New Venture Challenge Women Founders Competition Finals

Join us to see who will win the New Venture Challenge (NVC) Women Founders Competition—led in collaboration with theDeming Center for Entrepreneurship.񱦵’s top student, faculty and staff startups founded by women will pitch their ideas to a panel of esteemed judges and you, a live audience.Come support the next big 񱦵 innovations as we give away $10,000 in funding!

Since its inception in 2009, the NVC program and competitions—run out of theInnovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative—have been񱦵’s entrepreneurial “flight simulator.” NVC gives aspiring entrepreneurs, problem solvers and innovators from across the university a chance to build a startup through entrepreneurial events and programming, community support, mentorship and—ultimately—funding.

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