Schedule

How It Works

• Submit an application.
• Submit your 1-2-page executive summary.
• Submit short answers to questions.

• 64 teams selected.
• Each team submits a 90-second video pitch.
• Judging is based on video pitch, application, executive summary and short answers.

• Each participant from the 64 teams is given a bracket with all 64 competing ventures.
• Watch the 90-second pitches, and read the executive summaries and short answers.
• Select the ventures you think will move on in each round, including the Grand Prize winner.
• Receive points for each round in which your chosen team(s) moves on.
• The investor with the most points at the end of the competition wins $2,500.

• 32 teams selected.
• Each team submits a 5-page business plan by April 1, 2021.
• Teams are assigned times. Each team gets 5 minutes with judges for Q&A.
• Judging is based on business plan, Q&A, video pitch, application, executive summary and short answers.

• 8 Powerhouse finalists selected.
• Teams are assigned times to pitch to judges.
• Teams get 8 minutes to pitch and 8 minutes of Q&A with judges.
• Business plans from Round 3 are reviewed.
• Judging is based on live pitches, Q&A, business plan, application, executive summary and short answers.