Students pitch their business ideas to eminent panel of judges
Students pitch their business ideas to eminent panel of judges
Great to see some really innovative business ideas presented recently by students for ‘The Pitch’ as part of a day-long event organised by Matrix – the Entrepreneurship Platform of ÁùºÏ²ÊÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ American University London.
Led by Hamad Khan, Programme Director of Business Management, Matrix is available as a service to provide students with help and advice in establishing a start-up business.
The competition, was open to all undergraduate and postgraduate students, with the jury consisting of founders and experienced industry professionals, including one of our alumni, Pedram Parhizkari, co-founder and co-CEO, a London-based fintech that offers financial literacy and investment intelligence.
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Drum roll for the winners:
Winners – Harrison Lambert and Nitya Joshi – Local Lean – an app to solve the problem of finding local appropriate fitness and wellbeing services
Second Prize – Rachelle Urbaniak and Lily Ryan – Stress Tracker – an app and a bracelet to track and analyse your body functions
Third Prize – Shubham Dholakia and Shukan Dolakhia – Track Fin Solutions – an app to tailor commercial loan solutions
Big thanks to our judges for their participation and many congratulations to all of our students who took part!
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