Kent, OHIO – ¾«¶«Ó°Òµâ€™s John S. and Marlene J. Brinzo Center for Entrepreneurship, located within the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship, announces the winners of the 2025 Idea Pitch competition. ¾«¶«Ó°ÒµIdea Pitch, sponsored by the Ohio Innovation Fund, took place November 20 in Crawford Hall.
¾«¶«Ó°ÒµIdea Pitch competition helps ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ students develop their startup companies and pitch their business ideas to a panel of executive judges to win cash prizes.
Winners were:
- Nathan Wood, first place with Hero Foil ($1,000 prize and a guaranteed spot on the spring Rice Business Plan trip)
- Ben Windt, second place with LunaCase ($500 prize)
- Gabe Crozier with PantryBot and Olivia Fenneken with Cottage Core, third place tie ($200 prize)
Additional participants, who each received a $100 prize, included the following:
- Teni Fajuke with TravelsWithT
- Lakshya Pandey with Alvora AI
- Nat Foote with Roam VR
Judges for the event were:
- Bill Baumel, executive director, Ohio Innovation Fund
- Amalia Munteanu, entrepreneur-in-residence and executive coach
- Dave Thoman, President and CEO, Leading Edge
- Faith Voinovich, principal, Ohio Innovation Fund
¾«¶«Ó°Òµ ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ University’s Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship
¾«¶«Ó°Òµ University’s Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship is among 2% of business schools worldwide to obtain dual accreditation in business and accounting from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). ¾«¶«Ó°Òµcollege offers 10 undergraduate majors, 14 minors, and an undergraduate Professional Sales Certificate; MBA; master’s degrees in accounting, business analytics and economics; graduate certificates, dual degree programs and a Ph.D. program. For more information about ¾«¶«Ó°Òµâ€™s Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship, visit www.kent.edu/crawford.