NFTE SOUTHEAST 2025 Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge
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Welcome and congratulations on making it to the NFTE Southeast Region 2025 Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge! In order to be included in the first round of the competition, you must complete your submission by April 2, 2025 at 11:59 pm. DEADLINE EXTENSION: April 4th at 11:59 PM.

Students participating in the E2 Investor's Pitch Competition have until April 30, 2025 at 11:59pm to complete their submissions. 

To double check if you’re ready to submit, read the RULES below (click the double arrows to show text if hidden).

IMPORTANT:  All team members must complete and submit a NFTE Media Release form.  If you have not already done this, please click HERE to complete yours now!

To begin, click the blue button at right to create a Reviewr Account or Log In, and then begin your submission. You can save and log out of your account any time, but you must complete all required portions and hit the SUBMIT button before the deadline.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO COMPETE?:

  • You must have completed your NFTE course during the 2024-25 school year.
  • You must complete an Opportunity Pitch Deck and the Executive Summary of a written Business Plan, and have recorded a video (through Zoom or similar) of yourself presenting your slide deck (you and the slides must both be visible on screen).
  • You must be prepared to attend the final round and present your pitch live to a panel of judges on May 15, 2025 in Miami.

TO SUBMIT: 

You must complete this online submission form, which includes:

  • Fully completed submission form with contact details for all teammates
  • Opportunity Pitch Deck (in PowerPoint or PDF format)
  • Executive Summary from Written Business Plan
  • Pitch presentation video link to YouTube or Vimeo
  • IF APPLICABLE: if there is a video or sound file embedded in your deck, a copy of that file must be uploaded at this time as well.
  • OPTIONAL: you may upload your business logo if you have one in .jpg, .png or .pdf format

If you are part of a business team, ONE person should be the primary submitter, and they will have to submit their partners’ name, birthdate, email and phone as well as their own, so they should have that information handy before beginning the upload.

START YOUR SUBMISSION NOW!  Remember that you can fill in parts of the submission and save it, then log in later to finish.  Better to complete as much as you can now, and don’t wait for the last minute – if there’s any internet disruption you might miss the deadline!

HOW TO PREPARE YOUR DOCUMENTS FOR UPLOAD:

Using your final lean canvas, finish your Slide Deck and Executive Summary. You should save these exactly as you have been instructed by NFTE staff and your teacher and be ready to upload them.   If you have ANY questions about format, please click the double arrows beside DOWNLOADS below to review the Presentation Guide.

TIPS FOR RECORDING YOUR VIDEO PITCH:

Your pitch should be just the way you would present it live Pitches should ideally be a one-take recording and cannot be an edit of multiple takes. You should dress professionally and ensure that you can be seen/heard in the video, along with your pitch deck slides - at the same time. If your school district has a policy that does not allow for video recordings of students, you may record a voiceover pitch while screensharing your pitch deck - but only if instructed to do so by your NFTE teacher.

Any pitch video that does not follow the guidelines will be sent back to the student for a new recording. You can use tools like Zoom, Skype, Google Hangouts, or any other video recording tool that you can access, like your computer, phone, tablet or other video recording app. 

NFTE requires students to upload their recorded video as part of the submission! Make sure you have downloaded your final version to your computer so you can upload it.  We will not accept a link to a video in another location.

SUBMIT:  When you have all your final documents saved and have entered the link to your uploaded pitch video, you are ready to click the link and submit!   

If you have any questions, contact your local NFTE staff or email challenge@nfte.com for help (and don’t forget to identify who you are, and where you are from, in the email).