Key Dates & Competition Schedule
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Draper Competition for Collegiate Women Entrepreneurs
146 Elm Street
Smith College
Northampton, MA 01063
Key Dates
| Application Portal Opens | December 1, 2019 |
| APPLICATION DEADLINE | February 15, 2020 |
| Applicants Notified | February 23, 2020 |
| Semi-Finalists Confirm Commitment to Compete* | March 6, 2020 |
| Revised Executive Summaries and 3-Slide Pitch Deck Due |
March 22, 2020 |
| Competition Activities at Smith College | April 2-3, 2020 |
Competition Schedule
The Draper Competition culminates in a celebration of all things entrepreneurial—including the annual Festival of Women Entrepreneurs, an entrepreneurs’ career fair, virtual reality stations, an augmented-reality experience, food trucks and a battle of the bands.
Thursday, April 2
| 5:45 p.m. | Semi-finalists' Registration |
| 6 p.m. | Welcome Dinner Sponsored by Interpretive Simulations and Mass Life Sciences Center |
Friday, April 3
| 8:00 a.m. | Track Presentations (concurrent by track; not open to the public) |
| 12:30 p.m. | Doors open to public |
| Activities include: Festival of Women Entrepreneurs, Culinary Innovators' Challenge, AR/VR experience and more | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Welcome - President Kathleen McCartney |
| 3:40 p.m. | Review of Rules |
| 3:45 p.m. | Finalists' Pitches Each finalist team has 90 seconds to pitch to a panel of distinguished judges followed by 3.5 minutes of q&a |
| 4:45 p.m. | Entertainment Break |
| 5:15 p.m. | Announcement of Winners |
The 2019 competition featured virtual reality stations and an augmented-reality experience curated by LinktoVR.