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Educators Create,
Students Pitch,
Communities Engage.

Easily host your own web-based pitch competition to showcase student ideas and receive meaningful feedback from industry professionals and community members.


Educators create a competition and invite students to submit entries, then share the link with community members or professionals who want to serve as Judges or Partners. If made public, the world can vote and contribute funds. 

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Step 1
Create Your Competition

Educators set up a competition in minutes. You can keep it classroom-only or connect it to a larger group competition by entering a Group Competition ID. While setting up, you also decide which engagement options you want to allow—voting, comments, judge ratings, or monetary support.

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Step 2
Invite Students

Share your competition link with learners. Each entry includes a video and a written component, with requirements you set.

 

A valid email is required - young learners (under 13) will need to team up with a supporter to submit a pitch. Supporters can be older students, family, or educational staff. 

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Step 3
Invite Community & Professionals

Share your competition link with community members, and industry professionals. They’ll click the Judge or Partner sign-up buttons to confirm their engagement and request access.  Learn more.

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Step 4
Approve Connections

Educators approve every Judge and Partner request. Judges and partners only see the ability to leave ratings or comments under pitch submissions once you grant access.

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Step 5
Engage & Celebrate

  • Audiences can vote or back a pitch (at the top of each entry).

  • Judges add ratings and comments at the bottom of each pitch.

  • Partners leave encouragement (also at the bottom).

  • All judge ratings come directly to you and all comments require your approval before going public.

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Educational Groups

With Group access, educational teams can create competitions that display entries from multiple classrooms. Each educator still manages their own classroom-level engagement, while the Group competition provides a combined showcase and overall rankings across classes. Learn more.

Organization Level Partners

Companies, nonprofits, or agencies can create Organization Partner accounts to track company-wide engagement. These accounts let leaders see all partners and judges who reference their Organization ID—perfect for recording service hours and celebrating collective impact. Learn more.

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