TIME & Date: Presentations are scheduled for July 5th, between 2:00 PM and 5:30 PM. Finalists are required to be at Presentation Hall by NLT 1:30 PM On Saturday, July 5th.

Location:  Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room B 201, Philadelphia, PA

Presentation Format:

• Each Presenter (or Team) Will be given NO More than 10 Minutes for your presentation.
• You can chose to “Pitch your Idea” with or without power point slides  (We will provide Projector & Computer)
• You can chose a team to present
• Please bring your FINAL Presentation on USB on July 5th . If you chose to, please send it via email to business@ataconference.org by NLT 6:00 PM on July 4th.
• Presentation should cover the same topics as in PHASE I – Proposed Product/Service and Market Opportunity, Revenue Model and Financial Projections and Execution Plan.
• Judges will have Q&A session if panelists want to elicit any missing info or to get clarity.

Logistics: To co-ordinate your entry to Convention Center for presentations, Please Let us know if you are registered and attending ATA conference with your family/friends.   (OR)  if you need “Temporary Pass” to attend the Presentation.

This Temporary pass will only allow you to convention center between 1:30 and 5:30 PM on July 5th and will allow you to attend only the Business Idea Competition in Room B201.    If you need “Temporary Pass”, Please send me your details (Full Name, Contact Information – Email, Address and Phone Number) as soon as possible and NLT Tuesday, July 2nd Noon.   Please keep in mind that ATA Conference requires everyone to register to Enter the convention center.  If your friends/family members planning to attend the presentation along with you, Please make sure that they registered for ATA Conference (1 day pass is available online – www.ataconference.org )

Final Results:  After the presentations completed and based on judges final scores, We will announce Prizes on July 5th between 5:15 PM and 5:30 PM.

Presentation Guidance: If you need pointers in preparation of presentation or general guidance as far as presentation, Mr. Sudhakar Garlanka graciously agreed to provide his assistance and his experience. Please reach out to Mr. Sudhakar Garlanka at 703 626 7073 or via email sgarlanka@allwyncorp.com

ATA Business Committee is excited to present “Business Idea Competition” at the 13th ATA Conference & Youth Convention. The competition aims to utilize the experience and knowledge of successful entrepreneurs to promote innovative ideas of the youth. The competition will provide an excellent platform for young entrepreneurs, small and medium business owners, and recent graduates to interact with potential investors, venture capitalists and experienced professionals in fields such as IT, medicine, science, finance, and education. The competition will be held on 5th Jul, 2014 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA. The deadline to apply for the competition is June 20th, 2014- 6:00 PM EST.

There are no restrictions on eligibility and no entry fee. Participants are allowed to work in teams or individually. Every individual or team is allowed to submit one idea which must be their original work. The competition will be held in two rounds, the first of which will be the application round. 8-12 ideas will be selected from the application round to move on to the presentation round. The details for each round and eligibility requirements are provided below.

Application Round

• Interested individuals or teams should submit their Business Overview in the provided template in any field.
  • The Business Overview cannot exceed 5 pages single space in length, including any graphs or charts
  • Use one inch margins and 12 point font
  • Summaries should be in the provided Word Template format
• Eight to Ten individuals or teams (Mix includes Full Time Student Participants as well) will be selected from the application round to move onto the presentation round
• Template is provided 

Presentation Round

• Individuals and teams selected to advance to the presentation round will be responsible for the following:
  • A power point slide deck or Video (Optional). The is no limit on the number of power point slide allowed
  • A 10 minute presentation of their business idea
  • A 10 minute question and answer session

Prizes

There are cash prices for student participants as well as other participants, the details of which are provided below. All finalists are also provided the opportunity to pitch their ideas to Venture Capitalists for potential Investment and/or potential internships.

Judges & Venture Capitalists

The evaluation panel will include distinguished entrepreneurs and industry leaders along with successful venture capitalists.

JUDGING CRITERIA