Come pitch
your idea.
Ronnen Harary started Spin Master in his twenties with no experience. Now he's driving an Airstream across North America to hear your idea. You get one minute.
The challenge
One minute, $500 and seven days to prove it. Ten founders walk away with $25,000 each.
Pitch Ronnen your idea, live, at the Airstream.
If he selects your pitch, you get $500 to put toward it.
To use the $500 and take your first real step. Then send your receipts and full pitch.
A $25,000 grant for each winner. No strings attached.
Chosen from the founders who follow through.
From idea to first step
No slides. No deck. No résumé. Just you, your idea and sixty seconds with the person who built Spin Master from nothing.
Sign up
Find your stop and register below. You'll get a confirmation email and reminders before the Airstream arrives.
Pitch for 60 seconds
Tell Ronnen your idea in one minute, then take 60 seconds of questions. No slides, no deck.
Get a yes or no
Ronnen decides on the spot. No waiting list, no follow-up call.
Walk away with $500
If it's a yes, you leave with a $500 cheque to put toward your idea.
Spend it in 7 days
Put the $500 to work within a week, then submit your receipts and your full pitch.
Pitch the live final
Finalists pitch live. Ten winners get $25,000 each.
Find your stop
Pick your campus and register on Luma. All times are local.
October
University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
Syracuse University
New York University
Yeshiva University
Harvard University
Columbia University
George Washington University
Brandeis University
Michigan State University
Cincinnati (school TBC)
NC State University
Vanderbilt University
University of Oregon
LA campus (TBC)
November
McGill University
Queen's University
Toronto schools (TBC)
University of Guelph (TBC)
Western University
TMU · Ted Rogers (TBC)
Exact Airstream locations are in your Luma confirmation email. We'll send reminders 7 days before, 3 days before and the morning of.
Follow the tour
Pitches, behind the scenes from the road, and where the Airstream is headed next.
Pitch Ronnen at your campus
Register for your stop and you'll get a confirmation email plus reminders before the Airstream arrives. Bring your idea: you get 60 seconds.
Choose your stop to register
The registration form for your campus will load right here.
The short version
Here's what you agree to when you register. The full rules are the final word.
Open to anyone 18 or older who registers for a tour stop on Luma.
Each pitch is 60 seconds, followed by 60 seconds of questions. Pitches are filmed.
If Ronnen says yes, you receive a $500 cheque on the spot.
Spend the $500 within 7 days, then submit your receipts and your full pitch.
Finalists pitch live. Ten winners receive $25,000 each.