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Start-Up Lab Grand Pitch Event
On Tuesday 21 November, we hosted the Start-Up Lab Autumn 2023 Grand Pitch event and each participant gave a 3-minute pitch to an adjudication panel.
The objective was to convince the panel that their idea is the “Best Idea In The World” by pitching a business model in a compelling way using the tips and tactics that was discussed over the last six weeks.
The programme which is run over six evenings is designed to help participants build and refine a robust business model for their business.
There were three award winners:
1) The Start-Up Lab "Best Idea Prize" was awarded to Dongzheng Li.
2) The Start-Up Lab "Sustainable Impact Prize" was awarded to Suyash Sharma.
3) The Start-Up Lab "Best Pitch Prize" was awarded to Jacob O'Brien and to Lia O' Brien/Aine McCormack.
Well done to the award winners and to all the participants!
Thank you to our adjudication panel, Niall O'Keeffe of Local Enterprise Office, Cork City, Richard Brewster of Bank of Ireland, Sally Cudmore of UCC Innovation and Anna Ozolina of Sustainable Futures UCC. And to our Start-Up Lab mentors and facilitators Gillian Barrett, Virginia Foley, Tom Connolly and Peter Finnegan. And also to our guest speakers Dave Calnan of Telea, Ian O'Sullivan of LegitFit, Ailis Crowley of FashForward and Anna Ozolina of Sustainable Futures UCC.
We couldn't run these initiatives without our partners University College Cork, UCC Innovation, Bank of Ireland, Cork County Council, Cork City Council, Local Enterprise Office Cork City, Local Enterprise Office Cork North & West and Local Enterprise Office South Cork.
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