On this MNTV 15-minute update, see some highlights from Cal Poly’s elevator pitch competition plus, watch students try their hands at Goat Yoga on the health center lawn. *This episode of MNTV originally aired live on November 8, 2022*
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Cal Poly students win top prizes in Elevator Pitch Competition
Two Cal Poly students took home cash prizes in this year’s Cal Poly Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) 12th annual Elevator Pitch Competition. Cal Poly’s industrial engineering senior Surya Venugopal and business administration junior Sara Dada won $1,000 and $500, respectively. This year’s competition was held at the Cal Poly Performing Arts Center on […]
First Elevator Pitch Competition winner returns to Cal Poly, this time with a $25 million business
iCracked Founder AJ Forsythe returned to the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship’s (CIE) Elevator Pitch Competition 11 years after he pitched his phone repair company idea at Cal Poly. Now with nearly 800,000 repairs, iCracked, that company, has gained national media attention and Forsythe has been featured on Inc. Magazine’s “30 under 30” list. “Winning the […]
Elevator pitch competition motivates students
The event, You+Media=The Future, allowed students to pitch ideas to a panel of judges in the hopes that their idea would not only win them a $1,000 cash prize, but the opportunity to fly to Chicago for a national elevator pitch competition.