Announcing the Finalists and Alternates for the Sixth Annual Pace Pitch Contest

ANNOUNCING THE WINNERS OF THE SIXTH ANNUAL PACE PITCH CONTEST
 
The MIT Enterprise Forum of New York City Prize for the Pitch with the Most Innovative Technology ($2,500): Tears for Life - Jared Greer and Bessie Williams
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The TechSpace Prize of Six Months of Office Space for a New York City Start-Up Pitch (valued at $15,000): NewlyWish - Amanda Allen, Rob Brueckmann, Danielle Colamartino, and Robard Williams
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The Lubin School of Business Prize for the Winning New Business Concept Pitch ($25,000): NewlyWish - Amanda Allen, Rob Brueckmann, Danielle Colamartino, and Robard Williams
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The Helene and Grant Wilson Center for Social Entrepreneurship Prize for the Winning Social Venture Pitch ($25,000): EGG-Energy - Rhonda Jordan, Blandine Antoine, Jukka Valimaki, Alla Jezmir, and Mark Yen
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>>video clips of the speakers and the ten pitches     >>photos of the event


Click the name of each New Business Concept or Social Venture to read the executive summary and biographies of the contestants.

New Business Concept (in alphabetical order):
ALTERNATE: StudentsGlobe

Social Venture (in alphabetical order): ALTERNATE: Advanced Road Hazard Simulator

These teams represent the following schools:
  • Brown University
  • Columbia University, Columbia Business School
  • Fordham University, Graduate School of Business
  • Harvard University, Harvard Business School
  • Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government
  • Johns Hopkins University, Whiting School of Engineering
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Engineering
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management
  • Pace University, Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
  • Pace University, Lubin School of Business
  • Pace University, Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems
  • Polytechnic Institute of NYU
  • Tufts University, Fletcher School
  • University of Arkansas, Walton College of Business
  • University of Maryland, Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship
  • University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School