
Innovate Your Way to Quad Glory and a Trip to NYC
Want to earn points for your quad, flex your entrepreneurial muscles, and win a trip to NYC or other fab prizes? Sign up for Quad Cup PITCH, where you and a team will design a solution to an important problem (we’ll help you pick), then compete in your quad to advance to the final PITCH!

How It Works
1. OPTIONAL - ATTEND KICK-OFF EVENT (FEBRUARY 4)
2. Sign Up With a Team (BY FEBRUARY 20)
3. Design a Solution to a Pitch Challenge
4. Pitch to your quad (FEBRUARY 23)
5. Each quad sends a team to the championships! (MARCH 2)
PITCH Challenges
Identify a problem in one of the opportunity areas listed, then combine with a tool to create your solution.
Opportunity Areas
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Tools
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Points
Get points for your quad! At the March 2 final PITCH event, the first place winner gets 100 points, the runner-up gets 75 points, and the third place winner gets 50 points. Plus, each person who attends the event earns 1 point for their quad.
Prizes

In Quad Cup PITCH, everybody wins—but some people win BIG.
All Participants
Win raffle and door prizes and gain access to a March 2 afterparty at Krafthouse / Brodhead
Audience Choice
Meal with a Duke I&E faculty member
Second & Third Place
Unique Duke experiences TBA
Grand Prize
New York City trip to meet with influential Duke alumni, have dinner, and experience arts and entertainment in the Big Apple—PLUS a guaranteed table at the April 10 Duke Startup Showcase
PITCH Support
Want help with your pitch? Here are two things you can do: