A team representing Providence College tied for third place in the inaugural BIG EAST Conference Startup Challenge on March 16.
During the challenge, held at St. John’s University’s Manhattan campus, teams of student entrepreneurs from all 10 BIG EAST schools presented ideas for innovations and products to a panel of judges made up of BIG EAST alumni.
PC’s team made a pitch for their startup, WeCycle, a mobile app that helps college students cut down on unnecessary costs by lending, renting, or purchasing in an online, campus-specific marketplace.
The members of the team were:
· Hannah Araujo ’21 (Stoughton, Mass.)
· Arianna Arroyo ’20 (Berwyn, Ill.)
· Ashley Gigon ’22 (Westfield, N.J.)
· Steph Gilet ’21 (Chelmsford, Mass.)
· Daniel Keating ’20 (Wayland, Mass.)
· Emily Tabeek ’19 (Quincy, Mass.)