This page explains:

  1. How to Submit a Venture Presentation

  2. How Venture Presentations are Scored

  3. How Specialized Resources are Deployed

  4. How the System is Revised

🏗 How to Submit a Venture Pyramid document

Who **Any IYA student or alumni may submit a Venture Presentation on behalf of a team. Teams may include students from outside IYA including students from other USC programs - e.g. Viterbi, students from schools beyond USC, and even non-students. A team must include at least one IYA student or alum in a leadership role in order to be considered.

How **Students are required to follow this: [Venture Submission Spec] and email a link to their submission per the instructions therein. Students have the option of submitting a video explanation as part of their submission.

When **Students may submit a Venture Presentation any time and we will respond with an IYA Venture Score and report. Students are encouraged to do this iteratively as they strive to move up the hierarchy.

Where **Prof Swain will manage submitted ventures via a system of Google Folders. Once a venture has been submitted He will create a Google Folder for it. Students must store venture docs in this Google Folder from this point forward - e.g. as they climb the Hierarchy of Needs and unlock Specialized Resources.

🥇Best Practices for Preparing an IYA Venture Pyramid

Prepare your submission with a clear understanding of the review process.

  1. Reviewers look for and rate the Components listed in this Assessment Rubric. Label each Component in your submission so reviewers know when they are looking at one. It’s okay, in your submission, to link to out to additional docs. This IYA Venture Pyramid submission template can be used to ensure the reviewers understand which of the components you have completed and which are still to come.
  2. Reviewers assess Components sequentially - e.g. Stage 1, then Stage 2, then Stage 3, etc. At each Stage, if your submission scores ≥4 stars the reviewer will move on and assess the next Stage. Otherwise they will stop. The reviewers score your submission using this IYA Venture Score Calculator. Study it. Imagine your submission through the eyes of a reviewer trying to fill out the calculator.