Big iDeas Winners 2019-2022

2022 Business Plan Contest

Big iDeas fan favorite winners

Anim

Manov Jain ('22)
College Plus founder Seun Suberu with his big check at the Big iDeas competition

College Plus

Seun Suberu ('22)
Commerce Navigator founders Michael Castle and Jude Lugo with their big check at the Big iDeas competition

Commerce Navigator

Jude Lugo (’25) Michael Castle ('25)
Tyne Dickson, founder of Equity Ahead, with her big check at the Big iDeas competition

Equity Ahead

Tyne Dickson ('22)
Sister Shaq's founders Raleigh Dewan with his big check at the Big iDeas competition

Sister Shaq Sweet Tea

Keyshon Jones(’23) and Raleigh Dewan ('23)
Sonia Saeed, founder of spotBOX, with her big check at the Big iDeas competition

SpotBox

Sonia Saeed (’22)
SteadiSpoon co-founder Mason Morland with his big check at the Big iDeas competition

Steadispoon

Mason Morland ('24)

2021 Pitch Contest

Anim founder Maniv Jaim pitching

Anim

Manov Jain ('22)
Collegiora co-founder Rhys Prosser with Jennifer Ebinger and Simon Mak

Collegiora

Rhys Prosser ('23)
Picture of Jude Lugo (center) with his big check. Jennifer Ebinger (left) and Simon Mack (right)

Commerce Navigator

Jude Lugo (’25)
Photo of EZ Tutor founder Aryan Bhatnagar with Jen Ebinger and Simon Mak

EZ Tutor

Aryan Bhatnagar (’22)
Flip Chip founder Zachary Lawyer with Jennifer Ebinger and Simon Mak

Flip Chip

Zachary Lawyer
Local Mycology founder Grant Ayers with Jennifer Ebinger and SImon Mak

Local Mycology

Grant Ayers (’22)
Medichain founders Eric Vu and Alex Cerpa with Jennifer Ebinger and Simon Mak

Medichain

Son Vu and Alex Cerpa
Oasis Market founder Rankin Poage with Jennifer Ebinger and Simon Mak

Oasis Market

Rankin Poage (’23)
Sanctuary Showers founder Mason Kenmore with Jennifer Ebinger and Simon Mak

Sanctuary Showers

Mason Kenmore (’25)
Picture of Keyshon Jones (center) with his big check. Jennifer Ebinger (left) and Simon Mak (right)

Sister Shaq Sweet Tea

Keyshon Jones (’23)
SpotBox founder Sonia Saeed with Jennifer Ebinger and Simon Mak

SpotBOX

Sonia Saeed (’22)
Picture of Raleigh Dewan (center) with his big check. Jennifer Ebinger (left) and Simon Mak (right)

Steadispoon

Raleigh Dewan ('23)

2021 Business Plan Contest

Anim

Manov Jain

College Plus

Seun Suberu

Curle

Mona El-Gharby

EZ Tutor

Aryan Bhatnagar


Panacea

Madison McMahan

Sister Shaq Sweet Tea

Raleigh Dewan

spotBOX

Sonia Saeed and Lisa Kim

2020 Pitch Contest

Carp

Olivia Gruber

Crowd Share

Alejandro Villaquiran

My Low

Brandon Herman and Costakis Loizou

MyFire

Elizabeth Hanna


PITCHin

Sarah Koh and Andrew Melland

Regent

Greta Felten

 

Renewal

Ashley Gans and Logan McElroy

Room Valet

Anna Rose Carrell and Matt Melcher

spotBOX

Sonia Saeed and Lisa Kim

The Playground Acting Program

Alysia Giakoumas

2020 Business Plan Contest

Clean Energy Gambia

Mohammed Njie (’21)

Curly Solutions

Mona El-Gharby (’20)

EZ Tutor

Aryan Bahtnagar (’22)

Greener Life

Taylor Slaton (’20) and Ceydan Kaya (’20)

Local Sage

Gavin Watts (’21)

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Abigail Peterson (’20, right)

2019 Pitch Contest

College Plus

Seun Suberu (’23)

Curly Solutions

Mona El-Gharby (’21)

Cusp

Eric Petsche (’20)

Deep Energy

Austin Hickle (’22)

EZ Tutor

Maren Hess (’22)

The Gambia Electrification Project

Mohammed Njie (’21) 

Greener Life

Taylor Slaton (’20) and Ceydan Kaya (’20)

Hands

Josh Lauer (’20) 

One for All Theater

Ben Stegmair (’21)

Playground Acting Program

Alysia Giakoumas (’21)

Sweetie Take Care of Yourself

Brinn Bailey (’21)

Treeology

Surya Ramakrishnan (’22)

Vuzag

Jalen Lynch (’20)

We the Students

Lamisa Mustafa (’21)