Introductions insert below First and Last Name Position

Introductions (insert below) First and Last Name Position Title Email, phone (if desired) (insert headshot in line w/ text here)

Energizer (conduct an activity related to entrepreneurship that will get everyone up, moving, excited)

Who We Are (tie energizer back to the Diamond Challenge/Horn Entrepreneurship) • Horn Entrepreneurship • Empower innovators • Inspire people to create ideas that can change the world • (make sure it’s clear that Horn is the entrepreneurship program at UD. Within Horn, we run the Diamond Challenge)

Showcase your passions on a world stage and create a world made by you.

Why the Diamond Challenge? • World’s largest entrepreneurship competition • For any high school student who seeks to be a part of a life-long community of innovators and world changers • FREE • World-class experience in ideation, pitching, mentoring and networking • $100, 000 in prizes for college or to fund your idea • (mention you get to meet people like Jason Feifer, Editor-In-Chief of Entrepreneur Magazine as an example)

Growth 4500 4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 2013 2014 Diamond Challenge 2015 YES Idea. U 2016 Dual Enrollment 2017

Impact

Skills & Outcomes Diamond Challenge Participants are: • Equipped with real-world skills relevant to today’s rapidly changing world • Know what steps to take when they have an idea for a new product, solution, or enterprise • Learn new ways to integrate technology and entrepreneurial thinking into everyday life • Recognize entrepreneurship as professional pathway • Remain as some of the most competitive applicants in the college and job markets • (mention our winners Aab-e-hayaat from 2018 to the right)

2019 Key Dates • Key Dates: • August 31: Registration Opens • December 17: Submission Deadline • February 1 – March 10: Pitching Round (invite-only) • April 13 -14: Semifinals @ Summit (Delaware) • April 15: Finals @ Summit (Delaware)

The Diamond Challenge Summit, April 13 - 15 • Expenses-paid experience • Semifinalist package: • Two hotel rooms for three nights • Meals • Tickets • Speakers and activities for three days • (make sure they know all of this is paid for, they simply pay for travel to and from Summit) • Semifinal and final rounds • Keynote speakers • Gala • Workshops • Mentoring • Networking

Stay Connected! @diamondchalleng • Facebook, Instagram, Linked. In, & Twitter • Facebook Community: connect and gain support from our global online community • Newsletter: www. diamondchallenge. org

Any teen, any location, any idea…limitless entrepreneurship, infinite possibilities.

Thank You! (insert below) First and Last Name Position Title Email, phone (if desired) Rachel Strauss Diamond Challenge Program Coordinator rachel@diamondchallenge. org, 302. 831. 0941

Let’s Get Started! • Registration link (insert registration link and screenshots of how one person can register their entire team on this slide and slides below)

Let’s Get Started!