Your application MUST BE RECEIVED by NOON WEDNESDAY MAY 5th CST.

Only SMSDC current certified MBEs and MBEs with a valid Subscription Service are eligible to participate. Your company must maintain a valid or current certification status throughout the competition schedule.

The MBE “Idol” pitch competition is a three-event process: preliminaries, semi-finals, and finals.

The finalists will participate in the final virtual competition hosted by Dell. The winner of MBE Idol 2021 will be invited to an exclusive virtual meeting with a Dell high-level executive; be featured along with your company in the SMSDC’s monthly e-newsletter and participate in an additional virtual speaking opportunity at SMSDC’s 2022 Stakeholder’s meeting.

• PRELIMINARIES:
  • Monday May 10^th 3:00p.m CST. Your Powerpoint presentation is due to carol@smsdc.org.
  • MBE IDOL 2021 COMPETITION: Thursday, May 20^th 3-4:30p.m. CST. If you are selected to participate in the preliminaries, you must be available. You may also need to be available for run-throughs prior to the actual event.
•  SEMI-FINALS:
  • Monday, June 7^th – 3:00p.m. CST. Your Powerpoint presentation is due to carol@smsdc.org
  • MBE IDOL 2021 COMPETITION: Wednesday June 9^th – (TIME TBD) If you are selected to go to the Semi-Finals, you must be available. You may also need to be available for run-throughs prior to the actual event.
• FINALS:
  • Tuesday, August 17^th – 3:00p.m. CST. Your Powerpoint presentation is due to carol@smsdc.org
  • MBE IDOL 2021 FINAL COMPETITION: Thursday, August 19^th – (TIME TBD) If you are selected to go the finals, you must be available. You may also need to be available for run-throughs prior to the actual event.

• Download the MBE Idol 2021 Application here – due NOON Wednesday May 5th. 
• Download the MBE “Idol” 2021 PowerPoint Outline & Schedule