10 year

Anniversary Challenge

For Us, By Us

Youth
Unemployment
2019 Judge
Orientation Program
The Hult Prize is
the world’s biggest
engine for the launch of
for good, for-profit
enterprises emerging
from university.
In nearly a decade, with over 2500
staff and volunteers around the world,
the movement has deployed more than
$50M of capital into the sector and
mobilized more than one million young
people to re-think the future of
business as it continues to breed
disruptive innovation on college and
university campuses across 100 plus
countries.
 Hult Prize teams come from
different backgrounds with one final purpose:
to change the world.

September - December March - April July - August September

6 weeks 1 week
Ashridge, UK United Nations, NY
 Since 2014, the Hult Prize
OnCampus Program has allowed
hundreds of thousands of students
from all around the world to bring
the Hult Prize movement
directly to their universities.

• Served as a quarter final round of the global USD 1M flagship challenge

• Helped identify and hire the best talent globally
• Inspired hundreds of thousands of students through workshops, info
sessions, fun and competition
• Grown +200% year over year

+1,000 Universities
+100 Countries
The winning teams of each of our more than 1,000 OnCampus events around the world
will have the opportunity to choose from one of our 25 Regions to showcase their idea
live on a global stage. From Boston to Shanghai, Dubai, Toronto, San Francisco, Tunisia,
London, Egypt, Lagos, Mexico, Nairobi, Quito, Melbourne, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore,
etc. Our Regional Program selects the teams that will have the chance to live the
experience of our Global Accelerator and be one step closer to the million dollars.
Winning teams from each of our 25 regional finals from
across the world will have the chance to join the Hult
Prize Accelerator Program at the Ashridge Castle, in
the U.K. A global ecosystem of business leaders,
mentors, investors, and corporate partners help forge a
path for our students to become entrepreneurs and
support their development for life. Our network opens
doors to capital, mentorship, marketing, business
development, customer acquisition, and talent
recruitment.
HULT PRIZE GLOBAL
FINALS AT THE
UNITED NATIONS
Each year, the Hult Prize team issues a big bold
challenge aligned with a large market opportunity
inspiring students from over 100 countries to
solve it’s greatest problem. 100,000 begin the
journey, the top 50 get incubated in our castle in
the U.K. and the top 6 teams pitch for USD$1
Million in startup funding at the United Nations
Headquarters in New York.
 Agenda
• Understand the Problem
• Explain the Process &
Review judging Criteria
• Share post-event steps
 Meaningful Job
Offer a minimum of 10 hours
per week of employment.
Must create positive social
impact—“purpose”.

*Work can be in the form of direct employment or the creation of a pathway to employment
*Global Youth is defined as those aged 15-35 and can be located in any country.
Teams are able
to launch ventures in any sector,
but fundamentally need to be
impact centered, market driven
and profit minded.
Profit Minded
✓ Use existing channels
✓ Find customers who are able
to pay
✓ Pursue revenue and
sustainability
Impact Centered
✓
✓
Tackle humanity's greatest challenges
Offer better availability and affordability
✓ Improve quality and better reliability
Market Driven
✓ Pursue large, untapped markets
✓ Find demonstrable potential
✓ Provide improved quality and
better reliability
Understanding For every young person with the commitment,

the Global Youth capabilities, and privilege to have participated in

the Hult Prize, more than 50 others lack
Challenge opportunity and are fearful about their future.

1/5th
of youth globally is neither employed,
engaged in formal education,
nor involved in training.

Over the decade since we founded the Hult Prize, the global
prospects for youth employment have gotten worse. The
youth labor force participation rate and the youth employment-
to-population ratio have both fallen in the past decade.

We have seen a surge in economic migration amongst our

youth, and many are taking life-threatening risks as they
search for greater opportunity.
Why Are Millions of Youth
Disconnected from Meaningful Work?
Even young people who have the skills
the market demands are often
excluded from meaningful work.

Poor Public
Policy
Lack of
Skills Cronyism,
Favoritism, and
Corruption

Technological
Disruption
Lack of
Lack of Confide
Mobility nce Macro
Disruptions
 Learning: Creating pathways
to meaningful work through improved skills.

Matching: Connecting buyers and

sellers on multi-sided platforms.

Successful Sourcing: Building a business

on hidden talent and productive capabilities

Models for
Creating: Identifying and activating
Impact entrepreneurs through profitable
business models
Your impact will be greater if you have a
plausible strategy to reach disconnected
youth—that is, those currently not in the
workforce, in formal educational programs, or
receiving training.
 Falafel Inc.
(created in response to the 2017 Hult Prize Challenge by
prize founder Ahmad Ashkar) is actively seeking to employ
refugees in its expanding chain of restaurants;

Retail: Amazon Marketplace, Alibaba, eBay

Transportation: Uber, Careem, Lyft
Job Matching: Rozee.pk, Monster.com, Skillist, cut-e
Arts and Design: Etsy, 99 Designs, YouNow

Successful
Like eBay, Alibaba linked buyers and sellers on an
online marketplace, but the motivation for Alibaba was
different: Alibaba focused on surfacing productive

Models for
capabilities that had previously been hidden.

