Patriot Pitch

Overview

Patriot Pitch Spring 2022 Edition, is organized in collaboration with Mason Innovation Exchange (MIX).

The competition is open to all teams with at least one Mason student. Students will present their business ideas (for profit or not-for-profit) to a panel of judges including faculty, entrepreneurs, and mentors. Participants will have the opportunity to receive valuable feedback and enhance their ability to present and market their ideas to early stage investors. Teams will compete for prizes.

Please read Pitching section carefully to better help you prepare your pitch. Please see Participation Requirements section of this page to find out how to participate to the competition.

Registration is required to participate. Please complete the registration form no later than 11:59 pm EDT on March 1st, 2022. Early submissions are highly encouraged.

Registration form: TBA

Important Dates

Application Deadline: March 1, 2022

Presentation and Feedback: March 2-8, 2022

Finalists announced: March 11, 2022

Updated presentation due: March 25, 2022

Public Competition: April 1, 2022

Participation Requirements

Team Composition

We highly recommend students to create teams with two or more individuals. Individual participants may be considered, with the expectation of creating a team in the near future.

At least one member of each team must be a current student at George Mason University. The other members may include students, alumni, faculty, staff, or external participants.

The pitch presentation must be done by current Mason students.

Participation

In order to be considered each team must submit the initial application and participate in a private presentation with the competition co-chairs. If selected as a finalist, at least one GMU student (team member) must participate in the final competition and present the idea in front of the jury.

Competition Co-Chairs

Mihai Boicu, Associate Professor in the Information Sciences and Technology Department, and the Co-Director of the Laboratory for IT Entrepreneurship

Gisele Stolz, Director, Entrepreneurship Programs & MEC Business Incubators, Office of Innovation and Economic Development

Note: All the names are listed in alphabetical order for judges, thank you note and competition co-chairs.