How To Create Your Video!
We are excited that you are ready to shoot your pitch video and submit it to the WSBA Pitch Competition for a chance to win $5000!
While you prepare your presentation, please keep in mind the scoring categories. Be sure to clearly share your business and how you plan to grow and find your customers. Describe the product(s) or service(s) and how the meet the needs or solve a problem for your target market. Tell us how you compare to your competition, what makes you different? If you have a pivot story, share how you addressed the business shut downs and how you adjusted your way of doing business after things began to open up. And, finally, put your best foot forward. Dress professionally. Make sure you are set up in a professional setting with good lighting and that you are centered in the frame of the video, not too close or too far away from the camera.
OFFICIAL SCORING CATEGORIES:
The Business Model – describe your business and how you plan to scale the business and acquire customers.
The Product – how well you define the product/service and how well it addresses the market problem being solved.
Market Validation – how you portray your company compared to the competition.
Business Pivot – how you show creativity in rethinking about your business during the pandemic and beyond.
How would you use the $5,000 grant to scale and grow your business.
Professionalism - how well you deliver the pitch overall.
Here are a few tips for your video that we think will help you prepare your pitch presentation:
How to start your presentation: 4 step formula for a killer intro. CLICK HERE
How to give the perfect pitch - with TedX speech coach David Beckett - Young Creators Summit 2016 CLICK HERE
How to start a Pitch or Presentation. CLICK HERE
5 Pitch Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make, and How To Fix Them. CLICK HERE
Check out this Sample Video Pitch Submission: CLICK HERE
Here are two examples from past participants:
#1 - Plain, Simple and Easy to Do. As long as you adequately cover all the categories the judges will be looking for, you can simply sit at your desk or in professional scene such as a chair like the following video.
#2 - A video production that is more formal. The example below will show you how this style of video looks. Remember that all the judging categories need to be covered no matter how elaborate you make your video.
HOW TO ENTER:
Create your own video with your iPhone or video camera. To qualify for entry, your video needs to be no more than 5 minutes in length to qualify.
Submission tip: You may experience trouble submitting your video if it is too large. Search for a “Video Compressor” app on your smart device or software on your computer to compress your video. There are several free programs!
There is a $20 fee for your submission.
Fill out the application and upload your video before 11:59 pm on February 26, 2021.
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