SURGE Pitch It To Win It
On Wednesday March 23rd the Mohawk College SURGE (@MohawkSURGE) program held it’s first ever Pitch It To Win It event!
The event saw Mohawk student startups pitching for a 1st prize of $1000, a 2nd prize of $400 and a 3rd prize of $200.
The judges for the evening where:
Julie Lukkarila Ontario Centres of Excellence
Chris Farias – Kitestring
Mindy Tweedle– Tweedle Productions
Helping student and recent alumni startups can be a challenge, because you need to give helpful advice (i.e. constructive criticism), but you don’t want to be too negative or discouraging either. The judges did an awesome job of giving a very high value critique while keeping things light and fun!
The students themselves really blew me away with the quality of the pitches. A lot of the ideas are early stage obviously, but in several cases you could see the students weren’t just trying to win a pitch competition but were trying to solve a problem and build real a business.
The winners were:
1) We FIt Your Wellness
2) Spotted
3) Pocket Threadz
Hopefully we see these startups in The Forge next!
Colin Cannella – FreshFit
FreshFit is a mobile health, fitness, and training service. The service provides you with a modern
take on traditional exercise by bridging the gap between movement and strength training.
Abhishek Soni – Mobè lease
Mobè lease is a smartphone leasing service. Students can lease the latest smartphone and can
update their leased phone frequently for an affordable cost.
Pawan Multani – Pocket Threads
Pocket Threads is a closet application that provides users a smarter way to manage their closets by
taking pictures of their clothes, reselling, and/or donating their used clothes. The features of the
application makes closet organization easy.
Greg Seguin – Wellness To You
Wellness To You is a mobile personal training and wellness service. Wellness To you provides
comfort and privacy to its clients by going directly to them and eliminates the fear and
inconvenience of a big-box gym.
Amanda Matfin – Greenteriors
Greenteriors provides installation of living artwork in the form of environmentally conscious
constructed vertical gardens. The vertical gardens add an aesthetically pleasing piece of décor while
improving air quality by removing common toxins from interior living spaces.
Michael Hoblak – TAPP Book
TAPP Book is an education enhancement application that improves coordination, cooperation, and
communication between teachers and parents. The app tracks students’ progress and providing a
centralized hub of information and resources that will help extend education beyond the bell.
Robert Nutley – Spotted
Spotted is an Air BnB style website and mobile application in which you are able to list your
driveway space and/or rent one of the listed driveways as a parking space.
Akil Al-Yaacoubi – Anesi
Anesi PerfectFit Leggings are a new line of leggings that are made from the highest quality
materials. They eliminate the current see-through, sweat marks, and stretching and wearing issues
of pre-existing legging designs.
