Pitch it to Me Student Competition

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Suggested Pitch Structure

How should one go about delivering a great pitch? There are plenty of fantastic resources and videos online – read below for a general guide to elevator pitch structure. Creative and unique pitches are always welcome, but judges will be looking for the criteria below.

1. Problem: outline the problem or pain point that your business will address.
2. Solution: describe your solution to the problem.
3. Idea and business model: describe in further detail how your solution works. Outline how your idea makes sense as a business – how will you make money? How will you fund the venture? Are you expecting to deliver investors with a return?
4. Market validation: can you show that there is an appetite for your idea?
5. Progress to date (if any): have you generated any revenue? Have you secured any funding? Do you have any goals or targets?
6. The ask: a good pitch has an ask or a call to action. Do you need funding? Expertise? Space? Simply to meet for coffee to discuss? The judges will want to see an ask that makes sense for the business – and should feel compelled enough to want to explore your idea further.

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Judging

Judges will be provided with a rubric for use in scoring each round. The top three competitors will be chosen according to the judge's discretion, with the rubric being used as a guideline.

The rubric addresses several items, each with a different weight, including:

• Performance of the pitch

• Founder readiness

• Entrepreneurial execution

• Pitch content 

• Business idea strength

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Past Pitch Competition Winners

2024/25 - Pitch winners 

• 1^st place - Ishita Sharma
• 2^nd place - Marcela Pestana Nogueira
• 3^rd place - Bilal Gavacs  

 

2023 - Pitch winners 

• 1^st place - Chris Small with "Faculty of Skin"
• 2^nd place - Mehrab Shikder with “Wire Financial”
• 3^rd place - Tora Matys with “EZNOIZE”  
• Runner up - Dawn Osland with "CMGP Calculator"
• Runner up - Sawyer Lane with "Parachute"

 

2022 Pitch winners 

• 1^st place – Mikayla Balfour with "Grit Snow"
• 2^nd place – Ayanna Caesar with "Efficiency Coaching"
• 3^rd place – Braden Richards with "Chef Fresh"
• Runner up – Pratham Lakhani with "Cleto"
• Runner up – Gurmukh Singh with "Team Super Foods" 

 

2021  Pitch winners 

• 1^st place – Niki Kearl with "Blu Orthotics Lab"
• 2^nd place – Lydon Horne with "Air Management YEG"
• 3^rd place – Samuel Yasinski with "LIV Property Management"
• Runner up – Aliah Agito with "Clotheroo"
• Runner up – Sonja Holowaychuk with "SelfWoven"
• Runner up – Isaac Firman  

Watch 2021 pitch competition

 

2020 Pitch winners 

• 1^st place – Shelvie Fernan with "Drive and Fetch"
• 2^nd place – Patrick and Chaimae Cunningham with "Paddy Bakes"
• 3^rd place – Andrea Espinoza with 'Epico Designs"
• Runner Up – Michelle Nip with "Meech Bakes"
• Runner Up – Mahdi Hussain and Ahad Khalil with "Team Alpha"