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Teams

Three teams of three people each will participate in the competition. Each team will consist of a pretend CFO, CEO, and other officer of the teams choice.

Competition

On Monday, January 12th by noon, each team will receive via e-mail an Executive Summary of a company outlining the company's product, market, history and financial needs. You will also receive the name and contact information of a team coach, a volunteer from a sponsor of the TAD event. Each team will prepare a 10 minute presentation to pitch to a group of angel investors the opportunity to invest in the company. Each team may consult with their team coach for up to one hour (maximum) during the time in between Jan. 12th and the competition on Jan. 17th.

Each team is permitted to orchestrate the pitch any way desired. The team selects what will be discussed and presented, which team members will speak, whether the team will use a PowerPoint or handout, etc. Each team is permitted (in fact encouraged) to extrapolate on the information provided in the executive summary, including different uses for the company product. However, the team may not create facts that are directly contrary to any facts presented in the executive summary. But, if the executive summary is silent on a subject, the team can be creative.

Teams are also allowed to change the name of the company if they so desire.

When the team has completed its presentation, the judges will have 5 minutes to provide comments and feedback to the team. The other 2 teams will not be in the room during the team's presentation or judges comments.

Judging

The judges of the competition will consist of a venture capitalist, a CPA / CFO, a corporate attorney, and a banker. The judges are permitted to ask questions of the team during the team's presentation. Each team should be prepared to answer any questions presented by the judges. 

Teams will be judged on the following:

  • Presentation style
  • Information presented
  • Manner of dealing with good and bad facts from executive summary
  • Cohesiveness of team
  • Probability of funding

The judges' scorecards will be tabulated and results will be final.

Award

The winning team will be awarded three prizes valued at $100 each.
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