WHEN

March 8, 2019

WHERE

Preliminaries will be held at Robert B. Rowling Hall in the morning. Finalists will present at SXSW's Entrepreneurship & Startups Track starting at 5 p.m. at SXSW Interactive, at the Hilton Austin Downtown. Finalists will receive a SXSW Interactive badge.

SCHEDULE

8:15 – 9 a.m.

Breakfast and check-in

9 – 10:30 a.m.
Preliminary Round: Four teams per room given 15 minutes each. The format is a 5-minute presentation, 5 minute Q&A, and 5-minute judges' feedback. One finalist selected per room.

11 a.m. – Noon

Lunch with contestants and judges.

5 – 6 p.m.

Final Round: Judges will select the winner as the team they would most likely want to invest in based on the potential of the idea to be successful, the presentation, and professionalism of the team.

Notice: This schedule may be subject to change.

PRESENTATION REQUIREMENTS AND FORMAT

Team Structure
For a team to be eligible to compete, at least one current founder who is a current graduate student (two maximum) must be present in Austin for the competition on March 8, 2019, during SXSW. We accept early-stage ideas from all categories. Startups with more than $500,000 in previous funding or over $100,000 in monthly recurring revenue will not be considered for this competition.

Preliminaries

Presentation: 5 minutes, Q&A: 5 minutes, Feedback: 5 minutes

Finals

5-minute presentation (hard cut-off) with 5 minutes Q&A

During check-in for preliminaries, we will randomly assign each team a room and time for their presentation. One team from each room will advance to the final round.