This year’s Elevator Competition was an amazing experience!
A week has passed since the event has ended, giving me enough time to reflect on the excitement that took place. Perhaps the most thrilling part of the weekend involved riding along in the elevators, watching hopeful entrepreneurs rapidly fire off stats and details to judges, who never [...]
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Final Thoughts
April 4th, 2010 - 4:16 pm GlucaGo: “One Step Closer” to Our Dreams
April 1st, 2010 - 1:06 pmThe elevator pitch competition was truly a great experience!
On behalf of GlucaGo LLC, thank you for helping us go one step closer to achieving our dreams. The next few weeks are going to be a very exciting and hectic for us. We are getting final bids from outside contractors to set up a preliminary manufacturing [...]
Gaining Momentum: A Note From AutismSphere
March 30th, 2010 - 8:34 amThe whole team feels honored by this recognition, and we appreciate the momentum this helps us continue generating in the business. All of this flows from and back to our social mission to help the autism community, and we will keep this in front of us to help maintain our focus.
As the CEO, I’m grateful [...]
Winners Announced
March 27th, 2010 - 9:45 pmWake Forest University announced the winners for its 11th Annual Elevator Competition at an evening gala, providing vital exposure and cash prizes to the two teams that did the best job of impressing venture capitalist judges.
Inside the Boardroom
March 27th, 2010 - 4:56 pmThe panel of judges for the boardroom presentations left no stone unturned.
Sitting in a half circle around the presenters, the judges waited patiently for about 15 minutes as the first speaker delved deeper into her final pitch. The floodgates opened however after the first question was volleyed. It was a simple inquiry about the revenue [...]
Finalists Announced
March 27th, 2010 - 4:42 pmJudges are listening to the last boardroom pitch from finalists in the Traditional category. They must soon choose among the following entries: Altus Poles, EntoGenetics, GlucaGo, PCCA Technologies and SECA Productions.
The competition for the final slot was intense, with the judges requiring a tie-breaking pitch from Altus and CarBone. The delay heightened the suspense and [...]
Elevator Pitch Round Up (Part I)
March 27th, 2010 - 3:57 pmThe Pandora for Ads
The AdStream team composed of Brian Laker, Rhianon DeLeeuw, and Andrew Joiner calmly stepped onto the elevator, DeLeeuw with her Apple computer in hand. The screen read “introducing symbiotic advertising.” The team stated that they planned to revive an old model of desktop advertising, but with a new swing on the idea. [...]
