Welcome to the submission site for Cal Poly's Innovation Quest competition.  We are so excited to once again be hosting this fantastic competition which highlights student innovators from across campus.  Submissions are due Friday March 15th by 11:59pm.

Read and respond to each question carefully.  There are word limits so be thorough but you'll need to be concise.  You are able to start, save, and return to your application at any time so we encourage you to start early, save your application and come back to it to make revisions.  When you are finished remember to submit the application as "in-process" applications will not be judged even if there are words for each question.

This application will be used to determine our finalists (~12 Teams).  Finalists will be announced approximately two weeks after final submissions are received.  More details on preparation for the finals will be provided after the finalists are announced.  The finalist presentations will be on Saturday April 27th and the awards banquet will be that evening.

All future correspondence about the competition will go only to the e-mail address that is listed for the team lead.  That individual is responsible for notifying the rest of the team about information regarding the submission, deadlines, instructions, etc.

Questions can be directed to Tom Katona (tkatona@calpoly.edu).  
Good luck everyone!

Do you have a wild idea? Do you want to win $1000 for it? To compete, you only need to pitch it to us in 90 seconds. No business plan, no slides, no entry fee, just an idea for a product or service.


Imagine entering an elevator with a potential partner or investor, with only 20 floors to spark interest. The 15th Annual Elevator Pitch Competition is designed to simulate this interaction by giving Cal Poly students a chance to pitch their ideas in 90 seconds or less.

 

Students with product ideas, awesome innovations, a genuine start-up, or just a desire to practice their presentation skills are encouraged to enter.

For the first time ever, we're structuring the competition to have finalists from each college at Cal Poly.  Enter here for a chance to represent your college in the finals!

 

To enter, you will need to fill out this application, and include a link to a YouTube video of your Elevator Pitch (90 seconds or less).



 

• There is no fee for entry.

• Entrants will have up to 90 seconds to present their idea.

• No audio, visual aids, slides, props, notes or handouts allowed.

• The entire pitch must be given by one person only.

• Registrations must be received by Friday, October 24rd at 11:59 PM.

• Submissions may be entered by teams or individuals.

• Each team or individual may enter up to three ideas.

• Each team must have at least 50% full-time students; if you are submitting as an individual, you must be a currently registered student.

• Entries must be the original work of entrants.

• Communication will be through Cal Poly e-mail address and it is the responsibility of the participants to check for correspondence.

• Ideas that have won prize money in a prior year are not eligible to participate unless significantly re-tooled. This will be a decision of the CIE team.

• Depending on the number of applications, there may be an optional semi-finalist round where you would pitch your idea in-person. This optional round would on Friday October 31st.
  
  
   
• If chosen as a finalist, the presenting member of the team must be present at the Center For Innovation & Entrepreneurship’s Forum on Thursday, November 6th. Failure to show up will result in the forfeiture of any prize won.

• Must be a currently registered student.