Big iDeas Winners
2020 Pitch Contest Winners |
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PITCHin
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The Playground Acting Program |
Renewal |
Sarah Koh and Andrew Melland |
Alysia Giakoumas |
Ashley Gans and Logan McElroy |
Crowd Share
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Regent |
MyFire
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Alejandro Villaquiran |
Greta Felten |
Elizabeth Hanna |
Room Valet
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spotBOX |
Carp
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Anna Rose Carrell and Matt Melcher |
Sonia Saeed and Yuijin Kim |
Olivia Gruber |
Covid SMS
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My Low |
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Allen Lui |
Brandon Herman and Costakis Loizou |
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2020 Business Plan Winners |
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Clean Energy Gambia
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Curly Solutions |
EZ Tutor |
Mohammed Njie (’21, left) is creating a social enterprise to tackle the high energy demands of Gambia and bring clean and sustainable energy sources to the nation. |
Mona El-Gharby (’20) is developing products for curly hair that inspire users, raise confidence, and connect them to a larger community. |
Aryan Bahtnagar (’22) is building an app and service to connect students to peers from within their school who are able to tutor and support. |
Greener Life
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Local Sage |
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Taylor Slaton (’20) and Ceydan Kaya (’20) are developing an app to help the average consumer track their waste consumption over a day. |
Gavin Watts (’21) is creating an online farmer's market to connect foodies with the best products from their city, region, or state. |
Abigail Peterson (’20, right) is creating a mobile app to improve young adults' campus experience by facilitating friendships and social connections. |
2019 Pitch Competition Winners |
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College +
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Curly Solutions |
Cusp |
Seun Suberu (’23) is building an app to help high school students search for colleges, reducing stress and easing the transition to college. |
Mona El-Gharby (’21) is developing products for curly hair that inspire users, raise confidence, and connect them to a larger community. |
Eric Petsche (’20) is creating an app to provide creative professionals with a platform through which they may network and collaborate. |
DeepEnergy |
EZ-Tutor |
The Gambia Electrification Project
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Austin Hickle (’22) is building an innovative battery and making compressed air energy more accessible for consumers. |
Maren Hess (’22) is building an app and service to connect students to peers from within their school who are able to tutor and support. |
Mohammed Njie (’21) is creating a social enterprise to tackle the high energy demands of Gambia and bring clean and sustainable energy sources to the nation. |
GreenerLife |
Hands |
One for All Theater
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Taylor Slaton (’20) and Ceydan Kaya (’20) are developing an app to help the average consumer track their waste consumption over a day. |
Josh Lauer (’20) is creating a haptic-glove to enhance the experience of extended reality. |
Ben Stegmair (’21) is building a platform to help students hone their acting skills and bringing affordable theater to diverse citizens of the DFW area. |
The Playground Acting Program |
Rock Strap |
Sweetie, Take Care of Yourself
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Alysia Giakoumas (’21) is creating a children’s life-skills program taught through the art of acting. |
Drew Schindler (’21) is creating an innovative and simple solution to the problems associated with cello rock stops. |
Brinn Bailey (’21) is developing a personal care product line and spreading awareness of mental health, especially among black women |
Treeology |
Vuzag |
We the Students
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Surya Ramakrishnan (’22) is building a company to reduce single-use plastics and promote greener thinking. |
Jalen Lynch (’20) is creating an app to socially connect the world’s information and connect communities like never before. |
Lamisa Mustafa (’21) is creating a first-of-its-kind community symposium created by, of, and for undergraduate student-activists from colleges across North Texas. |
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