Do you have interest in entrepreneurship using engineering skills? Then join NUtech Ventures for the Engineering Pitch Challenge, which includes a pitch workshop and competition, beginning with a required kick-off Monday, Oct. 22 from 5-8 p.m. in SEC 237.
The Engineering Pitch Challenge will be a combined workshop and pitch contest directed towards students (undergraduate and graduate), staff, postdocs, and faculty from the College of Engineering. The event structure begins with a business model and pitch basics workshop the first night and a pitch contest six weeks later.
In between, there will be several optional sessions where participants can receive feedback and additional training from mentors. The workshop portion of the event will teach participants to identify value propositions and markets for a solution to an engineering problem. Attention will also be given to the fundamentals of pitching an idea to the business community.
Awards will be given to incentivize participation and further development of ideas.
Team Entrance Criteria:
• Teams must have at least one student, staff, post-doc, or faculty member from COE.
• Teams may consist of one to five members.
These are the awards given in two categories:
Faculty, Staff, Post-Doc, or Graduate Student Category
o 1st place - $1,000 for activities related to further developing your idea (travel, materials for prototypes, etc.), Maker's Space memberships for 1 month
o 2nd place - $500 for activities related to further developing your idea (travel, materials for prototypes, etc.), Maker's Space memberships for 1 month
o 3rd place - Maker's Space memberships for 1 month
Undergrad Student Category
o 1st place - $1,000 for activities related to further developing your idea (travel, materials for prototypes, etc.), Maker's Space memberships for 1 month
o 2nd place - $500 for activities related to further developing your idea (travel, materials for prototypes, etc.), Maker's Space memberships for 1 month
o 3rd place - Maker's Space memberships for 1 month
For more information on the Engineering Pitch Challenge or to register, click the link below.
More details at: https://go.unl.edu/swh3