Applicant Guidelines and Resources

2023 applicant Guidelines

We invite you to apply if you meet the following criteria:

You are a BB&N graduate from the Classes of 2003 to 2022
You are available to present your pitch on Sunday, March 5, 2023 in person or virtually
You have an idea including, but not limited to, the following:
Community development project
Non-profit startup
Social venture
New product idea
New business concept
Your idea is in the early stages of the business life cycle (pre-revenue or ideas with <$250,000 in revenue)

Application Details

Please submit your application by Tuesday, February 7 at 11 a.m. ET
Submit a 5-slide pitch deck that includes information addressing the following:

1. Product or Service (i.e, the problem and your solution
2. Market Opportunity
3. Competitive Difference
4. Market Analysis
5. Team / Organizational Structure
We ask you to give the judges the information needed to help them understand your business or venture, but invite you to make your presentation your own.
By applying to the competition, applicant(s) give organizers the right to share information about the applicant(s) and their entrepreneurial endeavor to the BB&N community (including but not limited to The Board of Trustees, Alumni/ae Council and BB&N faculty).
Application requires a gmail account login. If you do not have a gmail account and would like to apply please reach out to pitchcompetition@bbns.org
Applicants can contact pitchcompetition@bbns.org with any questions.

Presentation Details

Each presentation should be up to 10 minutes and there will be ~5 minutes of Q&A.
Presentations cannot be more than 5 PowerPoint slides. File must be in PowerPoint format or PDF or Google Slides.
The presentation materials submitted must be the applicant(s) original work.
The applicant(s) will retain all rights to the materials regarding their use at all times prior to and following the event.