Competition Information 
Contenders present their strategies before panels of business leaders who judge their feasibility and merit. The competition honors those students who have developed the best cases and concludes with the presentation of the Paul J. Holloway Prize.
Guidelines
Finalist teams will present their work to a panel of judges comprised of representatives from business and industry.
- All team members must be present in their assigned rooms during each presentation.
- Teams will be selected randomly to present. If the team is not present, they will forfeit.
- Each team will have 10 minutes to present.
- Each team will have 15 minutes to respond to questions from the judges.
- Finalists will be announced on May 3rd at the conclusion of the Bud Albin Challenge Round at the University of New Hampshire at Manchester.
- Winners will be announced at the conclusion of the Paul J. Holloway Championship Round in Holloway Commons on May 14th.
Prizes
- 1st Place - $7,000 (combined two-round award total $10,000).
- 2nd Place - $2,000 (combined two-round award total $5,000).
- 3rd Place - $1,000 (combined two-round award total $4,000).
Competition finalists are judged on:
- The innovation potential of the product, service or business model.
- The market potential of the innovation.
- The "persuasiveness" of the summary.
- "Fact-based" summaries will be scored higher than those based purely on an "idea" or "business.
- The written quality and completeness of the two-page summary.
The Judging Panel will be comprised of a representative sample of entrepreneurship faculty and practitioners.