Tuesday, October 16, 2018
On Thursday, October 11 Iowa JPEC students and alumni came together at WeWork in Chicago for the Hawkeye Pitch Off competition.
Three student businesses competed in a "Shark Tank" style pitch off, where they were given 5 minutes to present and 5 minutes for questions. Each team was judged and awarded seed money based on their pitch.
Congratulations to our 2018 Hawkeye Pitch Off student businesses!
- 1st Place, $2,500 *Tied | Dalton Shaull (co-founded by Eric Pahl), HealthTech Solutions, a HIPAA compliant messaging software platform to connect organ transplant centers with organ procurement organizations.
- 1st Place, $2,500 *Tied | Madhi Eghbali, VerdiLife, all-natural and organic agricultural product made from wood waste.
- 3rd Place, $1,000 | Nico Aguilar & Anthony Pham, Speeko, a mobile app that helps people measure and improve verbal communication.
Thank you to our alumni judges and emcee.
- Ron Kaminski, Founder & CEO, HBK Engineering
- Yvonne Lyngaas Zeman, Founder & Director of Brand Development, Monarch and Company
- Jay Sebben, Founder & CEO, L Street Collaborative
- Mindi Knebel, Founder & CEO, Kaizen Health
- Amanda Boleyn, Founder & CEO, She Did It Her Way