Judges & Judging Criteria
Judges for the 2005 Competition
Prof. Walter Salmon, Harvard Business School (Stanley Roth, Sr., Professor of Retailing, Emeritus)
Mr. Paul Street, Founder and Chairman, IMPALA Partners (Venture Capital and Financial Management Advisors)
Mr. Stephen E. Rubin, WPI '74, Entrepreneur and business operations consultant.
Judges Confidentiality
The only persons who will have access to entries will be professionals who would normally deal with confidential information. All judges will be asked to exercise the same respect for any confidential aspects of the submissions as they would in their professional activities.
As needed, parties involved in the judging will be asked to sign the standard WPI Confidentiality/Non-disclosure Agreement.
Judging Criteria
Submissions will be evaluated using the following weighted criteria:
Innovativeness, demonstrated creativity and originality of idea - 30%
Technical merit, viability, commercialization strategy - 25%
Quality of presentation and clarity of idea - 20%
Implementation feasibility - 15%
Supporting evidence, market demand, need statement, etc. - 10%
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