Student Pitch Competition
Date: Thursday, May 1st, 2025
Location: KPU Surrey Conference Centre
Time: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
The Student Pitch Competition is a KPU entrepreneurial launch opportunity, hosted by the Melville School of Business scheduled for May 1, 2025. This inaugural event allows students to put knowledge into practice. It provides opportunities for inter-disciplinary collaboration, cultivating a spirit of entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainable growth as they evaluate and pursue their personal and professional career goals and generate value for society.
On select Saturday's, students can work with faculty members to practice, enhance, and design their pitches for the competition. The following sessions have been scheduled with Afshin Doustmohammadi:
February 8 | 1:00-4:00pm
March 8 | 1:00-4:00pm
April 5 | 1:00-4:00pm
All sessions will take place at KPU's Civic Plaza Campus. A light lunch will be provided.
Please RSVP to reserve your spot for a session at siincubator@kpu.ca
Afshin Doustmohammadi is an entrepreneur and business leader with a consulting, technology, and finance background. He has founded and guided several startups, helping them grow, secure investments, and develop strategic partnerships. Known for his hands-on approach, Afshin is passionate about innovation and works closely with businesses to help them reach their full potential.
Register to Compete
KPU Entrepreneurs Club
The KPU Entrepreneurs Club is a community for ambitious students to explore and grow in entrepreneurship. It fosters creativity, innovation, and collaboration, providing opportunities to connect with like-minded peers, and share ideas. Our mission is to ignite curiosity and fuel the entrepreneurial spirit through engaging discussions and exciting events. By hosting guest speakers and providing valuable experiences, we want to empower students to transform their ideas into meaningful change.
To join, email kpuentrepreneurclub@gmail.com.
Register as Guest
Event Details
The pitch competition will be open to all KPU students. Students will participate in a series of three pitch rounds. The first round will be 3-minute video submissions to select 10 qualified candidates by a faculty panel. These 10 candidates will then move to the second round and their video will be shared on the registration page. The second round of students will present a 5-minute in-person pitch with Q&A, evaluated by the selected faculty panel. The five candidates will move to the final pitch round where they will present to a selection of guest industry judges.
Its purpose is to foster the creation and support of student projects as they capitalize on their ideas and projects to achieve concrete sustainable solutions to address real-world social, environmental and economic problems in all sectors, generating value and opportunity for themselves and the community.
A series of events will take place leading up to the final event to capture the interest of the university’s student body and engage them. We want students to connect with the entrepreneurial community and learn what entrepreneurship means at The Melville School of Business.