Rules

  • This competition is open to any student at any school/college/university worldwide
  • Note that only 60s of the video pitch (beyond 4s of the intro clip) will be considered for second round of judging, rest of the video will be truncated.
  • Videos must be submitted in English or at least with English subtitles, since the judges speak only English.
  • The MIT $100K team will be monitoring vote rigging. Any team that rigs its votes will be disqualified. This will be determined at the team’s discretion.
  • You must register your entry using your official school email address (.edu if you’re in the US).
  • Each individual may only participate on one team, and each team may only submit one entry.
  • Get 500 Facebook and YouTube likes combined to qualify to be judged
  • Judges will look for viability of business idea and originality
  • Travel expenses for the winner will be reimbursed up to $1000. You will need a US dollar account in order to receive the cash prize.
  • Check out our video page in the resource section for a video on last year’s winner