Andrew Cho and team win second place and $3,000 in RIT/NTID's Next Big Idea competition

2018 Apr 30

Five teams of deaf and hard-of-hearing students from Rochester Institute of Technology's National Technical Institute for the Deaf went head-to-head April 25 during The Next Big Idea Competition, a Shark Tank-style business competition.

Judges from the competition's sponsor, ZVRS, a video-relay service headquartered in Clearwater, Fla., reviewed projects of the team finalists, asked questions and selected first-, second- and third-place winners.

Andrew Cho and team VeeTV won second place and $3,000. VeeTV is a media and entertainment company specializing in delivering media content to the deaf community.

The Next Big Idea competition is an annual event where teams of students combine skills related to their individual majors to create innovative products, technology or businesses. Teams work with mentors on their projects and compete before judges for cash prizes. This year marks the seventh anniversary of the competition.