Mentor Toolkit

• • Business Innovation First Place Winner Examples: BACvision 
    • Description: BACvision is a modular apparatus that will accurately quantify blood alcohol content (BAC) and the presence of other intoxicants through ocular metrics. 
    • Written Concept
    • Pitch Deck
    • Pitch

• • Business Innovation Second Place Winner Examples: Optiglass
    • Description: Optiglass is a novel device that uses echolocation and machine learning to give the blind access to greater mobility.
    • Written Concept
    • Pitch Deck
    • Pitch

• • Business Innovation Third Place Winner Examples: Natrion
    • Description: Natrion is dedicated to providing safe, affordable energy storage solutions for clean power grids through its revolutionary solid-state sodium-ion battery technology.
    • Written Concept
    • Pitch Deck
    • Pitch

 

Community Group

• Pose questions, share ideas/expertise, and meet people engaged with the Diamond Challenge from all over the world! 

 

Contact Us

 

Expectations & Outcomes

 

Feedback Form

• Due by Wednesday, April 15

 Judging Information

(not to be shared with students)

• Rules
• Business Innovation Rubric
• Social Innovation Rubric

 

Resources

• Guide
  • Here is an overview of the semifinalist mentoring experience. 
• Mentoring tips website
  • This site nicely outlines the intention and flow of a mentor-mentee relationship. 

 

2019 Social Innovation Winners

• • Social Innovation First Place Winner Examples: MatchMeds
    • Description:  MatchMeds is a streamlined, technology-based platform that connects low-income, uninsured patients with charitable clinics that can offer real affordable prices for brand-name medication.
    • Written Concept
    • Pitch Deck
    • Pitch

• • Social Innovation Second Place Winner Examples: The Oil Magnet
    • Description:  The Oil Magnet is a method of oil spill clean up that combines current boom technology with magnetic nanotechnology.
    • Written Concept
    • Pitch Deck
    • Pitch

• • Social Innovation Third Place Winner Examples: Sobros
    • Description:  The SOBROS safe strip is a dissolvable thin film that can be slipped into a drink and turn it a fluorescent color in the presence of drugs like Rophanyl and Ketamine or simply dissolve and leave the drink unaltered in the presence of no drugs.
    • Written Concept
    • Pitch Deck
    • Pitch

 

 Timeline

1. 70 Semifinalist teams will be selected between February 3 - March 8.
2. Semifinalist teams can sign up for up to two mentoring slots.
3. Sign-ups will be locked 4 days prior to the scheduled mentoring session, and an email from the Diamond Challenge Team will provide final reminders, team information and meeting location details to the mentor and mentees before each session. 
4. Serve as a mentor during your mentoring office hours between February 26 - April 15 (All mentors are expected to host at least two 30-minute calls.)
5. Submit the semifinalist mentor feedback form by Wednesday, April 15.

 

 Video Conference Platform

• Need to set up additional time outside of your provided mentoring office hours to video chat with your team(s) using our online meeting service, Zoom? Contact us and we can create a meeting for you and your mentees.