MBA Women in Investing Conference Stock Pitch Format and Guidelines

Guidelines & Format

1. Teams of four full-time students from each school can participate in the WIN Conference’s stock pitch challenge portion.

2. Each team will pick one stock from a set of choices that organizers send on Tuesday, November 5 at 9 AM EST. Teams will have two weeks to prepare your stock pitches. The presentation is due on Tuesday, November 19 at 10 PM EST to your Box Folder.

3. Judges consist of distinguished investment professionals from sponsoring firms.

4. Students are expected to be on the honor system throughout the event.

The Presentation

1. All teams must put their stock pitch presentations on a pre-designed template provided by the organizers.

2. All four students on each team will present and also participate in answering the judges’ questions.

3. A total of 15 minutes is allotted per team pitch; with 7 minutes of presentation time and 8 minutes for Q&A from the judges. Time limits will be strictly enforced by an official timekeeper.

4. Judges will use an evaluation sheet for the challenge. The presentation will be judged on the basis of the quality of the analysis, presentation delivery, and the quality of the Q&A session. These evaluation sheets will be scanned and emailed to presenters in the week following the conference.