I was recently judged round one of a global science fair / business idea fair for high school students.
Every single entry had a solid science idea and a poor sense of business context.
Each and everyone represented a level of thought and effort above what I see on average at adult pitch events.
And every single one of them had a short video that explained the idea well. Some of them are of truly professional caliber.
But in each case, I would have been unable to understand their ideas without that video properly.
The writing was inadequate. The grammar was fine. The spelling was fine. It didn’t sound badly when I read it out loud.
But it didn’t convey the idea.
Not a single team had an English major. I bet that were none among the team advisors. Or for that matter among us judges.
It shows.
