Amazon is proud to be raffling off a Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 ($379 value) to one lucky student in the audience during Shark Tank.
Everyone with a valid cornell.edu email is currently eligible to receive a free 6 month trial of Amazon Student (free two day shipping on everything with no minimum purchase)
SALT | Fon Powell, Biomedical PhD, Weill Cornell
NTi TECHNOLOGY | Shane Heil ChemE BS '16, Kevin Hung BS ChemE '15, Xiaolu Wen BS ChemE '16
FLORA PULSE | Michael Santiago MechE PhD
ARCTYC INNOVATIONS | Willie Mendelson MEng '15, Bryan Dunn Hotel '14
RIGHT PRICE MANAGEMENT LLC | Rebecca Robinson MBA '15, Derek Mayer MBA '15
PRODUCE PAY | Pablo Borquez MBA '15 [Winner of Shark Tank NYC]*Ineligible to win this event
T H E J U D G E S
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ | Malinka Walaliyadde
CAYUGA VENTURE FUND | Jennifer Tegan
CHI FAN GROUP LLC | Caleb Cheng
Amazon is proud to be raffling off a Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 ($379 value) to one lucky student in the audience during Shark Tank.
Everyone with a valid cornell.edu email is currently eligible to receive a free 6 month trial of Amazon Student (free two day shipping on everything with no minimum purchase)
JAN 15 by 1m SUBMIT APPLICATION
Send 1-2 page application to ams345@cornell.edu include the following info:
1. Name of all team members, majority of founding team must be Cornell, with atleast one being a current student. List everyone's full name, degree, major, & grad year
2. Name, Email, and phone # of contact person for team
3. Company Name
4. Company Status (existing, or idea stage)
5. Idea/Business Summary
6. Describe your company's business model (how does your company generate revenue)
7. Describe your comapny's customer base (who will buy your co. product or service)
8. Estimate addressable market size for your company's product or service (answer in $ or # or other applicable metric)
Entire application should be no more than 2 pages.
JAN 15 5pm NOTIFICATION OF IN PERSON AUDITION
JAN 20 5pm IN PERSON AUDITIONS TAKE PLACE
Four minute pitch, bring your own laptop to present on
JAN 20 NOTIFICATION TO BE IN SHARK TANK
Final presentation must be submitted no later than Feb 1 at midnight
By being in shark tank you agree to being video recorded
FEB 3 SHOW TIME
Arrive by 4:30pm to event location for instructions and set up
FEB 3 DINNER @ BANFI'S
1 person per team, and 2 people from the winning team will join the judges for dinner
MARCH 13 SXSW
$1,200 Gold Pass for Interactive South by SouthWest (13th-17th)
MARCH 13 SXSW
Startup Village, Here's the Pitch
“You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and falling over."
- Richard Branson
Sponsors
Entrepreneurship at Dyson
Entrepreneurship at Cornell
eLabs (Cornell's on campus incubator)
Entrepreneurship & Innovation Institute
Johnson Career Management Center
Party Headphones
College of Engineering
Computer & Information Science
Student Agencies
Judging Criteria
Clear explanation of the problem (i.e. the customer need or pain) and the proposed solution (i.e. the product or service)?
Does the product or service solve a real societal need?
Is the solution unique and differentiated?
Is the business model clear and viable?
What scale of impact, with quantifiable measures, does or could this organization produce?
Does the company know what it takes to 'get to market'?
Rules & Guidelines
Winning team is not required to attend SXSW. Ticket and opportunity to pitch is not transferable.
You must pitch at SXSW to receive the Interactive Gold Pass to SXSW. (Attending the festival without pitching is not an option)
Majority of founding team must be Cornell and must have alteast one current Cornell student. (If two founders, one must be current Cornell student).
Audition can be held via skype for those students not on Ithaca campus.
If selected to be in competition, Cornell Student must be present to pitch in person at event on February 3.
Final presentation deck for event is due to ams345@cornell.edu by Feb 1 at midnight.