Pitch Your Idea

Stand before investors and tell the story only you can tell about what comes next.

What To Expect

You'll pitch for five minutes to a room of investors, judges, and entrepreneurs. Questions follow. It's direct, honest, and designed to test your thinking under pressure.

Five Minutes To Tell Your Story

You stand alone on stage with a slide deck or nothing at all. The judges sit close enough to see your face. This is where clarity matters more than polish.

What We've Seen Happen

Founders have walked off our stage with funding commitments, partnerships, and clarity about what comes next. Some came with rough ideas. Others came ready. All of them left changed.

Twelve Companies pitched In Spring

You stand alone on stage with a slide deck or nothing at all. The judges sit close enough to see your face. This is where clarity matters more than polish.

Past Events

See what builders have created in previous hackathons

Honest Feedback From Valued Founders

Hear from those building in the Borderplex

1881 gave us the tools and the network. Without them, we would not have gotten off the ground.

John Daniel
Director in Chief

1881 gave us the tools and the network. Without them, we would not have gotten off the ground.

John Daniel
Director in Chief

1881 gave us the tools and the network. Without them, we would not have gotten off the ground.

John Daniel
Director in Chief

1881 gave us the tools and the network. Without them, we would not have gotten off the ground.

John Daniel
Director in Chief

1881 gave us the tools and the network. Without them, we would not have gotten off the ground.

John Daniel
Director in Chief

1881 gave us the tools and the network. Without them, we would not have gotten off the ground.

John Daniel
Director in Chief

1881 gave us the tools and the network. Without them, we would not have gotten off the ground.

John Daniel
Director in Chief

1881 gave us the tools and the network. Without them, we would not have gotten off the ground.

John Daniel
Director in Chief

1881 gave us the tools and the network. Without them, we would not have gotten off the ground.

John Daniel
Director in Chief

1881 gave us the tools and the network. Without them, we would not have gotten off the ground.

John Daniel
Director in Chief

1881 gave us the tools and the network. Without them, we would not have gotten off the ground.

John Daniel
Director in Chief

1881 gave us the tools and the network. Without them, we would not have gotten off the ground.

John Daniel
Director in Chief

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