Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Menu
Prepare

Elevator Pitch Competition

Hosted in the fall of each academic year, the Elevator Pitch Competition allows students to share product ideas, innovative services, or a startup plan at any stage of development. Cal Poly students across all majors are encouraged to apply.

First-round entries must be submitted by video and the deadline to apply is Sunday, October 16 by 11:59 p.m. Finalists selected to compete in the final round will pitch at the CIE’s Elevator Pitch event on November 2. At the end of the event, two teams will be awarded $1,000 and $500 will go to the crowd favorite.

Info Session: 9/29 at 5:30 p.m. | The Hatchery, Building 2, Rm 206
CPE Pitch Workshop: 10/11 at 6:00 p.m. | Nash Entrepreneurship Lab, Building 2, Rm 210

Elevator Pitch Competition event: 11/2 at 4:30 p.m. | Cal Poly Performing Arts Center

Apply Here!
RSVP for the event here!

Learn more about the Elevator Pitch Competition from a previous contestant, Haley Pavone:

Prepare

The center prepares students to become emerging leaders and career ready entrepreneurs who generate innovative solutions to real-world problems, research promising technologies and develop viable business plans.

Elevator Pitch Competition

You know that idea you’ve always had? The one you think could make you millions? Well, this is your chance to share that idea with the world and possibly win $1,000. The Elevator Pitch Competition gives students 90 seconds to pitch their best idea to a panel of entrepreneurs and compete for cash prizes.

READ MORE

Startup Marathon

Starting a business usually requires months (or even years) of preparation. At Startup Weekend, though, we give you only 54 hours to build a business with a team of strangers. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to find out what it takes to produce a viable startup in the modern world.

READ MORE

The Hatchery

At the CIE, we understand that your best ideas can arrive before your diploma. In fact, the startups that change the world often begin in dorm rooms and classrooms. We designed the Hatchery to shape and grow student-led startups, enabling students to develop the proper tools for building a business from scratch.

READ MORE

Innovation Quest

A great startup requires more than just a great idea; it needs support from the market, clients and investors. Innovation Quest (iQ) serves as the support system that provides the fuel for great ideas. With a $15,000 grand prize and over $10,000 in additional prize money, iQ can transform your idea into a financially-backed endeavor.

READ MORE

Camp PolyHacks

Cal Poly is home to some of the most creative programmers and designers in the world, so we created a student-run, multidisciplinary hackathon dedicated to social entrepreneurship and human-centered design.

READ MORE