{"id":1534,"date":"2026-05-14T14:53:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T14:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/centers\/?page_id=1534"},"modified":"2026-08-12T09:56:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T13:56:31","slug":"pitchdeck","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/centers\/pihe\/engagement\/pitchdeck\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospitality Pitch Deck Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
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The Cornell Hospitality Pitch Deck Competition is an experiential learning opportunity for student entrepreneurs who are contemplating, starting, or operating an early stage hospitality-based venture, and who are looking to improve their pitching skills, with the potential to earn seed funding for their venture.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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OFFICIAL RULES AND GUIDELINES<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Leland C. and Mary M. Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship at the Cornell Nolan School of Hotel Administration sponsors the Cornell Hospitality Pitch Deck Competition. This competition is an experiential learning opportunity for student entrepreneurs contemplating, starting, or operating an early-stage venture who are looking to improve their pitching skills with the potential to earn seed funding for their venture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students register for the competition in early fall and submit their pitch decks in October for review by a team of industry judges. Four finalists will be selected to present in November to a panel of industry judges. The winning team will be awarded a prize of $3,000, second place will be awarded a prize of $1,500, and the third-place team will be awarded a prize of $500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

**All prizes subject to tax withholding as required by IRS regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For complete guidelines and information, review the official rules of the Hospitality Pitch Deck Competition <\/a>or contact the Pillsbury Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Contact us<\/h2>\n\n
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Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship
\n149C Statler Hall
\nIthaca, NY 14853<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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