Pace Pitch Contest

ANNOUNCING THE WINNERS OF THE SEVENTH ANNUAL PACE PITCH CONTEST
 
[Winning New Business Concept Pitch]   The Winning New Business Concept Pitch ($3,000): Reslutions - Jeremy Pease, Stiliyan Lazarov, and Robert Caucci

The Winning Social Venture Pitch ($3,000): Malo Traders - Mohamed Ali Niang and Salif Romano Niang		   [Winning Social Venture Pitch]
 
 
 


[Win Over Investors in 3 Minutes or Less]
>> click to read article "Win Over Investors in 3 Minutes or Less," MSN.com, October 2010
 


[Pace Pitch Contest]
Presented by:
Entrepreneurship@Lubin

in association with:
[MIT]
 
Monday, April 11, 2011
5:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m.
Pace University
Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts
1 Pace Plaza
New York, NY 10038
Sponsored by:
[sponsor]   [sponsor]   [sponsor]
 
The Pace Pitch Contest is based on the Elevator Pitch concept, popular in the venture capital community. It is an extremely concise presentation of an entrepreneur's idea, business model, marketing strategy, competitive analysis, and financial plan, which is delivered to potential investors. The premise is that it could be made in a few minutes, should the entrepreneur spot a potential investor on an elevator and have the opportunity to pitch their idea during the brief ride.

Finalists in the New Business Concept category and the Social Venture category will each have exactly three minutes to pitch their new venture idea to a distinguished panel of judges and an enthusiastic audience. In addition to broad participation at Pace, we have been pleased to welcome student competitors from a number of other universities, including Columbia, Harvard, MIT, NYU, Princeton, and Stanford.

[Stanley S. Litow]   Keynote Speaker

Stanley S. Litow, Vice President of Corporate Citizenship &
Corporate Affairs and President of the IBM Foundation

Judging Panel

Kevin Bolen, Partner, Innosight
Somak Chattopadhyay, Principal, GSA Venture Partners
Jalak Jobanputra, Director of Investments, Omidyar Network
Stanley S. Litow, President, IBM International Foundation
David S. Rose, Chairman, New York Angels
Lori Smith, Partner, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP

Special Guest

Sal Khan, founder of the non-profit Khan Academy
who is also "Bill Gates' favorite teacher".

Closing Remarks

Harold Levy, Member of the Board of Trustees, Pace University,
and former Chancellor of New York City Schools
 		   [Sal Khan]
 
 

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  [Pitch Contest Brochure]
Click to download the full Official Program for the Seventh Annual Pace Pitch Contest (PDF).
AGENDA
  • 5:00 - 5:30 Registration and Reception
  • 5:30 - 6:00 Welcome and Keynote Speaker
  • 6:00 - 6:45 Six Finalists make their Pitch (three New Business Concepts & three Social Ventures)
  • 6:45 - 7:00 Break (Judging Panel selects the winning pitches in private)
  • 7:00- 7:30 Judging Panel Discussion and Critique
  • 7:30 - 8:00 Awards Ceremony and Networking


Click to read about the Inaugural Pace Pitch Contest (December 3rd, 2004).
Click to read about the Second Annual Pace Pitch Contest (December 9th, 2005).
Click to read about the Third Annual Pace Pitch Contest (November 17th, 2006).
Click to read about the Fourth Annual Pace Pitch Contest (December 6th, 2007).
Click to read about the Fifth Annual Pace Pitch Contest (December 4th, 2008).
Click to read about the Sixth Annual Pace Pitch Contest (December 3rd, 2009).

For additional information, please contact Bruce Bachenheimer, Clinical Professor and Director of Entrepreneurship @ Lubin:

Tel: (212) 618-6580
Fax: (212) 618-6532
E-mail: bbachenheimer@pace.edu
Web: webpage.pace.edu/bbachenheimer
Address: Pace University
Lubin School of Business
Department of Management, Room W-422
1 Pace Plaza
New York, NY 10038


"Opportunity through Entrepreneurship" SM