When David Nazarian, together with businessman Jeff Marine introduced a ‘Shark Tank' like event at the California State University Northridge called ‘The Bull Ring', a lot of excitement and anticipation surrounded the event. An event which encouraged and invited young students from across the country with brilliant entrepreneurial acumen to take part in this competition, the winner of which could be on the receiving end of a $25,000 cash reward.
The event certainly shone like a golden opportunity for young entrepreneurs to not just win the money which could form the basis of their future capital, but also to meet with peers and professionals in the business world and discuss their ideas with them. The event's appeal saw a vast number of participants, who were required to submit a written summary or a video presentation describing their idea.
A panel of expert judges sat together and narrowed down the hundreds of entries to a mere five finalists. The team at Take Sessions takes extreme proud in being one of the five contestants selected for the final round.
Take Sessions offers a very convenient platform for young music aspirants to connect with their professional counterparts in the music industry and directly take music lessons from them. Such an initiative provides a wonderful base for young musicians to lay down the ground work for their subsequent musical journey. It allows them to directly connect with professionals in the music industry and learn from them, giving them access to an incredible trove of insights. Such an experience can prove to be invaluable for any young musician, and Take Sessions' efforts in taking this initiative forward and realizing it in the real-world has now been recognized through this competition which seeks to appreciate and reward the most creative and ingenious business ideas.
The other four finalists are CTHRU, EduCode, ThinkFit, and Vibe Probiotics. These five teams will compete in a grueling final battle on Tuesday, April 26th from 3:00 PM to 5:30 PM which will see only one emerge victorious to grab the first prize of $25,000. The cash award for the first and second runner-up will be $15,000 and $5,000 respectively.
The five last groups will each have 7 minutes to show their idea took after by 5-10 minutes of Q&A from the "shark tank" judges.
Top 5 Shortlisted for the CSUN Bull Ring SHARK TANK MEETS MATADORS 2016:
- CTHRU
- EduCode
- Take Sessions
- ThinkFit
- Vibe Probiotics
Top 5 Shortlisted Students Should be judge by:
- JEFF MARINE: ENTREPRENEUR & CSUN ALUM
- DAVID NAZARIAN: ENTREPRENEUR & CSUN ALUM
- SUZI WEISS-FISCHMANN: CO-FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE VP, OPI
- ZACK SCHULER: ENTREPRENEUR & CSUN ALUM
- WILLIAM WANG: FOUNDER & CEO, VIZIO
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