Governor’s Cup Competition

Florida’s Premier Collegiate Pitch Competition

• Date of Event: March 3-4, 2023
• Location: Florida Southern College, Lakeland Florida

• Detailed Agenda
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• Executive Summary: Clear, exciting and effective as a stand-alone overview of the product.
• Product or Service: Description, features and benefits, pricing, current state of development, proprietary position.
• Market and Market Strategy: Description of market, competitive analysis, needs identification, unique capabilities, sales/promotion.
• Management: Background of key individuals, ability to execute strategy, personnel needs.
• Summary Financials: Presented in summary form, easy to read and understand, consistent with plan and effectiveness.
• Overall Assessment of the Presentation: Is the plan clear and compelling.

Requirements & Eligibility

• Any student or team who was in school during the Fall semester is qualified to complete.
• Students participating should be undergraduates with ownership and control of at least 51% of the company.
• Participant teams will be selected by the REEF school and the team will provide the judges a short executive summary.
• All schools will be required to have at least one faculty or staff member in attendance with their student or team.
• Student teams must not have revenue that exceeds $100,000.00 before the beginning of the competition.

Tips & Recommendations

Recommendations for the PowerPoint

• Present a problem requiring a resolution.
• Present your business model.
• Present the resolution you’re able to provide (your product or service).
• Explain your revenue model.
• Depict your plan to launch.

Additional Tips

• Do not allow your PowerPoint to exceed ten (10) slides.
• The font should be easily seen; minimal words should be used on each slide.
• Visuals (images, graphs, etc…) are a major plus, just make sure they’re relevant to your presentation.
• Comparison charts that depict why you’re better than your competition are great when trying to be persuasive!

Tips & Recommendations

• First Place – A trophy, the school of which the winning student(s) attend will hold the large trophy for the year, and a cash prize (50% of prize pool from competing schools).
• Second Place – A Certificate and a cash prize (30% of prize pool from competing schools).
• Third Place – A Certificate and a cash prize (20% of prize pool from competing schools).