thinkBIG! CHALLENGE VOLUNTEERS
Volunteer Registration
The Veale Youth Entrepreneurship Forum is looking for volunteers as part of the upcoming thinkBIG! Challenge. Please use the signup form at the bottom of the page to register. The thinkBIG! Challenge is a business plan competition open to all high school students and featuring two tracks: Innovation and Small Business. The Veale Youth Entrepreneurship Forum awards $8,000 in prizes to the top teams at the thinkBIG! Summit.
There are opportunities for individuals to participate in the program as a first-round judge for executive summary entries and as a coach during Executive Coaching Days.
Judges can review between 5 and 25 thinkBIG! Challenge Executive Summary submissions.
Executive Coaching Days will be held on Friday, January 27 and Saturday, January 28 at think[box] at Case Western Reserve University.
Remote Judging for Round 1 Submissions:
Judges can review between 5 and 25 thinkBIG! Challenge Executive Summary submissions.
Submissions will be provided to judges for review on January 4 and recommendations/ scores are due on January 11. Each batch of 5 executive summaries is estimated to take approximately 45 minutes to review.
Up to 24 semifinalist teams will advance from round 1 and participate in the Executive Coaching Days.
Executive Coaching Days:
Dates: Friday & Saturday, January 27-28, 2023
Time Commitment: Coaches can choose from two different sessions or coach during both sessions on each day:
- Session 1 (8:45am-11:00am)
- Session 2 (11:30am-1:45pm)
Location: Sears think[box] at Case Western Reserve University
Executive coaching days are designed to support the teams who submitted entries into the challenge and have advanced to the semifinal round. Coaches will help students refine their business plans by assisting the teams with:
- Pitch deck: Flow, visual aspects, etc.
- Content: Data, wording, covering all aspects of rubric, etc.
- Presentation Video: Confidence, storytelling, effective speaking, etc.
