Rise to the Challenge

Annual Rise to the Challenge Pitch Competition

What are you doing this year? How are you moving your ideas forward?

The Rise to the Challenge Pitch Competition offers over $20,000 in cash and professional services up for grabs. The Competition promises to be UB’s most exciting competition of the year. This could be just the vehicle to breathe life into your unique idea or give your existing business a boost.

Application Deadline: Friday, February 28th, 2020

Final "Live-Virtually" Competition: Wednesday, June 10, 2020

To apply for the 2020 Rise to the Challenge, please follow these 3 simple steps:

STEP 1: Create an Investment Summary for your business. We strongly encourage you to use the PitchCreator.com "College Foundation Course" to create your summary.

NOTE: The first 50 applicants will receive FREE access to Pitch Creator's College Foundation Course by going to the College Student Courses Page, and using the following coupon code at checkout: “20rise2the20challenge29”. (Please note that you do NOT need to create a slide deck for the application).

Here's the link to the page: https://pitchcreator.com/courses-college-students/

STEP 2: Create a 1-min. video pitch that identifies the target customer, market opportunities and competition for your business, among other things.

Upload the video to YouTube and provide URL link.

STEP 3: Upload your 1-min video pitch URL link and Investment Summary to TrustedPeer , by February 28, 2020 11:59 PM.

You must complete all 3 steps.

If a step is missed, you will be disqualified.

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Annual Rise to the Challenge Pitch Competition

What are you doing this year? How are you moving your ideas forward?

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