Innovative George Washington University students and young alumni earned thousands of dollars’ worth of prize money for their startup visions Thursday night as finalists of the nationally recognized New Venture Competition, the flagship event put on by the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
After pitching to judges during the third and final round of competition the day before, the finalists of the four vertical tracks, in addition to a track for those just getting their feet wet in entrepreneurship, presented their innovative ideas in an awards show at Jack Morton Auditorium. Winners were then presented with large checks representing money that will help them further transform their ideas into market products...