BEAR Innovation Competition
The BEAR Innovation Competition is an annual innovation competition for Ursinus College students who feel a drive to create real-life solutions for the real-life problems existing in the world. Whether it be in the form of a service, brand, product, or social enterprise, ideas come from all types of people in all shapes and forms. The BEAR Innovation Competition is open to all students within any major and class year. The competition encourages independent, creative students to take their initial idea and develop an action plan that satisfies a need within any type of market. Your call to action is free to describe either a for-profit or not-for-profit enterprise. All presentations are pitched live among a panel of judges whom are well-versed in professional entrepreneurship and cash prizes are awarded. The competition is made possible through the generosity of Will Abele, Ursinus College Class of 1961.
Submissions from 2024
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: LB Studios, Laura Bradley
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: Clapsadle Crush Bus, Jagger Clapsadle and Mohamed Abdelatty
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: Green Wheels, Caitlin Cunnane
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: Safe Haven Doula Support, LLC, Julia Dees
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: Positivo, Franco Mazza and Max Parnis
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: Silly Goose Apparel, Cole Mendolia
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: DCR Boards, Jonathan Muench
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: World Seeker Books, Marie O. Sykes
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: World Wander, Sam Teti
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: Central Med, Jason Werrick
Submissions from 2023
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: LB Studios, Laura Bradley
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: Clear Clean, Billy Cook and Dakota Wheritty
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: Why So Curious?, Sung Kim and Nicholas Francois
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: ALKO Exterior, Alex Koenig
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: Honeycomb Makerspace, Jake Kosa and Ursinus College Maker's Club
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: Fuse, Donald Lattanze and Carlie Shiller
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: Sentry, Trevor Mislan
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: Verita, Sara Samimi
Submissions from 2022
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: East Coast Influencer Management, Aaron Diamond
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: Current Gear, a New Innovation in Swimming Technology, Connor Evangelisto
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: Jewelry for Humanity, Making Change With Charm, Christine Heren
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: Project Green Plane, Sung Kim
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: The Bridge Foundation, Trevor Mislan
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: Mai Crocs, Maia Peele and Julia Paiano
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: Fuel My Fire, Mayleigh Rickey
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: Spark, a Mentorship App, Jack Shimer and Jacob Connelly
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: Anchor Point, Matthew Sy
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: Shepherd's Theater, Mekha Varghese
Submissions from 2021
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: The Coastal Factory, Jake Amendola-Reichard
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: Gringofades, John Ciannello
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: Across the Street, Ava Compagnoni
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: Working it Out, Jake Griste
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: Mehta Prep Tutoring, Andrew Keris and Tara Bonitz
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: pHoodPharm, Seongchan Kim
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: The Bridge Foundation, Christian Ndaye, Trevor Mislan, and Simbarashe Kanjanda
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: Naked Lake, Abbie Painter
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: From Sparks to Skyscrapers Podcast, Joe Shapiro
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: Speaking From Success, Isabella Villegas and Theodora Zeibekis
Submissions from 2020
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: Kana Go, Michael Anthony
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: The Artist Formerly Known as Lucifer, Tommy Armstrong
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: The Birdseye Network, Joshua Echevarria, Tamar El-Maghrabi, and Peter Scuderi
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: The Senator's Daughter, Julia Ewing
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: Pactolus, Addressing Recidivism Through Employment and Entrepreneurship, Athena Gainey and Hiyab Hiruy
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: The Building Blocks, Christian Ndaye
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: The Orchard, Abbie Painter
BEAR Innovation Competition Pitch: Argo, David Schaeffer
