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May 7, 2018

Winners ecstatic in $80,000 BulbHead.com student pitch contest

Posted in: Events, Young Entrepreneurs

Students on the winning team, Wheatpaste, celebrate as their name is called at the 2018 BulbHead pitch contest.
Students on the winning team, Wheatpaste, celebrate as their name is called at the 2018 BulbHead pitch contest.

Three student teams from ¾«Æ·³ÉÈ˸£ÀûÔÚÏß are celebrating after winning $80,000 in prize money in the held May 2 at the university’s conference center.

The contest is generously funded by alumnus AJ Khubani, founder and CEO of .

Students stand on stage with oversized checks, and the judges.
The three winning teams, with the finals judges.

The winning teams were:

First place for $50,000: Wheatpaste, a community engagement app, with George Garcia, a senior Entrepreneurship major; Matthew Szot, a senior Applied Nutrition major and ; and Jacob Gilbert, a junior Psychology major and .

Second place for $20,000: Eatree, makers of a vegetarian burger with sights on launching a healthy fast-food chain, with Visual Communication Design majors Lauren Wisnewski, a senior, and junior Sarah DiPirro; Visual Arts junior Lauren Green; and Bailey Capra, junior Exercise Science major.

Third place for $10,000: Culture, a clothing company that will create opportunities for the workers making the garments, with Kent Daniel, a senior Management major, and Sasha Mejia-Rivas, junior Fine Arts, Photography major. Both students are pursuing the .

At each prize level, team members will share 20 percent of the award, with the remaining 80 percent to be invested in the startup venture under the coaching of the .

View from the contest’s finals.

Read about the BulbHead contest in stories by and ¾«Æ·³ÉÈ˸£ÀûÔÚÏß and the university’s magazine.

The judges for the contest were:

FINALS:
, founder and CEO of BulbHead.com
, founder and CEO of Wales Capital
, president and CEO, Phoenix Marketing Solutions
, director of Feliciano Center for Entrepreneurship

Photo of four judges, seated, at microphones.
The finals judges from left: Dennis Bone, Kim Wales, Tracy Doyle and AJ Khubani.

SEMI-FINALS:
, cofounder of MedPro Wellness
, founder and CEO of Lightbridge Franchise Company
, owner of Kika Stretch Studios
, angel investor and founder of Giant Media

Four judges standing in formal pose for photo.
Semi-finals judges from left: Guy Falzarano, Hakika DuBose, Clark Lagemann and David Segura.

The contest’s master of ceremonies was Anthony “Sully” Sullivan, pitchman for OxiClean and more.

Anthony "Sully" Sullivan, pitchman for OxiClean, asks a question during the contest.
The event’s MC, Anthony “Sully” Sullivan, pitchman for OxiClean, asks a question during the contest.

For updates on the contest, and info how to participate in the future, visit our pitch competition page.