EVENTS
ROCKET PITCH Held in both the fall and spring semesters, Rocket Pitch is our competition for idea-stage ventures. Undergraduate and graduate students pitch their ideas for up to $3,500 in total prize money, which can provide new startups the boost they need to acquire customers, build an MVP, and create the enterprise. Even in a virtual environment, we had nearly 80 students come out to pitch between the two events, a number on par with years past. Furthermore, we were proud to debut the $1,000 Eisenberg Prize for First-Generation Student Entrepreneurs.
WINNING PITCHES FALL ROCKET PITCH:
Across both semesters, 8 out of 10 identified as either a member of a minority community and/or as female.
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SPRING
38
36
PARTICIPANTS
17 Undergraduate 21 Graduate
PARTICIPANTS
17 Undergraduate 19 Graduate
$7,000 Total prize money awarded ($3,500 Fall / $3,500 Spring)
4 | Georgetown Entrepreneurship Annual Report 2020–2021
First Place: Team Magis, Nick Genovese (G’21) A storytelling service and digital content platform for student athletes Second Place: Kits 4 Kids, Mackenzie Loy (MBA’22), Ryan Lee (MBA’22) A monthly subscription box of children’s toys and activities People’s Choice Award: Lazzos, Carlos Herrerias (MBA’21) A fintech company that provides microloans to low-income women in Mexico Eisenberg Prize: >Seven, Evelyn de la Vega (SCS’21) E-commerce platform that helps consumers shop for sustainable fashion products
SPRING ROCKET PITCH: First Place: Kitchen with a Mission, Jordan Foley (L’21) A food truck that trains and places veterans into careers in the culinary arts Second Place: RxGuardian, Ted Cho (MD/MBA’22) A cloud-based medication record that’s linked to a patient’s wristband People’s Choice Award: Convenient Compost, Gracey Owen (B’22) A revolutionary new reusable compost freezer bag Eisenberg Prize: Whizard, Sadichchha Adhikari (MBA’21) A review service for professional documents
