HSBPC Guidelines and Deliverables 

Top tecBRIDGE High School Business Plan Competition submissions identify sustainable and scalable business concepts while demonstrating creativity, critical thinking, and strong presentation skills.

The tecBRIDGE High School Business Plan Competition consists of two deliverables: 

• A written submission to this year’s question set.
• Question Set (Download PDF)
• A Powerpoint presentation for teams reaching the live presentation finals.¹ 
• Suggested Presentation Format (Download PDF)

Team Chaperones will share their team’s competition deliverables by email to the Executive Director. 

A select group of entrepreneurs, business professionals, and educators will evaluate submissions to identify finalist teams that will move to a live presentation round. In the live presentation round teams will present their business plan presentations and answer judges’ questions.

Live presentation sessions consist of the following:

• Ten minute team presentation.²
• Ten minute Question and Answer session with judges.
• Ten minute judging period. 

Chaperones, team family members, and interested community members are invited to watch all team participants at the live presentation finals.

tecBRIDGE High School Business Plan Competition Champions will be announced at the 22^nd Annual Business Plan Competition Awards Event at the FM Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre on Thursday, May 2, 2024.  

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Footnote
¹ Only presentation content submitted by the deadline is eligible to be presented in the live presentation finals round (no updates will be accepted). 

² Teams exceeding ten minutes in their presentations will be asked to stop and move to the Q&A portion of the session.