On April 25, 2019, cross-disciplinary student teams presented their product pitches at the inaugural Seawolf Pitch Competition.
A panel of entrepreneurs and business leaders from Make Media, Business Design Corporation, Wildbrine, Global Packaging, Sonoma County Economic Development Board, Traditional Medicinals, North Coast SCORE, Burr Pilger Mayer, Umpqua Bank, Rodney Strong Vineyards and Sonoma State University were invited to judge the competition. The competition consisted of 1-minute pitches followed by a venture expo.
Student venture teams from various disciplines at SSU competed in one of four tracks: entrepreneurship, engineering, prototype and social entrepreneurship. A total of $5,000 in cash prizes were awarded to winning teams including multiple engineering student projects. Students that placed first were Line Mogul for entrepreneurship, PLAD for engineering, PocketSight for prototype and EMOTE for social entrepreneurship.
For a complete list of winners and participants, please visit Seawolf Pitch Competition.
Dr. Sergio Canavati, Chris Stewart and Dr. Karen Thompson conceived the Seawolf Pitch Competition as part of School of Business and Economics’ Entrepreneurship Hub, which serves all SSU students.