EVENT SUMMARY
The Columbia Entrepreneurship Pitchathon is an inter-school event within the Columbia community, enabling aspiring entrepreneurs to plan and perfect their business plans and pitches. The event is open to all current CU students, under the mission of bringing the talented and diverse Columbia entrepreneurship community together.
DATE/ TIME: Friday 31st March 2017 to Saturday 1st April 2017 12:00 PM – 12:00 PM (24 hours)
PARTICIPANTS: 10 teams of 2-5 students enrolled in any degree program at Columbia
FORMAT: Overnight event focused on business planning, expert feedback, and presentation (pitching)
PRIZES: Cash prizes totalling $3,500 for the top 3 teams
As with all leading start-up events, the CE Pitchathon will conclude with a pitch competition in front of a panel of experienced venture capitalists, start-up founders and academic experts in the fields of technology and entrepreneurship. The goal is not simply to identify the most promising start-up idea or business model – instead, we are interested in the dynamic development of the team, product and model to most effectively bring the business plan to fruition.
The event hopes to attract brilliant teams from within the CU community by offering a lucrative cash prize to the top 3 competition teams, in the hopes that these funds will be used to further develop their business plans.
ABOUT THE ORGANIZERS
The event is hosted by Columbia’s Entrepreneurship, Leadership, and Consulting (ELC) Club, the Engineering Graduate School’s primary entrepreneurship and consulting club. The mission of the club is to aid members in developing career-specific skills, knowledge, and networks necessarily to succeed in the fields of entrepreneurship, consulting, finance, and analytics.
For more information on how you may be part of this fantastic event, kindly contact us at: elc.board@columbia.edu.
The Columbia Entrepreneurship Pitchathon is an inter-school event within the Columbia community, enabling aspiring entrepreneurs to plan and perfect their business plans and pitches. The event is open to all current CU students, under the mission of bringing the talented and diverse Columbia entrepreneurship community together.
DATE/ TIME: Friday 31st March 2017 to Saturday 1st April 2017 12:00 PM – 12:00 PM (24 hours)
PARTICIPANTS: 10 teams of 2-5 students enrolled in any degree program at Columbia
FORMAT: Overnight event focused on business planning, expert feedback, and presentation (pitching)
PRIZES: Cash prizes totalling $3,500 for the top 3 teams
As with all leading start-up events, the CE Pitchathon will conclude with a pitch competition in front of a panel of experienced venture capitalists, start-up founders and academic experts in the fields of technology and entrepreneurship. The goal is not simply to identify the most promising start-up idea or business model – instead, we are interested in the dynamic development of the team, product and model to most effectively bring the business plan to fruition.
The event hopes to attract brilliant teams from within the CU community by offering a lucrative cash prize to the top 3 competition teams, in the hopes that these funds will be used to further develop their business plans.
ABOUT THE ORGANIZERS
The event is hosted by Columbia’s Entrepreneurship, Leadership, and Consulting (ELC) Club, the Engineering Graduate School’s primary entrepreneurship and consulting club. The mission of the club is to aid members in developing career-specific skills, knowledge, and networks necessarily to succeed in the fields of entrepreneurship, consulting, finance, and analytics.
For more information on how you may be part of this fantastic event, kindly contact us at: elc.board@columbia.edu.
