Students Pitch Ideas Shark Tank Style

On December 8, student entrepreneurs competed in the Shark Tank Pitch competition. The first prize winner was Devin Varela ’20 and his company Social Throne. Second prize went to Solomon Crawford ’17 of J-Life. Karen Castaneda ’18, Anica Bustamante ’18, Maria Santacruz ’17 and their company Pup Pawps won the audience choice award.

The teams were judged by Bruce Rosenthal, M.B.A., Ph.D., KPGM founding dean of the School of Business, Phil Delabar, M.B.A., business adjunct professor; Kimberly Sumpter, owner of Wax Kandy Candle Company; Aleksandra Lacka of Insights Studio; and Janak Sarda, entrepreneur.