I am comfortable with the $199 entry fee, though I thought about it for a few days. I'll spend more in various false starts - services, contractors, software, a

I am comfortable with the $199 entry fee, though I thought about it for a few days. I'll spend more in various false starts - services, contractors, software, and paths. It is also a simple filter against people simply cutting and pasting their applications from other opportunities. The applicants may find this frustrating, but a smaller applicant pool means that the judges can invest more time in the people who do apply. That, for the people who do submit, is a big win.