Big Month for Darden Students’ Startup 1Degree
With a pair of pitch competition wins, showcasing their venture at South by Southwest and a burst of media coverage, Second Years Sam Boochever and Max Huc have built strong momentum for their i.Lab-backed startup.
It’s been quite a run for Second Years Sam Boochever and Max Huc and their startup, 1Degree, which they founded as students at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business with support from the W.L. Lyons Brown III i.Lab Incubator program. The 1Degree app allows users to bid on opportunities to speak to celebrity influencers face-to-face via Facetime.
First, Boochever and Huc traveled to Austin, Texas, in March for the South by Southwest conference, where 1Degree was one of three incubator ventures featured by the i.Lab in its first appearance at the innovation-themed trade show.
Less than a month later, they were winners of two pitch competitions — the UVA Entrepreneurship Cup: Launch! competition (plus a $20,000 top prize) and the Tom Tom Festival Crowdfunded Pitch Night.
Wa-hoo! i.Lab venture @1Degreeapp won both @UVA ECup & @TomTomFest Crowdfunded Pitch Night this week. On a roll! pic.twitter.com/4zRUSRXdZA
— iLab @ UVA (@iLabAtUVA) April 11, 2017
With the momentum building, 1Degree drew a slew of media attention, drawing coverage in UVA Today, Charlottesville Tomorrow and Charlottesville’s NBC29.
https://twitter.com/madisonlcarter/status/854672457193619456
Impressive work from the Darden students less than a month away from graduation.
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