Targeting as many Maine colleges as wish to participate, we will produce 13 television shows in Season 5 highlighting the best full or part-time college students, who have a business idea in any stage of development; from a simple idea to a well constructed business plan. Those 13 shows, each pitting 2 college business ideas against one another, will be videotaped in the second week of January 2020 at NESCOM on the Husson University campus. The 13 semi-finalists established from that round would then square off in a non-televised pitch-off to determine the 3 best collegiate entrepreneurs. Those 3 finalists will then pitch off against one another in the Greenlight Maine Collegiate Finale to compete for the grand prize which in our pilot Season 4 was a package worth approximately $60,000.
Tentative List of Maine Colleges who may participate
Bates
Bowdoin
Colby
College of the Atlantic
Husson Univ.
Maine College of Art
Maine Maritime
St. Joseph’s College
Maine Community Colleges
Thomas College
Unity
University of Maine
University of New England
University of Southern Maine
Establishing the 26 entrepreneurs who will pitch on the 13 shows
Each school will identify the best student submissions based on the criteria proposed below. Those 30 or more entrepreneurs will then need to be available to pitch off against a panel of independent judges. Those judges will have no affiliation with any Maine college, neither alum nor employment. For this round each student will only be identified by a number (no names-no college affiliations). Each presenter will make a 3 minute pitch followed by 10 minutes of Q & A from the panel of judges. Contestants must be enrolled in a Maine college for some part of the 2019/20 calendar year. Props and powerpoint will be allowed in this round. The judges will be using the following criteria on which to determine the 26 final contestants for Season 5 Collegiate Challenge.
Scalability – 20%
Feasibility – 20%
Overall Quality of Business Idea – 20%
Innovation – 20%
Ability to keep Business in Maine – 20%
Collegiate Challenge
Season 4
Season 4 Judges

Skip Bates
Senior Vice President and Director of Main Street Banking
Bangor Savings Bank

Torey Penrod-Cambra
Founder
Penrod Marketing

William Sullivan
XR Product Evangelist
Happy Giant
Episode One
KinoTek vs. Zephyrus

Company: KinoTek
Contestants: Justin Hafner (CEO & Co-Founder)
School: UMaine
Sponsor: Maine & Co

Company: Zephyrus
Contestants: Patrick Breeding(CEO & Co-Founder) / David Holomakoff (COO)
School: UMaine
Sponsor: Maine & Co


Episode Two
Ruggette vs. Outdoorly

Company: Ruggette
Contestants: Isabel Adler/Lily Hogan (Co-Founders)
School: Colby
Sponsor: W.S. Emerson

Company: Outdoorly
Contestants: Walker Griggs/Theo Satloff(Co-Founder)
School: Colby


Episode Three
Rost vs. Floor

Company: Rost
Contestants: Samuel Pratico (Founder)
School: Colby
Sponsor: FAME

Company: Floor
Contestants: Benjamin Nussbaum(Founder)
School: Bates
Sponsor: FAME


Episode Four
Ferda Farms vs. Martin Stream

Company: Ferda Farms
Contestants: Max Burtis
School: UMaine
Sponsor: Vacationland Inn, Leanne Hewey, Managing Partner

Company: Martin Stream Campground
Contestants: Zachary Vanier(Founder/CEO) / Kathleen Edwards (Filling in)
School: CMCC


Episode Five
RentScore vs. Unforseen Globe-Trotting

Company: RentScore
Contestants: Steve Doman & John Peters(Co-Founders)
School: UMaine
Sponsor: Bangor Savings Bank

Company: Unforseen Globetrotting
Contestants: Brianna Keliehor(Founder)
School: SMCC


Season 4 Collegiate Challenge Finale
Ferda Farms vs. KinoTek vs. RentScore
In the inuagural Greenlight Maine Collegiate Challenge finale, three Maine companies created by University of Maine college students, Ferda Farms, KinoTek, and Rentscore, go head to head to win the grand prize package worth $60,000 in front of a panel of judges.
The Presenters
The Panel

Carolyn Brodsky
CEO/Founder
Sterling Rope Co., Inc.
John Sterling
Director
Systems Engineering
Kate Rush
Director of Community Relations
Bangor Savings Bank
Season 4 Winner

Congratulations KinoTek!
Pictured from left to right are Greenlight Maine Host Julene Gervais, KinoTek CEO and Co-Founder Justin Hafner, and Maine Technology Initiative President Brian Whitney.