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1000 Pitches is an entrepreneurial competition started by its founders, Ashwin L. and Israel V. They saw As great ideas were developing out of the Bay Area (2007) , both Ashwin and Israel realized that if the University of Michigan wanted to keep up with entrepreneurial methods, they would have to bring their ideas back to Ann Arbor, Michigan. Soon after this realization, Ashwin and Israel created a student organization called MPowered Entrepreneurship and, as a student group, generated an the event called 1000 Pitches. 

The idea of behind the 1000 Pitches event is to get students to "Pitchpitch" his or her their entrepreneurial idea in a short clip on the internet . Pitches are divided into nine categories and winners are then winners were elected in each of the categories on certain days. ItEach winner is awarded with $1,000 and must be currently enrolled at either University of Michigan - Ann Arbor or Pennsylvannia State University. 1000 Pitches is Ashwin and Israel's a really neat idea on bringing to help bring innovation back to their campus and since it is currently in their 6th its sixth year, they have done very well(2013). 

The MPowered Entrepreneurship student organization is aimed at getting people's minds set on Entreprenurship achieving an entrepreneurial mindset and brings them to bring students together to be a part of something different. The idea is that at either University of Michigan - Ann Arbor or Pennsylvannia State University an event is held for students that are currently enrolled at the universities.It has been a great way create innovation and entrepreneurship on those both campuses as well it instills a sense of pride in the on campus and in the students that are selected as winners in the groups of submissions. It has a large impact on the student body around the time of the competition and students all over campus are take pride in wearing their "1KP" shirts, which work as advertising for also aids in promoting the organization and competition. 1KP hold places "Pitch Stations" to give out merchandise to students who have pitched previsouly entered or need information on how to pitch, which works great as source of information. This competition is a great way to network as well as it is fun to see all of the different videos. Currently, the pitches are being submitted and the goal is to reach over 4500 pitches (remember each person can only pitch 3 times).