Big iDeas Winners 2019-2022
2022 Business Plan Competition
Anim
College Plus
Commerce Navigator
Equity Ahead
Sister Shaq Sweet Tea
SpotBox
Steadispoon
2021 Pitch Contest
Anim
Collegiora
Commerce Navigator
EZ Tutor
Flip Chip
Local Mycology
Medichain
Oasis Market
Sanctuary Showers
Sister Shaq Sweet Tea
SpotBOX
Steadispoon
2021 Business Plan Contest Winners |
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Sister Shaq's Raleigh Dewan is fighting to end human trafficking with beverage company Sister Shaq's Sweet Tea |
Curle Mona El-Gharby is creating custom curly hair products with her beauty brand Curle |
College+ Seun Suberu is helping underserved students navigate the college admissions process with his app College+ |
spotBOX Sonia Saeed and Lisa Kim are improving the menstrual experience with their ungendered period subscription service spotBOX. |
Panacea Madison McMahan is helping folks find friends amid the pandemic with her app Panacea. |
Anim Manov Jain is helping consumers make more informed and healthy choices about their food with his app Anim |
EZ Tutor Aryan Bhatnagar is helping students learn with his peer-to-peer tutoring company EZ Tutor. |
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2020 Pitch Contest Winners |
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PITCHin |
The Playground Acting Program |
Renewal |
Sarah Koh and Andrew Melland |
Alysia Giakoumas |
Ashley Gans and Logan McElroy |
Crowd Share |
Regent |
MyFire |
Alejandro Villaquiran |
Greta Felten |
Elizabeth Hanna |
Room Valet |
spotBOX |
Carp |
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 |
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 |
Local Sage |
Univers_ |
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 + |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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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