{"id":56,"date":"2026-02-27T17:36:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T22:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/spsmelo\/?p=56"},"modified":"2026-02-27T17:36:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T22:36:50","slug":"shark-tank-style-business-ideation-fair-on-3-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/spsmelo\/2026\/02\/27\/shark-tank-style-business-ideation-fair-on-3-25\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cShark Tank Style\u201d Business Ideation Fair on 3\/25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/spsmelo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/206\/2026\/02\/2026-Event-2-3-819x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7998254349249172;width:437px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/spsmelo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/206\/2026\/02\/2026-Event-2-3-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/spsmelo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/206\/2026\/02\/2026-Event-2-3-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/spsmelo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/206\/2026\/02\/2026-Event-2-3-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/spsmelo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/206\/2026\/02\/2026-Event-2-3.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\ude80On Wednesday 3\/25\/26 at 7:00PM Eastern Time, the CUNY SPS Management and Entrepreneur Leadership Organization (MELO) will host a \u201cShark Tank Style\u201d Business Ideation Fair!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event is a pitch competition for SPS students who wish to share their best business idea in a fun, low-stakes setting. Students can choose to participate as guests or contestants. The top 3 competitors with the best pitch will win a prize!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To enter as a contestant, \ud83d\udd17<a href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.office.com%2Fpages%2Fresponsepage.aspx%3Fid%3Ds_BgbwZfCU6XFZiduozH2OUWoTTGNHdIl-sDDEQRP3xUM05LODFJR1VRVk4yQk1QQ09ERDJQU0xLOSQlQCNjPTEu%26route%3Dshorturl&amp;data=05%7C02%7CRIA.ARORA61%40spsmail.cuny.edu%7C910ec5795b764061bcdb08de756213d4%7C51f70e91b600449ba9f30ead3ba534ea%7C0%7C0%7C639077261571108791%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=D%2Fs6yP9r0EFhwQIP22kisNH%2BwlOAhBJXb1PeJkWqz80%3D&amp;reserved=0\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.office.com%2Fpages%2Fresponsepage.aspx%3Fid%3Ds_BgbwZfCU6XFZiduozH2OUWoTTGNHdIl-sDDEQRP3xUM05LODFJR1VRVk4yQk1QQ09ERDJQU0xLOSQlQCNjPTEu%26route%3Dshorturl&amp;data=05%7C02%7CRIA.ARORA61%40spsmail.cuny.edu%7C910ec5795b764061bcdb08de756213d4%7C51f70e91b600449ba9f30ead3ba534ea%7C0%7C0%7C639077261571108791%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=D%2Fs6yP9r0EFhwQIP22kisNH%2BwlOAhBJXb1PeJkWqz80%3D&amp;reserved=0\">please fill out this survey<\/a>. Submissions are due by 3\/18\/2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MELO will contact all contestants, who will have the option to pre-record their 3-minute pitch or present it to a live audience on 3\/25\/26. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact MELO@sps.cuny.edu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please <a href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fmeeting%2Fregister%2FlFHnzOeWREGfVO4mL-K0bw&amp;data=05%7C02%7CRIA.ARORA61%40spsmail.cuny.edu%7C910ec5795b764061bcdb08de756213d4%7C51f70e91b600449ba9f30ead3ba534ea%7C0%7C0%7C639077261571079255%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=398BrgJpDq17t9x%2BefdTr2J%2BWKDxryg%2BZeIA2OjCnTI%3D&amp;reserved=0\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fmeeting%2Fregister%2FlFHnzOeWREGfVO4mL-K0bw&amp;data=05%7C02%7CRIA.ARORA61%40spsmail.cuny.edu%7C910ec5795b764061bcdb08de756213d4%7C51f70e91b600449ba9f30ead3ba534ea%7C0%7C0%7C639077261571079255%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=398BrgJpDq17t9x%2BefdTr2J%2BWKDxryg%2BZeIA2OjCnTI%3D&amp;reserved=0\">register using this link<\/a> \ud83d\udd17if you wish to participate as an attendee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\ude80Best of luck with your Ideation Pitch! MELO is open to all undergraduate and graduate students of CUNY SPS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\ude80On Wednesday 3\/25\/26 at 7:00PM Eastern Time, the CUNY SPS Management and Entrepreneur Leadership Organization (MELO) will host a \u201cShark Tank Style\u201d Business Ideation Fair! The event is a pitch competition for SPS students who wish to share their best business idea in a fun, low-stakes setting. Students can choose to participate as guests or &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/spsmelo\/2026\/02\/27\/shark-tank-style-business-ideation-fair-on-3-25\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;\u201cShark Tank Style\u201d Business Ideation Fair on 3\/25&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":387,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/spsmelo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/spsmelo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/spsmelo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/spsmelo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/387"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/spsmelo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/spsmelo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/spsmelo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56\/revisions\/58"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/spsmelo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/spsmelo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/spsmelo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}