Impact
Your impact will be greater if you have a
plausible strategy to reach disconnected
youth—that is, those currently not in the
workforce, in formal educational programs, or
receiving training.
Kroc’s success rested on two fundamental skills: The
first was finding, inspiring, and training franchise
owners. The second was creating a business model
based largely on rental income from franchised
locations, which made his franchising operation not
just sustainable but highly profitable.
 Understand the problem
Explain the process
Review judging criteria
Share post-event steps

Social enterprises
uniquely deliver business
returns and social impact
By connecting people, goods, services, and capital, Hult Prize
Social enterprises are mission oriented and serve some of the
world’s toughest challenges. These business are also created
to be sustainable. In other words, they earn more in revenue
than they pay out in costs.
 Understand the problem
Explain the process
Review judging criteria
Solutions should be game-changing Share post-event steps

and positioned to impact entire Generating more decent jobs that provide a living wage, social protection and

ecosystems worker rights is the best way to promote the three components of sustainable
development: economic growth, social cohesion and environmental sustainability.
At present there is a critical job shortage in most SIDS.
-United Nations on the Sustainable Develpoment Goals

BEST
SOLUTIONS
Disruptive
UNIQUE AND GAME

Broad Reach
System Impact
CHANGING

REACHO ECOSYSTEM
IMPACT
You are here to
pick the right
solution
to a difficult
challenge!
 Agenda
• Understand the Problem
• Explain the Process &
Review judging Criteria
• Share post-event steps
Campus finals consist of one or more pitching
rooms depending on the number of teams
participating, and may include a final round
ROOM 1 ROOM N EACH ROOM
Notes
PRELIMINARY ROUND

MORNING
Up to 10 3-7 judges
Audience/ Guests Depending on the number of
pitches
Startups participating teams, a University could
Moderator
Optional
Timekeeper
have one or more pitching rooms
AFTERNOON

6 mn pitches
Up to 10 4 mn Q&A We don’t recommend University
pitches 30 mn deliberation campuses schedule more than 10
(optional) pitches per session (judges/ etc need
breaks)
Top 6 Teams
Depending on their budgets and
number of teams participating,
FINAL ROUND

campus directors may elect to shortlist

(Optional)

EVENING

the top 6 teams during their daytime

rounds, and run an evening round to
select the top 1 (and rank top 3); this
is optional
You will judge several teams
in order to select a winner
who will get the opportunity
to compete in the Regional
program
 Understand the problem
Explain the process
Review judging criteria
Share post-event steps

Keep track of teams as you watch

Multiple presentations
6 min pitch / 4min Q&A

Rank teams and your favorites

as you go:
i.e. Was this team better or worse
than the one before? the one
before that?
 Understand the problem
Explain the process
Review judging criteria
Share post-event steps
THE SCORECARD IS IN PLACE TO SERVE
AS A GUIDING DOCUMENT.
Meant to guide discussion to determine a winner.

1. Individually complete the

score card in real- time to Score up to 5
track details. points in each category
2. Look for the best solution
instead of the best
presenter.
3. Don’t penalize teams with
only one presenter.
4. Look for passionate
teams who are excited Rank team in top
about executing their or bottom half (+/-)

solutions Add up points total

Teams will present in

pre-defined order
 Understand the problem
Explain the process
Deliberation will take place Review judging criteria
Share post-event steps

privately,
immediately following the last
presentation; you will have 30
minutes to pick a winner
PROCESS
1.List all teams on a flipchart.
2.Each judge gets 2 votes. Votes must be
used on different teams.
3.Consensus to be reached on top 3
teams.
4.Discuss in groups of 2 judges around
the top 3 selected teams, then as a group.
5.Vote again, ranking the top 3. Each
judge gets 1 vote.
6.Select the winner based on consensus.
 Understand the problem
Explain the process
Review judging criteria
Share post-event steps

Keep in mind
• Select the very best startup that you believe is bankable,
disruptive, and has a pathway to market.
• Winning team will get a chance to compete at the regional
• Teams will need to be able to work together to implement
their solution; this is not just a competition for good ideas.
• Do not penalize a team because they are just getting
started or you think they are too far along. We are seeking
the most disruptive ideas, not a specific phase of
company.
• There may be qualitative elements to presentations that
are difficult to judge; try to articulate what these are – it will
help identify what makes a team special.
• You are all a part of this jury because you have valuable
experience to help select a winner; diverse experience is
what makes this interesting!
 Understand the problem
Explain the process
Review judging criteria
Share post-event steps

Score up to 5
points in each category

Rank team in top

or bottom half (+/-)
Add up points total
Teams will present in pre-defined order
 Agenda
• Understand the Problem
• Explain the Process &
Review judging Criteria
• Share post-event steps
 Understand the problem
Explain the process
Review judging criteria
SUPPORT THE WINNING TEAM Share post-event steps

Help make their ideas real

• Provide coaching and guidance
• Offer access to networks and resources
• Invest in their Regional travel and startup costs
There are
BUILD OTHER TEAMS
many ways to
Stay involved Create more social entrepreneurs
• Provide coaching and guidance

with the • Offer access to networks and resources

• Support business development and fund raising

Hult Prize
JOIN THE HULT PRIZE COUNCIL

Access a global network of judges

• Judge other competitions or
Pitch events
• Provide mentorship and support for
Finalist teams
• Be part of a group of social enterprise
thought leaders