How to enter

Are you a primary student? Enter the 2024 Young Business Minds Awards below!

Why Enter?

Primary Young Business Minds Award

The Innovation in Sustainability Primary School award is designed to encourage primary school students to take action towards protecting the environment. This award aims to educate and inspire children to develop a sustainable project or business that adopts sustainable practices and makes a positive impact on the planet.

To be considered for this award: Students must develop a business or project that has positive outcomes for the environment. The project should be designed and executed by the students with guidance from teachers and parents.

This award supports students to develop the knowledge, skills, values, and worldviews necessary to contribute to a sustainable future. By developing a sustainable business idea, students are provided with opportunities to:

Develop an understanding of ‘sustainability’ and how sustainable practices address the ongoing capacity of the Earth to maintain all forms of life.
Understand the necessity for natural resources to be managed responsibly to ensure that they are available for future generations.
Investigate how individuals and corporations can act in enterprising and innovative ways, with a commitment to ecological sustainability.
Become informed and responsible consumers and be able to take action to support a more environmentally and socially just world.

How To Get Started If You Are A Primary School Student

Step 1:
Take some time to research a problem to solve and more about your category. You can take a look at some resources to get you started below.

Step 2:
Ready? Build out your pitch slide deck and record your 2-minute video. Check out the templates below to get you started.

Submit your pitch by October 25!

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Fill out the form below to enter your pitch into the awards.

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Once your pitch has been uploaded you will receive a confirmation email telling you that we’ve received your submission.

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You’ll then be notified of the Gala details.

Fill out the form below and upload your pitch to enter. Terms and Conditions apply. If you have any questions about entering please email us at ybma@careerlinks.nsw.edu.au.

If you are having technical difficulties submitting your form please send it direct to ybma@careerlinks.nsw.edu.au with ENTRY: [name of category] [primary or under 25s] [name] in the subject line.

Note: Maximum file size is 25MB.

Entrant Name *

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Contact Email *

Idea/Project Name *

If you are entering on behalf of the student or classroom, select an option below.

School/ Institution Name

School Entries must have Principal and Teachers Name

Enter your school email (if applicable)

Are you under 18? *

If yes to the above question, than fill out the below (Guardian Contact name)

First

Last

Guardian contact phone number

I have started my own business *

If yes to the above, how many team members?

If yes to the above, How long has your business been operating?

How did you hear about us? *

Upload your submission here

Click or drag files to this area to upload. You can upload up to 2 files.

Please make sure your submission is named the following way category,fullname,2024 example (Innovation_Libby.Arnold_2024)

Add the link to your submission below if too large to upload (youtube, vimeo)

I give YBMA permission to share my submission for marketing *

We want to make it as easy as possible for students, schools, and classes to participate in the 2024 Young Business Mind Awards.

To participate in the Young Business Mind awards you’ll need to adhere to a few things that we outline in the Terms and Conditions page of our website.

As with any fair competition, if you don’t comply with these terms, we have the right to disqualify you or declare your entry ineligible.

Please make sure you read and understand the information on this page before submitting your entry.

Do you have an exceptional business idea? Have you designed an innovative product or service? Are you passionate about creating? Do you think you could be the next entrepreneur in the Hunter Region?

If so, we want you hear from you!

Entry Criteria

To be eligible to enter the YBMA Entrepreneur Categories, you must:

Be under 25 or a student at a school, TAFE or RTO within the Hunter Region.
Have permission of a parent or caregiver if under 18 years of age.
Be under 25 years of age if entering the Uni, TAFE or RTO categories.
School/Class Category

To be eligible to enter the YMBA Innovation Challenge the entry must:

Be from either a public or independent Primary or High school within the Hunter Region.
Clearly show student participation.
Have permission of the school principal to enter.

Judging Criteria

All video entries are judged by a panel of subject matter experts, selected at the sole discretion of the YBMA Management Committee from subject matter experts or practitioners in the category areas.

Judges are required to sign a confidentiality agreement and disclose any conflict of interest.

Judging Criteria

Entries need to address these key criteria:

What is the problem or issue your idea is tackling?
What is the big benefit of your idea?
Who will benefit from your idea and why?
Why are you passionate about this idea

How to enter

Why Enter?

How To Get Started If You Are A Primary School Student

Submit your pitch by October 25!

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We want to make it as easy as possible for students, schools, and classes to participate in the 2024 Young Business Mind Awards.

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Judging Criteria

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