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!

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How It Works

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1. OPTIONAL - ATTEND KICK-OFF EVENT (FEBRUARY 4)

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2. Sign Up With a Team (BY FEBRUARY 20)

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3. Design a Solution to a Pitch Challenge

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4. Pitch to your quad (FEBRUARY 23)

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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

  • Education

  • Health & Wellness

  • Climate & Sustainability

  • Equitable Economic Opportunity

  • Duke & Durham

  • Hunger & Food Access

Tools

  • AI / Automation

  • Storytelling / Media

  • CRISPR / Gene Editing

  • AR/VR/IOT

  • Policy Innovation

  • Other

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

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Project Edge students pitch their startup idea during orientation

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:

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Meet With Us

Make a brief virtual or in-person appointment to talk through your pitch.

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Review Pitch Guidance

We've got tips for you to make your strongest possible pitch.

Quad Cup PITCH Guidance

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