The StartupColumbia Challenge is the largest of the six challenges and covers all categories of business models and industries. We’ll take not-for-profit, for-profit, and anything in between. We’ll take a look at Food or Fashion, Medical Devices or Healthcare Delivery solutions, widget models or service offerings, fledgling or pre-IPO ventures. Bring it on!
Judges looked for documented proof — not unproven assumptions — of each venture’s potential long-term viability. This proof came in the form of qualitative and quantitative market surveys, customer development interview summaries, current customer-acquisition metrics, revenue, and/or unit shipment counts.
There’s more information at StartupColumbia.org – please check that site for eligibility and timeline information, made available when you click on the name of the challenge you are interested in – but here’s a quick run down of this and other tracks that are accepting applications this month with the deadlines for participating and lines to applications.