Congratulations
2024 UDC Capital Cup Entrepreneurship Competition Winners
Over the qualifier course of the 2024 UDC Capital Cup Entrepreneurship Competition, four academic business professors assessed and evaluated more than fifty teams in the qualifying competition. Top 5 teams were selected to attend the final national competition. Three industry judges from DC Chamber of Commerce assessed and evaluated the Top 5 Teams’ presentations on August 08, 2024.
2024 UDC Capital Cup Entrepreneurship Competition Rankings
Ranking |
Team Name |
Team Members |
Champion |
Debate Minds |
Eric Zhou – Bullis School, MDEvan Kim – Bullis School, MDNoah Margolis – Bullis School, MD |
Second Place |
SmartGlam |
Sophia Ge – Montgomery Blair High School, MDDoris Wang – Montgomery Blair High School, MD |
Third Place |
Pickle Tracker |
Faris Faizal – Triangle Math and Science Academy, NCDinesh Satyavolu – Triangle Math and Science Academy, NCMaulik Verma – Apex High School, NC |
Fourth Place |
ReGlam |
Matthew Choi – Fort Lee High School, NJEvan Ng – Fort Lee High School, NJ |
Fifth Place |
Mr. Ai |
Soham Sarkar – Trumbull High School, CT |
The Dean of UDC School of Business and Public Administration, Dr. Sepehri, and UDC Capital Cup Competition Chair, Dr. Hua, presented the trophies and medals to the winners. Dr. Chinta (Associate Dean) was the onsite final competition Co-Chair. Dr. Numkung was the onsite final competition host.
The Dean of UDC School of Business and Public Administration, Dr. Sepehri, presented the certificates to the judges from DC Chamber of Commerce: Jacquay Henderson, Ronnette Meyers and Selvon Malcolm Waldron.
2024 Championship Team

Debate Minds – Eric Zhou (Bullis School, MD), Evan Kim (Bullis School, MD), Noah Margolis (Bullis School, MD) w/ Dean Sepehri & Competition Chair Dr. Hua
Second Place Team

SmartGlam – Sophia Ge (Montgomery Blair High School, MD), Doris Wang (Montgomery Blair High School, MD) w/ Dean Sepehri & Competition Chair Dr. Hua
Third Place Team

Pickle Tracker – Faris Faizal (Triangle Math and Science Academy, NC), Dinesh Satyavolu (Triangle Math and Science Academy, NC), Maulik Verma (Apex High School, NC)
w/ Dean Sepehri & Competition Chair Dr. Hua
Fourth Place Team

ReGenium – Matthew Choi (Fort Lee High School, NJ), Evan Ng (Fort Lee High School, NJ) w/ Dean Sepehri & Competition Chair Dr. Hua
Fifth Place Team

Mr. Ai – Soham Sarkar (Trumbull High School, CT) w/ Dean Sepehri & Competition Chair Dr. Hua
Competition Judges

Dean Sepehri, Competition Chair (Dr. Hua), Competition Onsite Host (Dr. Namkung), and Final Competition Judges (Jacquay Henderson, Ronnette Meyers and Selvon Malcolm Waldron)
Top 10 Teams in the Qualifiers
Ranking | Team Name | Team Members |
1 | Debate Minds |
Eric Zhou – Bullis School, MD Evan Kim – Bullis School, MD Noah Margolis – Bullis School, MD |
2 | Mr. Ai |
Soham Sarkar – Trumbull High School, CT |
3 | Pickle Tracker |
Faris Faizal – Triangle Math and Science Academy, NC Dinesh Satyavolu – Triangle Math and Science Academy, NC Maulik Verma – Apex High School, NC |
4 | ReGlam |
Matthew Choi – Fort Lee High School, NJ Evan Ng – Fort Lee High School, NJ |
5 | Axolotl Adventure |
Jiaxu Zhou – River Hill High School, MD Raphael Chu – Bullis School, MD |
6 | Ember |
Shrey Shah – Redmond High School, WA |
7 | SmartGlam |
Sophia Ge – Montgomery Blair High School, MD Doris Wang – Montgomery Blair High School, MD |
8 | NatLangAI |
Amogh Aryan – Liberty High School, TX Balakrishna Ravulapalli – Liberty High School, TX |
9 | BrainBridge |
Daniel Liu – River Hill High School, MD |
10 | ShopLess |
Clay Narcisenfeld – Bullis School, MD Macy Brill – Bullis School, MD |