Schedule (Timings are approximate)
- 6:00 Welcome and Introductions
- 6:15 Rent Right
- 6:23 KarmaTrade
- 6:31 SkillBridge
- 6:39 Lotus Locals
- 6:47 Akdy
- 6:55 Break
- 7:00 Polar Privacy
- 7:08 Lynx
- 7:16 Moovu
- 7:24 Simorgh
- 7:32 Sublettr
- 7:40 Judge Deliberation/Audience Q&A
- 8:00 Winner Announcement and Wrap Up
Event format
The 2023 Tufts Ideas Competition will be hosted in-person at the Joyce Cummings Center. Refreshments will be served at 5:30pm prior to the event. We will also provide a Zoom option. The Zoom link will be provided once you register on the Markit Social platform. We invite the audience to vote for your favorite team after all teams have pitched.
Interactive Audience Q&A
After the pitches and judges’ Q&A session has concluded, we invite our audience to an interactive Q&A with our teams. In-person and virtual attendees may ask any team a question through an online platform called Slido. Upvote/downvote existing questions, or ask a new question in this format: “[TEAM NAME] Question”.
2023 Finalists
2023 Judges
![Samuel M. Gebru](https://derbyecenter.tufts.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/sam.jpg)
Samuel M. Gebru
Black Lion Strategies, Tufts University
Managing Director, Black Lion Strategies; Professor of the Practice and Senior Fellow, Tufts University
![Sam Kessel](https://derbyecenter.tufts.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Sam-Kessel.jpeg)
Sam Kessel
Life Sciences Consultant, L.E.K. Consulting
![Max Makeev](https://derbyecenter.tufts.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/max.jpg)
Max Makeev
Owl Labs
Chief Development Officer, Cofounder of Owl Labs
![Marilyn Salzman](https://derbyecenter.tufts.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/marilyn.jpg)
Marilyn Salzman
Salzman Consulting
President at Salzman Consulting, LLC
![Hillary Sieber](https://derbyecenter.tufts.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Hillary-Sieber.jpeg)
Hillary Sieber
Chief of Staff, General Catalyst
![Abe Stein](https://derbyecenter.tufts.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/abe.jpg)
Abe Stein
MIT MBA
Growth and Operations Leader
2023 Screeners
![Rob Greenberg](https://derbyecenter.tufts.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/image.png)
Rob Greenberg
Neural Magic
Product
![Helia Mojahed-Yazdi](https://derbyecenter.tufts.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/helia.jpg)
Helia Mojahed-Yazdi
Northeastern University
Doctor of Pharmacy Student at Northeastern University
![Ashira Pelt](https://derbyecenter.tufts.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ashira.jpg)
Ashira Pelt
The Fletcher School at Tufts University
Masters in Law and Diplomacy Candidate, The Fletcher School at Tufts University
![Mohit Saini](https://derbyecenter.tufts.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/mohit.jpg)
Mohit Saini
Tufts University
Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy Graduate, The Fletcher School at Tufts University
![Albert Tseng](https://derbyecenter.tufts.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/albert.jpg)
Albert Tseng
Expedia Group
Product Manager ||, Expedia Group
![Jay Yi](https://derbyecenter.tufts.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/jay-yi.jpg)
Jay Yi
Penske Transportation Solutions
Associate Product Manager at Penske Transportation Solutions