100UE at Howard University: Worth a Thousand Words

All photographs by DOMINICK ALEXANDER

^ Anticipation Nation: Attendees in the packed ballroom at Howard University’s Blackburn Center await the start of the 100UE 60-Second Business-Pitch event on April 21, 2011.

^ King of All Media: 100UE advisory-board member and Grammy-winning producer Bryan-Michael Cox speaks to CNN before the event.

^ We Will Find You, and We Will Fund You: (From left) 100UE chairman Dan Carriere, 100UE cofounder Lucas Riggins and 100UE cofounder Magnus Greaves.

^ The Inquisition Begins: Pitch-event judges (from left): Brian Banks, an executive at ADP; Jan Baker, an executive at Verizon Wireless; Greaves; and Cox.

^ The $10,000 Stare: Greaves and Cox listen to an entrepreneur deliver his business pitch.

^ We Require Some Persuasion: Banks and Baker hear an entrepreneur give it her all.

^ Contestants’ Row: The finalists await the judges’ funding decision.

^ Victory Is Theirs! (From left) Edward T. Lyles and Alicia T. Green of My College Hustle secure $10,000 and eight weeks of business mentoring; another fundee, Jenile Brooks of Oasis Organics, applauds at right.

^ All Smiles: (From left) Pitch-event host Tracey Lee; Cox; Carriere; Riggins; and Greaves with MyApp’s Aisha Granville, one of the five new entrepreneurs selected for funding and mentoring.

^ Sign of Progress: (From left) Lee; Baker; Cox; Carriere; My College Hustle’s Edward T. Lyles; Greaves; Riggins; and My College Hustle’s Alicia T. Glenn.