Will the next Mark Zuckerberg please stand up?
What are the odds that another young student at a prestigious university will develop an Internet social platform to solve a campus problem, which will ultimately scale to become a national phenomenon? Ari Winkleman may have done exactly that. The Drexel University senior is the Founder and CEO of Involvio, a new social management platform that empowers students to know what's going on across campus anytime, anywhere.
Winkleman is just one of thousands of new high-growth entrepreneurs pitching their ideas to angel investors and venture capitalists at events across America designed to connect entrepreneurs and investors. Winkleman's pitch impressed judges at the Early Stage East pitch competition in Baltimore, Md., on Dec. 14, where Daymond John (ABC's "Shark Tank" and founder of FUBU) served as moderator. Nearly 30 entrepreneurs were given an opportunity to make their pitch for seed and early stage capital ranging from a couple hundred thousand dollars up to $2.5 million.
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