WCE Pitch Competition
The WCE Pitch Competition encourages students from across campus to pitch their business ideas for the chance to win an award to launch and scale their business. The Fall 2024 competition will give out $10K in awards.
How to Participate
Students that would like to participate need to:
- Submit an Application – Apply here! We will follow up with information about the required workshop and mentorship office hours and make sure you are ready to compete!
- Attend a Workshop – Learn the rules of the pitch competition and strategies to create a winning pitch. Workshops will be held on October 9th and 10th.
- Get Feedback – You’ll meet with mentors one-on-one to help improve your pitch. Mentoring will be held on October 17th and 18th.
- Pitch! – You’ll pitch on October 30th on either the small business or tech tracks. Each track will have three awards: (1st - $3,000; 2nd -$1,500; 3rd - $500) - totaling $10k.
Important Dates and Locations
Workshops
Required to attend one workshop
Workshop #1
Date: October 9th
Time: TBD
Location: TBD
Workshop #2
Date: October 10th
Time: 6pm -7:30pm
Location:TBD
Mentor Feedback
Required to attend one mentorship session
Option #1
Date: October 17th
Time: 6pm-7:30pm
Location: TBD
Option #2
Date: October 18th
Time: 11:00am-12:30pm
Location:TBD
Pitch Competition
Date: October 30th
Time: 6pm-8pm
Location: TBD
The WCE Pitch competition is cohosted by RED Labs and UH's CEO chapter (the Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Organization). You can email liana@redlabs.uh.edu for any questions about the pitch competition and can follow CEO on instagram at @BAUER_CEO to learn more about the organization and how to become a member.