In the article "Pitch George Takes Business Ideas from Classroom to Market," GW Today announces the winners of the 17th annual Pitch George Competition, held in November 2024. GW Engineering is proud to share that two members of our community, Anya Greene and Harry Lopez, were part of teams that placed in the top three! Greene, working with classmates from the GW School of Business, took first place for their app UFeast, while Lopez and his teammates from GW Business secured third for their app Meet Your Match.
Here is an excerpt from the article: "Pitch George is held each semester and hosted by the Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence (CFEE) of GW Business, awarding $10,000 in prize money to the winning student entrepreneurs who deliver a tight 3-minute elevator spiel for promising business ideas and products. More than 200 students were part of teams that identified a problem and its target market and devised a solution for which they developed a business plan to make it happen, which was then presented to a panel of judges comprised of industry leaders and businesspeople."
Read the full article on GW Today.