I hope everyone’s summer is going great! Hard to believe it’s already August. Just a quick note that all the finalist presentations are up on our Vimeo site. You can access it via the gray video link on the header of the BizGen website, or just click here: https://vimeo.com/tag:bizgen
Yearly Archives: 2016
We had some great teams, wonderful ideas, and compelling stories pitched at 2016 BizGen. Photos from the event are now posted to our Flickr account, linked at the top of the BizGen home page and here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/132944277@N02/albums/72157669545947572 Keep those ideas moving forward!
What a great event this last Thursday at the Paul College on the UNH campus in Durham! Congratulations to all the teams. In total we had 18 teams competing from Concord, Pinkerton, Derryfield, Gorham, Soughegan, Oyster River, Bishop Brady, Merrimack, and Portsmouth high schools. Every team at the event had put in numerous hours and […]
Tomorrow is the big day! We’re sure the teams are putting the final touches on their pitches and getting some final practice time in. Don’t forget, the deadline to submit the presentations is 10pm tonight. When you arrive at the Paul College tomorrow morning the presentations will already be loaded on the audio/visual systems in […]
Each year BizGen surveys our coaches and teams to understand what they valued about the BizGen process, and what we can do better. In past years this has resulted in the development of curriculum, and the movement of the competition to a weekday. This year’s team surveys were sent today. We’ll be checking to make […]
Just a quick note, we’ve received all team outlines. This year we’ll have 18 teams competing, a big jump from the 12 we had last year. Should be a great event judging by the quality of thinking we’re seeing in many of the outlines. The event kicks off with registration opening at 8am, Thursday May […]
Hard to believe we’re under one week from the competition. Things are shaping up nicely. We’ve got a great group of judges ready to get a look at the pitch outlines due today. These allow the judges to be prepared for your pitch and are part of the overall judging process. Also, just received some […]
BizGen’s mission is to inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs. A wonderful group of volunteers including coaches, judges, organizers and funders have come together to make that happen. Without their support BizGen would still just be an idea. Thanks to the University of New Hampshire, including the UNHInnovation and the Paul College Entrepreneurship Center. The […]
It’s that time of the year, the clocks have been moved forward, daylight is extending, and the snow is gone. Must be BizGen abstract time! We’ve been working hard with our wonderful sponsors at UNH, both the UNHInnovation team and the Paul College crew, to get everything in line for another great competition this year. […]
I hope all the BizGen teams are busy pulling together their one-page abstracts due April 1. The next coaches call is Wednesday, March 30th at 3:00pm. I’ll send out a meeting request to all coaches with the call in number. At this point we’re gearing up for a wonderful event May 26th with 20 teams […]