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= <span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Teams must fill out and submit the application form at the beginning of January. However, before submitting the application, teams also need to complete the following:</span></span> =
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<li><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Create a 5-8 minute video presentation</span><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">describing the customer discovery and validation you have been through with your idea and business model. You may use PowerPoint, Keynote, Prezi or any other presentation software. The presentation needs to be narrated and saved as a video file. See the "Presentation Video Creation Tools" section of the</span></span></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-c6aa8d59-e197-00ac-16ee-72c505f62baf">[http://www.businessmodelcompetition.com/preparing-your-submission.html <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Preparing Your Submission</span></span>] </span><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">page for help doing this. </span><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We also strongly encourage you to check out the submission example videos on that same page.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Upload your video </span><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to</span></span></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-c6aa8d59-e197-00ac-16ee-72c505f62baf">[http://www.youtube.com/ <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">YouTube</span></span>]</span><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">if you want to keep your video hidden </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">mark it as "unlisted" NOT "private,"</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">only someone logged into your account can watch your videos marked private</span><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">).</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Indicate that your team</span><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">understands and agrees to the items outlined in the</span></span></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-c6aa8d59-e197-00ac-16ee-72c505f62baf">[http://www.businessmodelcompetition.com/certifications--agreements-form.html <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Certifications and Agreements Form</span></span>]<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. This form is also included in the appendix of the</span></span>[http://www.businessmodelcompetition.com/rules--info-packet.html <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Competition Rules and Information Pa</span></span>]</span></span></li>
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'''<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c6aa8d59-e197-00ac-16ee-72c505f62baf"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2018 Application form: [http://www.businessmodelcompetition.com/apply.html http://www.businessmodelcompetition.com/apply.html]</span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium;">(Due April 1st)</span>'''
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