The Sixth Annual Pace Pitch Contest will be held on Thursday at Pace University in New York, NY. Ten finalists will compete in two different categories: New Business Concept and Social Venture. Tears for Life is one of the five finalists in New Business Concept. Each finalist will have exactly three minutes to pitch their new venture idea to a distinguished panel of judges and an enthusiastic audience. There is a prize of $25,000 that will go to the winner in each category. Jared Greer will be representing Tears for Life. Jared graduated from the Walton part-time MBA in July of 2009. His partner in this venture is Bessie Williams, another 2009 graduate of the part-time MBA. This team has been incredibly successful this year, winning nearly $100,000.
The ten teams (and 2 alternates) 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
More information can be found at their website - http://www.pace.edu/pace/lubin/departments-and-research-centers/entrepreneurship-lubin/pace-pitch-contest/
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