlico, Pender, Robeson, Scotland, and Wayne), and 50 high schools].
Deadlines
Registration Opens: February 1, 2023
Registration Closes: March 1, 2023
