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Indian American teen places second in PitchNJ competition
Anirudh Venkatesan was one of seven finalists selected from dozens of applicants at the event.
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Staff Reporter - Wed, 21, Jan 2026
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The 2nd Place winning team for True Move, along with their Business Bootcamp hosts. / Morris County Chamber of Commerce
An Indian American student won second place at the 2025 PitchNJ competition, an annual contest organized by the Morris County Economic Development Corporation to support teen entrepreneurs with seed funding and mentorship.
Anirudh Venkatesan, a student at Morris Hills High School, won the award for his project True Move, a platform designed to make the moving process smoother and more efficient for homeowners and businesses.
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The service uses artificial intelligence to create a bidding process among qualified movers and allows customers to track their moves in real time.
Venkatesan was one of seven finalists selected from dozens of applicants to make live presentations at the event, which was hosted by Fairleigh Dickinson University.
A member of the Class of 2026 at Morris Hills High School, Venkatesan is also a research associate in the Teen Think Tank Project’s Social Action Lab Public Policy Fellowship. He has taken part in Model Congress, conducted research at the Los Altos Institution and volunteers in the community.
The competition awarded grants of $1,000, $500 and $250 to the top teams, with funding provided by Morris County businesses NOMADICS, Saiber LLC and SDL Advisors.
Entries were judged on problem and solution statements, competitive analysis, marketing and financial plans, feasibility and verbal presentation.
“These young ladies and men give me loads of hope for the future,” said judge Lois Manzella-Marchitto, founder of Fitness Knocking. “They were innovative, intelligent and excellent speakers.”
Judge Nicholas Dambrosio, chief executive officer and founder of NOMADICS, said, “The young professionals did a great job. We’re very proud.”
PitchNJ was launched as a collaboration between Business Bootcamp, a program of the Morris County School of Technology, and the Morris County Economic Development Corporation, a division of the Morris County Chamber of Commerce.
This year, Business Bootcamp was represented by Devsi Patel and Aarvi Patel, both students at the Morris County School of Technology.
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