You Are Being Called On To Shape Australia's Future.
Are You Up For The Challenge?
Are You Up For The Challenge?
We're shining the spotlight on our young Australian entrepreneurs, who have a real passion and want to show us what they’re made of. Are you a budding inventor? A quirky scientist? A creative artist? An aspiring engineer? A magical math mind? An ideas person? The possibilities are endless!
Entrepreneurs see opportunity everywhere. A problem or challenge is an opportunity to help people. Think of a business innovation or social solution that could make a difference to your community or to Australia. Entrepreneurs are self-directed creators of Value. That value can be measured in any number of ways;
Submit your 3 minute pitch by the deadline, Sunday, October 9th. Your pitch will be judged by our local panel of entrepreneurs and business professionals.
State winners will participate in our national competition during the week of the 24th of October. This will be live-streamed across Australia and provide viewers with the opportunity to vote for their favourite pitch.
Entrepreneurs see opportunity everywhere. A problem or challenge is an opportunity to help people. Think of a business innovation or social solution that could make a difference to your community or to Australia. Entrepreneurs are self-directed creators of Value. That value can be measured in any number of ways;
- Financial - Think Apple and Steve Jobs
- Social - Think climate change and Greta Thunberg
- Impact - Think Hireup and Jordan and Laura O’Reilly
- Happiness - Think Jokestand and Callaghan McLaughlin
Submit your 3 minute pitch by the deadline, Sunday, October 9th. Your pitch will be judged by our local panel of entrepreneurs and business professionals.
State winners will participate in our national competition during the week of the 24th of October. This will be live-streamed across Australia and provide viewers with the opportunity to vote for their favourite pitch.
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Here Are The Rules
- Open to kids in Australia, up to the age of 18.
- The idea and pitch must be entirely created by kids. Parents can help their kids film, keeping in mind that this is a competition for kids.
- Applicant’s parent/guardian must grant permission for Applicant to enter the First Pitch For Kids challenge by completing the electronic permission section of the entry form on the website.
- Applicants may be Individual or Teams. The Teams may consist of 2 or more members and must adhere to Covid-19 restrictions where applicable. Everyone on the team must be under the age of 18.
- Video entries must be no longer than 3 minutes. We recommend that they be a minimum of 60 seconds.
- All entries must be submitted online.
- Deadline to apply is November 10th, 2023 at 11:59PM AEST. State Finalists will be notified by October 14th, 2021
- National Finalists will have 7 minutes TOTAL to present their idea and answer the judges questions. First Pitch For Kids will take place during the week of November 20th, 2023 at 7 pm AEST, via Zoom.
- The Judges will pick a winner based on their objective analysis of the ideas and pitches. The audience winner will be chosen via an audience poll on Zoom/WebEx. Winners will be announced at the end of the event.
OUR SPONSORS
The First Pitch For Kids competition would not be possible without the support from our sponsors.
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Something for everyone
We're putting together a Digital Showbag for all participants, so you've got some goodies, vouchers and discounts just for taking part!
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