What problem does it solve? Running a pitch contest or demo day inside a conference forces organizers to invent selection funnels, judging rubrics, conflict-of-interest rules, and prize structures from scratch, often by copying hackathon practices that do not fit companies that existed before the event. This Skill provides the decision frameworks, menus, and gates to design the whole contest defensibly. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Selection funnel and application design: Choose among curated invitation, open application, screening calls, and nomination rungs, with a field-by-field application form and custody rules for applicant data. - Pitch format, rubric, and tie-breaking: Pick a stage format, split rubric dimensions into observable versus claimed criteria, and publish a tie-break ladder before applications close. - Investor conflict and prize policy: Set a conflict-of-interest ladder for investor judges, structure prizes from recognition to committed introductions to capital, and route securities, contest-law, sponsor, and recording questions through three explicit gates. - Use Case: A conference organizer whose marketing team already sold a "Startup Stage" uses this Skill to write the published application route, brief an investor jury on conflicts, and define what the winner receives before the call goes live. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to design the startup pitch contest for your event, covering the application funnel, judging rubric, conflict rule, and prize structure.
