December 4, 2008
Student volunteers Eva Albanese and Cindy Lee at the registration table |
Left to right: Bruce Bachenheimer, organizer of the Pace Pitch Contest; Gurbaksh Chahal, Keynote Speaker; and Stephen Friedman, President of Pace University |
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Gurbaksh Chahal signing copies of his book The Dream |
Magda Fazio, Lubin's Director of Development and Alumni Relations, and Joseph Baczko, Dean of the Lubin School of Business |
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Diana Hardeman, a Finalist from the NYU Stern School of Business |
Left to right: Finalists Eugene Joseph (NYU Stern), Joel Nybeck (NYU Stern) and Richard Rosenblatt (Columbia Business School) |
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Finalist Frederik Gieschen (University of Mannheim/Pace) checks the Program just before the Pitch Contest |
Cheering squad 1 |
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Cheering squad 2 |
The audience |
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Joseph Baczko, Dean of the Lubin School of Business, giving the welcoming remarks |
Bruce Bachenheimer, Clinical Professor of Management, provides an overview of the event |
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Gurbaksh Chahal, Keynote Speaker, talking about his book The Dream |
Frederik Gieschen pitches Earlybird Childcare |
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Joel Nybeck pitches Nyex Industries |
Eric Steele pitches RareShare.org (which won the Social Ventures category) |
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Tiffany Rad pitches OppenOtto (which won the New Business Concepts category) |
JB Lockhart, an Associate with Greenhill SAVP, providing feedback on the pitches |
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The judging panel (left to right): Matthew Commons, CFO of FloDesign Wind Turbine Corp.; JB Lockhart, an Associate with Greenhill SAVP; David Rose, Chairman of New York Angels; and Lori Smith, a Partner with Goodwin Procter LLC |
The winners with the judges and organizer (left to right): Matthew Commons, JB Lockhart, Tiffany Rad, David Isserman, Eric Steele, Bruce Bachenheimer, Lori Smith, and David Rose |