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Koch Innovation Challenge 2024

Wichita, Kansas

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Business application deadline
April 19, 2024
Judge sign-up deadline
April 19, 2024
Entry fee
Free
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Description

The Koch Innovation Challenge, sponsored by Koch Industries, is an annual competition that will support the WSU College of Engineering in fostering a culture of creativity, innovation, entrepreneurship, and teamwork among students.

Multidisciplinary teams of students who participated in the Shocker Design Experience program work to identify a problem in the community that can be solved using technology. In a fall first-year seminar course, teams begin the design thinking method by interviewing customers to build empathy and understand their customer's need, they define their customer's challenge, and then ideate possible solutions by researching the market. In a spring applied course, teams build a working prototype, test their prototype, get customer feedback, and then pitch their idea to a panel of judges at this Koch Innovation Challenge competition.

This competition is the WSU version of the hit television show Shark Tank, where judges are looking to "invest" in great ideas that have the potential for commercialization. 

Awards will be given for Best Video, Best Prototype, Best Business Model Canvas, and Best Live Elevator Pitch. The overall winning team will advance to a national elevator pitch competition.

This event is free and open to the public. Visitor parking is available near the Rhatigan Student Center and in the parking garage. 

Schedule and key dates

4/19/24 - Video Elevator Pitch (entry into the competition, required for Engineering+ Credit/Applied Learning Experience Credit)

5/3/24 - Live Elevator Pitch Event at the Rhatigan Student Center in the Ballroom. 9:00-11:00 AM, Awards Ceremony at 11:30 AM.

Organized by

Samantha Corcoran

Date and time

Address and location

1845 Fairmount
Wichita, Kansas 67260

Components

Business Model Canvas

Judges will be looking for a detailed business model canvas that explains what i...

Weight: 25%
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Live Elevator Pitch on 5/3/24

The Elevator Pitch is a 90-second oral speech pitching your team's prototype to...

Weight: 25%
Edit Live Elevator Pitch on 5/3/24

Video Production

Judges are looking for high quality videos that demonstrate the use of a storybo...

Weight: 25%
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Prototype

Judges will evaluate your team's prototype as seen in the video elevator pitch....

Weight: 25%
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Leaderboard

Watch them go! The leaderboard reflects all scores that have been approved by the competition’s host.

The leaderboard is not finalized until every score has a checkmark.

incomplete = Not scored in progress = In progress = Complete

Rank Business Overall score Business Model Canvas Live Elevator Pitch on 5/3/24 Video Production Prototype
1 BLND Solutions 45.556 / 50 12 / 15 14.667 / 15 15 / 15 13 / 15
2 Glucose Monitor Adaptor 45 / 50 12 / 15 13 / 15 14 / 15 15 / 15
3 Get a Grip 44.444 / 50 11 / 15 12.333 / 15 15 / 15 15 / 15
4 Freshmark 43.889 / 50 15 / 15 13.667 / 15 15 / 15 9 / 15
5 ProculPro 43.056 / 50 15 / 15 14.667 / 15 14 / 15 8 / 15
6 Hail-O 42.222 / 50 12 / 15 11.667 / 15 12 / 15 15 / 15
7 Flex Key 41.944 / 50 13 / 15 13.333 / 15 11 / 15 13 / 15
8 Invoke Curiosity 41.944 / 50 13 / 15 12.333 / 15 13 / 15 12 / 15
9 L.A.D.S. 41.944 / 50 12 / 15 11.333 / 15 14 / 15 13 / 15
10 WuTrack 41.944 / 50 13 / 15 12.333 / 15 14 / 15 11 / 15
11 Sky High Kits 41.667 / 50 12 / 15 13 / 15 10 / 15 15 / 15
12 AASB 41.389 / 50 9 / 15 11.667 / 15 14 / 15 15 / 15
13 Pocket Piggy 41.111 / 50 12 / 15 12.333 / 15 15 / 15 10 / 15
14 Tool Sync 40.833 / 50 14 / 15 12 / 15 13 / 15 10 / 15
15 Ember Alert 40.556 / 50 13 / 15 11.667 / 15 14 / 15 10 / 15
16 TaskSense 40 / 50 12 / 15 12 / 15 15 / 15 9 / 15
17 Rx Box 39.444 / 50 12 / 15 12.333 / 15 14 / 15 9 / 15
18 Good Dirt? 39.167 / 50 12 / 15 12 / 15 12 / 15 11 / 15
19 NERO 38.889 / 50 6 / 15 13.667 / 15 12 / 15 15 / 15
20 JOP 38.611 / 50 8 / 15 14.333 / 15 9 / 15 15 / 15
21 Pillow Pal 38.611 / 50 12 / 15 12.333 / 15 9 / 15 13 / 15
22 Auto H2O 38.333 / 50 11 / 15 15 / 15 13 / 15 7 / 15
23 Ma-Tarq 37.5 / 50 6 / 15 13 / 15 12 / 15 14 / 15
24 Wheel Well Wizard 37.222 / 50 12 / 15 11.667 / 15 8 / 15 13 / 15
25 Grip Tech 36.944 / 50 9 / 15 12.333 / 15 14 / 15 9 / 15
26 Women in STEM 36.111 / 50 11 / 15 12.333 / 15 13 / 15 7 / 15
27 Sticker Tracker 36.111 / 50 11 / 15 12.333 / 15 11 / 15 9 / 15
28 Qonnect 35.833 / 50 13 / 15 12 / 15 15 / 15 3 / 15
29 Boot Bench 35.556 / 50 9 / 15 11.667 / 15 10 / 15 12 / 15
30 IceCream? 34.444 / 50 6 / 15 13.333 / 15 10 / 15 12 / 15
31 Team 2x4 30 / 50 11 / 15 9 / 15 13 / 15 3 / 15
32 MindCapture 28.889 / 50 7 / 15 10.667 / 15 11 / 15 6 / 15
33 WUFU 28.611 / 50 9 / 15 10.333 / 15 5 / 15 10 / 15
34 AquaPulse 26.667 / 50 9 / 15 12 / 15 8 / 15 3 / 15
35 Tres Compadres 20.833 / 50 7 / 15 9 / 15 6 / 15 3 / 15