The team comprised of: Longshaokan Wang, Téa Blumer, Eric Rose, Nick Meyers, Nick Kapur, James Gilman, Wenhao Hu, Lisa Wong, and Maria JahJa, is an interdisciplinary group of students from statistics and design. Social Impact: For ventures using the power of business to solve environmental and social challenges īuilt on Cloud: For ventures utilizing IBM’s Cloud Services Īrts Venture: For art-based ventures or ventures that support the arts community.Ītariasticians took home several prizes including 1st Place in Arts Venture, 3rd Place in Built on Cloud, 3 rd Place in Social Impact, and Fan Favorite for Video in the Social Impact category. Three of the final ventures included students from the College of Design:Įntry: Lytle: An ambient light source with a built-in iPhone charging port designed to support a healthy sleep cycle and screen-free bedtime ritual.ĭesign Student: John Clark Cochran, ID graduate programĬategory: Design and Prototype: For ventures with a new product concept design or prototypeĮntry: Rhythm: A data-driven health monitoring system for firefighters.ĭesign Student: Nancy Rekhelman, ID graduate programĬategory: Social Impact: For ventures using the power of business to solve environmental and social challengesĮntry: Ataristicians: A venture aimed at combining video games with artificial intelligence research and statistical teachingĭesign Students: Lisa Wong, senior in Graphic Design Téa Blumer sophomore in Art + Design, and Louis Bailey, senior in Industrial DesignĬategories: New Venture: All students ventures were eligible to compete in this category On April 20 th, the competition was held and included an Entrepreneurs Expo, a Networking Reception, and the Awards Ceremony held at the Talley Student Union. In addition, all video pitches were part of an online voting platform for Fan Favorite within each of the categories. Each finalist had the opportunity to do a live-pitch during the final selection process. Entries were judged on the submission of a two-page executive summary and a 60-second video pitch. From these entries, a panel of judges chose 21 finalists. The 2017 Lulu eGames received a record number of entries with 192 submissions, representing 10 of the academic colleges. This competition is funded by the generosity of.

The Lulu eGames is NC State University’s largest startup competition, with more than $100k in prizes up for grabs. The annual event takes place during the spring semester and includes two rounds of competition for entries within six unique categories: New Venture, Design & Prototype, Social Impact, Arts Venture, Built on Cloud, and Daugherty Endowment.

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