NEW YORK, NY- March 10, 2014 – Student entrepreneurs throughout the City University of New York (CUNY) are encouraged to sign up for the 12th Annual SmartPitch Challenge, offering a valuable learning experience and $25,000 in prizes.
The Smart Pitch Challenge, created by the CUNY Institute for Virtual Enterprise, gives student entrepreneurs an opportunity to create and validate a business concept, pitch their idea, and follow a business plan to ultimately launch their business. CUNY student entrepreneurs can sign up at smartpitch.org until March 17 to participate in the five-month competition that includes a series of events and workshops that lead up to the SmartPitch Challenge finale on June 5. A list of events and updates can be found on Facebook and their Social Networking Site.
WHAT PARTICIPANTS ARE SAYING SO FAR
The SmartPitch Challenge is hosted by the CUNY Institute for Virtual Enterprise and the Lawrence N. Field Center for Entrepreneurship, located at Baruch College. Throughout the duration of the competition, student entrepreneurs attend co-working sessions that provide a supportive environment to discuss ideas in a community of like-minded students and entrepreneurs. So far, CUNY students who have signed up are finding SmartPitch to be a valuable opportunity to learn how to make their business ideas a reality.
JEREMY SZE
BUSINESS IDEA: “Muni Mate,” an app that creates a network of drivers to alert each other to avoid getting parking tickets.
“I would highly recommend for people to sign up for SmartPitch because in this environment, you are doing it yourself. When I come to the Field Center (for the co-working sessions) I feel at ease with people wanting to create stuff and make things happen.”
Click here to read what other students are saying about the SmartPitch Challenge:
http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/news/CUNYSmartPitchChallenge2014.htm
Celene McDermott
Office of Communications, Marketing & Public Affairs
BARUCH COLLEGE
One Bernard Baruch Way, Box A-1503
17 Lexington Avenue and 23rd Street
New York, NY 10010-5585
(646) 660-6134
Celene.mcdermott@baruch.cuny.edu
