Pitch@WCC

Our top priority is the health and safety of our community, and therefore we regret that we have to cancel the PITCH @ WCC 2020 event on May 12, 2020 at this time. Stay updated on WCC's COVID-19 campus updates here: WCC's COVID-19 response page.  

Thank you to everyone who applied to participate in Pitch @ WCC 2020! Our team is connecting by email and phone to communicate ways in which you can continue to use the EC's resources and online tools for pitch participants during this time. While our coworking space is closed and workshops/events are on hold, we are available via phone or email.  If you have additional questions, please email [email protected] or call 734-249-5880.

Congratulations to all of our Pitch@WCC 2019 participants! See details below on our winners, event photos, and a video update on the 2018 “Grow” category winner.

Pitch@WCC is The Entrepreneurship Center at Washtenaw Community College’s premier event of the year, where entrepreneurs in three categories pitch their business ideas for cash prizes: Start, Build and Grow.

Pitch@WCC includes three months of required workshops on pitch training and storytelling. Entrepreneurs then prepare their pitches to present at the evening event, which includes food, a DJ and a panel of five judges from our on-campus and off-campus business community. A favorite is our audience choice award!

Pitch@WCC Press Coverage

Pitch@WCC 2019 participants, photo courtesy of Layton Howe

“Aspiring and fledgling entrepreneurs win cash prizes at Pitch@WCC,” WCC News & Events, May 14, 2019, https://www.wccnet.edu/news/2019/2019-05-14-pitch-wcc.php

“Washtenaw Community College holds ‘pitch-off’ for local entrepreneurs May 9 in Ann Arbor,” Click on Detroit, March 22, 2019, https://www.clickondetroit.com/all-about-ann-arbor/washtenaw-community-college-holds-pitch-off-for-local-entrepreneurs-may-9-in-ann-arbor

“Washtenaw Community College holds ‘pitch-off’ for local entrepreneurs May 9 in Ann Arbor,” Click on Detroit, March 22, 2019, https://www.clickondetroit.com/all-about-ann-arbor/washtenaw-community-college-holds-pitch-off-for-local-entrepreneurs-may-9-in-ann-arbor

“‘Catastrophe room’ business idea wins $1,500 at Pitch@WCC competition,” Concentrate Ann Arbor, May 23, 2018, https://www.secondwavemedia.com/concentrate/innovationnews/catasrelief0458.aspx

“Pitch@WCC competition returns, offering opportunity for aspiring entrepreneurs,” Concentrate Ann Arbor, January 17, 2018: https://www.secondwavemedia.com/concentrate/innovationnews/pitchatwcc0440.aspx

For an update on our Pitch@WCC Grow Category winners from 2018-2016, check out the following videos:

Pitch@WCC, May 2019

2019 winners are…

Start Category

1st Place – $1,000:
LikeMe? App
Steven Chettleburgh

Runner-up – $500:
Urban Healthcare Solutions
JoAhne Penney

Build Category

1st Place – $1,250:
Champ Life Pros
Red Jennings
rednetworkpros.com

Runner-up – $625:
Bee Present Honey
Rebecca Wittekindt
beepresenthoney.com

Grow Category

1st Place – $1,500:
The Cookie and Crumb
Shanell Smith
Facebook: The Cookie and Crumb

Runner-up – $750:
Beyond Primary Care
Jeff O’Boyle
beyondprimarycare.com

$500 Audience Choice Award

Jane Coaxum’s Golden Care
Charles Cameron

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