Pitch George Elevator Competition
The Pitch George Elevator Competition encourages students to develop entrepreneurial ideas and "pitch" to a team of judges, gaining valuable feedback and experience along the way. Open to high school, undergraduate, and graduate students, the competition awards cash prizes to the top three finishers in each of the three tiers, as well as a Fan Favorite award in each tier. The 6th Annual Pitch George will be held Saturday, November 16!
Graduate 2nd Place Winners Adam Corman and Neal Sikka of Sonostik went on to compete in the 2013 GW Business Plan Competition...and won!
Tier |
1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Fan Favorite |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graduate | $2,000 |
$1,500 |
$1,000 |
$500 |
| Undergraduate | $2,000 |
$1,500 |
$1,000 |
$500 |
| High School | $750 |
$500 |
$250 |
$250 |
In addition to the above prizes, the 1st place graduate and undergraduate winners automatically advance to the semi-finals of the GW Business Plan Competition, where they have an opportunity to compete for cash prizes totaling over $63,000!
Individual participants or teams of 2-3 submit 200-word executive summaries of their entrepreneurial ideas. Those chosen to compete present their ideas in 3-minute pitches to a team of judges. All teams must have 1 student currently enrolled at GW or in a sanctioned high school program.
High School 1st Place Winners Neil Davey and Sanjay Kunchakarra of SWAP receiving their winning check from Dr. George Solomon.
Please review the 2012 Pitch George results at www.pitchgeorge.com.