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Sten K. Johnson Centre for Entrepreneurship

Lund University School of Economics and Management

Dragons at the University

Dragons at the University is a competition where students from the Master's programme in Entrepreneurship get the chance to pitch their business ideas for venture capitalists – the "Dragons”.

The project started at Sten K. Johnson Centre for Entrepreneurship in 2010 as a part of the Master's programme in Entrepreneurship, with inspiration from the television show Dragons' Den.

The competition ends with a grand finale with a jury of business angels, who evaluates and awards presentations and entrepreneurial ideas to a large audience.

At the final the jury is looking at the trustworthiness, the potential of the project and rhetorical qualities of the pitch and will have a small sum of money to spend on their favourites after each presentation. An overall winner and the best presentation are selected to get prizes. For the Audience prize, we welcome you to join and to vote for your favourite team.

See the movie clips below from Dragons at the University 2019 and 2015!

Finalists 2020

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the final unfortunatly will be postponed.

THE FINALISTS 2020

Unicorn

Soneyes

RadDrone

Hänk

BNorth

The teams have got five minutes each to present their business idea and then they need to answer questions from the Dragons and the audience.

Cash prizes will be awarded to:
- Overall Winning Team
- Best Presentation
- Audience favourite
 

CRITERIAS

TRUSTWORTHINESS

- Realistic
- Cost control/Business model
- Dedication and commitment

POTENTIAL OF THE PROJECT
- Profit potential of the idea
- Sustainability potential of the idea
- Potential of the team

RETHORIC QUALITIES
- Rehearsed pitch (good flow and voice)
- Creative pitch
- Timing (good use of the five minutes - appropriate on introduction, main argument and conclusion)

The workshop will use the NABC-model and NABC-tool to help you improve your presentation.