Young Entrepreneurs Make Your Pitch - Video Competition for High School Youth with a Business Idea

1. YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS, MAKE
YOUR PITCH COMPETITION

2. ONTARIO CENTRES OF
EXCELLENCE (OCE)
Invests in Ontario’s Tomorrow
• Drives the development of Ontario’s economy
by helping create new jobs, products, services,
technologies and businesses
• Leverages Ontario’s research institutions to
help technology-based companies
commercialize research discoveries
• Offers tailored programs and provides real-
world job experiences
• Mentors and supports student entrepreneurs
with a promising business idea, including the
Young Entrepreneurs, Make Your Pitch program

3. YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS,
MAKE YOUR PITCH: OVERVIEW
• Presented by Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) in partnership with
the Ministry of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure
• Open to Ontario high school students in Grades 9 – 12
• Two-minute video describing your business idea
• Evaluated by a panel of expert judges combined with online voting
• Finalists will receive a trip to Toronto to attend a boot camp at
OneEleven and pitch live at OCE’s award-winning Discovery conference

4. TIMELINE
MARCH 6, 2015
The submission period for all video entries closes.
All entries must include a signed letter of consent
and a typed transcript.
MARCH 10 – APRIL 2, 2015
Submitted videos are posted to the website.
To increase the number of votes, students are
encouraged to promote their videos on social media.
APRIL 26 – 28, 2015
Finalists will receive a trip to Toronto where they will
participate in programming from April 26-28, 2015 with
accommodations in downtown Toronto.

5. YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS,
MAKE YOUR PITCH: EVALUATION
Judging Criteria (60%)
• Viability of Product, Service, or Invention (30%)
• Creativity (30%)
• Persuasiveness (30%)
• Marketing (10%)
Online Public Voting (40%)
• Promote your video through any social media platform using
the #makeyourpitch hashtag or by word of mouth to your peers.

6. PRIZES

7. WHAT STUDENTS ARE SAYING

8. • Hosted by Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE), Discovery is
Canada’s leading innovation-to-commercialization conference.
• Discovery brings together key players from industry, academia,
government, international delegations, the investment community,
entrepreneurs and students to pursue collaboration, employment
and sales opportunities.
• Celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2015, Discovery is Canada’s
largest showcase of leading-edge technologies, best practices and
research.

9. CONTACT:
Thank You
support@makeyourpitch.ca