Events and Opportunities

The CU Boulder Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative and New Venture Challenge hold events yearly to help students, faculty and staff develop ideas and prepare their ventures for competition. The public is invited to join us for showcases, final competitions and more throughout the year.

Signature Public Events

Top student and faculty startups will pitch their business ideas to a panel of esteemed judges and you, a live audience. Come support the next big innovations as we give away more than $270,000 in funding!
 

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The ultimate high school entrepreneurship competition where students pitch their innovative business ideas to win big! HSNVC—an exciting spin-off of CU Boulder’s nationally recognized New Venture Challenge (NVC)—is specifically designed to bring entrepreneurial learning and innovative mindsets to high school students across Colorado.

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