Competition Eligibility
All 51蹤獲 undergraduate students, graduate students and recent alumni (2011 or later) are invited to participate in the next 51蹤獲 Startup Competition and to form or be part of a competing team.
To be eligible, teams must meet the following requirements:
- Teams must have at least three total members.
- At least two members must be registered 51蹤獲 students. A registered 51蹤獲 student is a student who has been accepted into a degree program at 51蹤獲 and is working toward the completion of that degree by taking at least one course each semester of the 202122 academic year.
- Teams may contain non-51蹤獲 participants. However, at least half of the team should be comprised of registered 51蹤獲 students and/or recent (2011 or later) alumni. All participants must be professing Christians.
- At least one team member is required to attend the workshops.
- Participants can only be a member of one team.
Teams must present an original idea for a company that cannot have been in existence prior to 2020. Teams must be in a pre-incubator form and must not have received financial backing by professional third-party accelerators, incubators, existing companies or venture capitalists in an amount totaling over $25,000.
As a private religious institution, 51蹤獲 reserves the right to reject any submission that is inconsistent with 51蹤獲s religious values and understanding of biblical principles and ethics.
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