Instruction of Entrepreneurial Story Competition

Instruction of Entrepreneurial Story Competition

“TELL THE STORY; BUILD YOUR FUTURE”

Entrepreneurs create the wealth of America!
Entrepreneurs are the future of America! Entrepreneurs build the legends of America!
Nationally,
Thomas Edison’s persistence, innovation and collaborative prowess launched today’s GE Empire.
Alexander Graham Bell’s innovation, pragmatism, and ambition led to the founding of the King Bell system, now known today today as telecom magnate AT&T...
Locally,
Jack Doresy’s vision of a status update to keep friends more interconnected resulted in Twitter.
Sam Walton’s idea that “You can learn from everybody else” and “The customer is always right” gave birth to Wal-Mart...
This is just the beginning......find out the story of entrepreneurs in Missouri—it could be a relative, friend,,, people whose story can inspire budding entrepreneurs...it could be your own story!

COMPETITION DESCRIPTION:
Tell a story of an entrepreneur in Missouri. The entrepreneur may or may not be famous, could be for profit or non-profit, or a person around you or yourself. The key is that the video must be original and show your definition of entrepreneurial spirit, including risk-taking, innovation, collaboration, bringing changes into a community, etc.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:
Each team shall have a student in a top leadership position and at least one student participate in the production. 

FINAL PRODUCT:
No limits! Can be interview record, series of photos, introduction lecture, song, you get the idea. All forms must transform into Video to show and burn into DVD.

The time is 3-5 minutes in length.

CONTESTANTS:
This can be an individual or group submission. There is no limit to the number of members in a team.

AWARDS
- Grand Award---$500
- Creativity Award---$100
- Inspirational Award---$100

EVALUATION METHODS
Combined Judges Evaluation and Audience evaluation: 50% score from Judges, 50% score from Audience.

Audience's score based on the number of LIKES on YouTube (all entries will be uploaded to YouTube).

Judge's score based on levels of creativity, inspiration, and interdisciplinary involvement.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE AND METHOD

Application Form and FInal Product Submission Deadline: Friday, May 3, 2013

Location for Submission: Box located in 213 Cornell Hall (MBA Office) in DVD format

Result Announcement: Tuesday, April 30th, 2013