Due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, the Entrepreneurship Lab (eLab) is transitioning the Pace Pitch Contest to an online, virtual format.
The (Virtual) Seventeenth Annual Pace Pitch Contest
presented by The Entrepreneurship Lab (eLab)
Audience Registration
As the contest is going virtual, there will be no audience registration. However, to sign up to the Entrepreneurship Lab (eLab) mailing list to be notified of when the entries are posted, sign up here: http://www.elab.nyc/entrepreneurship-lab/mailing-list
Contestant registration
How to enter:
(1) Rules: At least one team member should be a Pace Student or alumnus (graduated within past 18 months), and any venture should have been in business for less than 2 years and received less than $100K in funding
(2) (Deadline: 29-March) Registration via email to entrepreneurship@pace.edu from the team lead only, with the following:
(a) a list of team members with a biography (100-200 words) detailing student status, school, degree, major, graduation year, and other information.
(b) a ONE PAGE executive summary of the pitch for the website.
(3) Pre-selection Announcement: This will take place on Wednesday, 31-March. Teams will be notified of their selection at this time for competition.
(4) Pitch clinic: If pre-selected, you must schedule an online appointment via Zoom with Bruce Bachenheimer, the Executive Director, at bbachenheimer@pace.edu between 31-March and 16-April.
(5) (Deadline: 15-April) Additional data to provide to entrepreneurship@pace.edu include:
(a) a digital photograph of each team member (separately)
(b) The PowerPoint presentation, using only 5 slides as this is the limit.
(6) (Deadline: 16-April) Record and submit your pitch! Email the 5 slide PowerPoint presentation and link to a 3 minute video, which is uploaded as an Unlisted video on YouTube, to entrepreneurship@pace.edu
(7) Judging will take place between April 17 and 22, with winners bring announced 23-April. Winners will be notified and will have to send their details for the prizes.
