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September 01, 2004
Stanford Social E-Challenge
The Stanford Social E-Challenge is organized by BASES, Stanford’s premier student entrepreneurship organization. During the second year of the competition, the Social-E Challenge received over 30 business plan applications and had over 30 judges from the philanthropic, non-profit, policy, venture capital, and business arenas.
The Stanford E-Challenge has three rounds of judging. The first round consists of selecting fifteen executive summaries from the initial pool to advance to the second round. Judges are sent about five executive summaries to read over two weeks before the actual judging session, which takes place at Stanford. During a two hour judging session, groups of approximately four judges will pick one or two teams to advance to the second round. The second round consists of a business plan submission as well as a short investor pitch. Judges are placed on two panels of 4-6 judges to watch investor pitches and select six teams to advance to the final round. The third round consists of one judging panel that decides the ranking and prize distribution of the final six teams. For more information on the judging criteria, a copy of the judging form is available on their website.
Posted by Tony Wang at September 1, 2004 08:15 PM