Congratulations to all of the students who participated in the inaugural Elevator Pitch Competition, coordinated by the Donald Ryan ‘69 Incubator for Entrepreneurship in the Arts and Sciences.    Thanks to @ProvCollege_Alumni entrepreneurs Jon Mason ’96, Eddie Martucci ’04, and Jody Merrill ’01, who served as judges. They awarded three participants with prizes totaling $9,000 funded by a grant from the Anne Goss Foundation and @pcbizschool. While the judges deliberated, Joseph Colaluca ’09, ’15G discussed how he founded Strive, his real estate investment business. Mary Gifford ‘26, founder of @friartownscloset, walked away with first place and the grand prize of $5,000 to fund the growth of her small business, as well as the $500 audience choice prize. Gifford will also represent Providence College at the @BIGEAST Startup Challenge on Thursday, February 29. The $2,500 second prize went to Charles Baroni ‘26 and Chris Daley ‘26, for their idea, North East Customs, and Dory Aine ‘24 and ...