Montana State’s $50K Venture Competition to be held virtually April 7-8
From MSU News Service
BOZEMAN — Montana State University’s $50K Venture Competition, hosted by the Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship and the MSU Blackstone LaunchPad, will take place virtually April 7-8. The event is free and open to the public for viewing.
The competition with two tracks, social venture and traditional venture, is open to all MSU undergraduate and graduate students, MSU faculty and staff, and MSU alumni who have graduated within the last 10 years. Ventures that won first, second and third place prizes in previous MSU $50K Venture Competitions are not eligible to participate. In addition, ventures that have received venture capital or angel funding are not eligible to compete, but ventures that have received funding from MSU or the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs or similar grants are allowed to participate.
The event will feature $50,000 in prize money as well as access to experienced entrepreneurs, investors, mentors and numerous network resources. Participants will receive feedback from judges and may capture the attention of investors.
“We are very excited for the 2021 MSU $50K Venture Competition,” said Trevor Huffmaster, director of the MSU Blackstone LaunchPad. “We were so impressed last year with the amazing things happening with both social impact ventures and tech and growth ventures from our MSU students, faculty and alumni, and we can’t wait to see this year’s applications.”
Competition information can be found at montana.edu/business/venture-competition/.
The MSU Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship offers four undergraduate options of study – accounting, finance, management and marketing – as well as five minors – accounting, business administration, entrepreneurship and small business management, finance and international business. It also offers a master of professional accountancy degree, master of science in innovation and management, a business certificate and entrepreneurship certificate.
MSU’s Blackstone LaunchPad and Techstars helps MSU students succeed in entrepreneurship and in their careers. Open to students and recent alumni in all majors, the campus-based LaunchPad provides mentoring, opportunities for participants to grow their networks and resources to help their businesses succeed. For more information, see montana.edu/launchpad/. •
