Win Over Investors in 3 Minutes: 7th Annual Pace U Pitch Contest. Keynote: Stanley Litow, IBM Foundation President April 11, 2011

High-energy collegiate events such as the Pace University Pitch Contest are valuable elements of an entrepreneurship education, not only for those that participate, but for members of the audience who may be harboring start-up dreams of their own.

Welcome: Neil Braun, Dean of the Lubin School of Business at Pace University; Former NBC Television Network President and CEO of Viacom Entertainment

Keynote Speaker: Stanley S. Litow, President of the IBM Foundation

Special Guest: "Bill Gates' favorite teacher" Sal Khan, Founder of the Khan Academy

The 6 Finalists who will deliver a live three-minute pitch to sell the judges and up to 700 audience members on the feasibility of their entrepreneurial idea, business model, marketing strategy, competitive analysis and financial plan on April 11, are:

NEW BUSINESS CONCEPTS

* Reslutions - Streamlines and improves front and back office processes of collegiate housing/residential departments.
* FitHopper - Offers members access to unlimited fitness service providers anywhere in the world, without contract obligations.
* The Lean Canteen - Mobile food cart that will serve an assortment of low calorie frozen entrées combined with a healthy side and bottled water to form a complete 500 calorie meal.

SOCIAL VENTURES

* Guiding Proud - One-on-one mentoring for LGBTQ youth, to foster self-esteem, self-confidence and a sense of worth.
* Little Big Loan - Connecting underprivileged youth that cannot attend college due to financial challenges with individual lenders (peer-to-peer lending).
* Malo Traders - Committed to combating extreme poverty and malnutrition by purchasing, storing, processing, and fortifying rice grown by small-scale farmers.

DISTINGUISHED JUDGING PANEL

* Kevin Bolen, Partner, Innosight
* Somak Chattopadhyay, Principal, GSA Venture Partners
* Jalak Jobanputra, Director of Investments, Omidyar Network
* Stanley S. Litow, President, IBM International Foundation
* David S. Rose, Chairman, New York Angels
* Lori Smith, Partner, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP

Hosted by Entrepreneurship at Lubin in association with The MIT Enterprise Forum of NYC.