Dear Colleagues,
Besides being professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at George Mason, I am affiliated with a not-for-profit called TiE DC that is focused on fostering entrepreneurship in our region. I request you to please forward these to any student teams that you think can benefit from the experience. Please visit for more information about the program at: www.tieuniversity.org
TiE DC is pleased to announce the TiE DC University PitchFest for college/university students across Washington DC, Maryland & Virginia (DC, MD and VA). This is a FREE competition to students. Three teams will win cash prizes for participating and winning: 1st Prize $5,000, 2nd Prize $3,000, and 3rd Prize $2,000.
Additionally, the pitch offers:
· Mentoring and coaching from the network of TiE and other successful entrepreneurs
· In-kind prizes for building your start up
· Access to capital from investors and network of TiEDC as well as TiE Global
· The winning team (TiE DC team) in the University PitchFest competition will be invited to present in the TiE Global competition that offers more than $50,000 cash and in-kind prizes for the winners
· Pitch submission Deadline: March 15, 2021 at: https://dc.tie.org/tie-university/
· PitchFest for TiE DC will be held on April 17, 2021 (Virtual)
· Open to - Current students from Colleges/Universities and students graduates from 2019 and 2020
Thanks and regards,
On behalf of the TiEDC PitchFest Organizing Committee
Ravi Puli (ravi.puli@isgit.com) & Mahesh P. Joshi (mpjoshi@gmu.edu;mpjgmu@gmail.com)