Editor’s note: On Wednesday, N.C. State awarded grants worth up to as much as $75,000 to technology ideas that could become commercial companies spun out off the university. Just last week, another group of potential ideas – 15 developed by students – were pitched at the NCSU Entrepalooza. ExitEvent has the details.
RALEIGH, N.C. – As the entrepreneurial community at NC State grows each year in size and ambition, it’s grabbing more attention from nearly every population on campus.
And all those groups—from alumni startups to student clubs to faculty and curious passersby—came together last week for the first-ever Entrepalooza innovation and entrepreneurship festival at the Oval on Centennial Campus.
Popular participants in the celebration were the Social Entrepreneurship Club and Poole College of Management along with emerging startups like Kind, a healthy snack brand looking to spread a kindness movement while selling nutritious treats, and Bee Downtown, a nonprofit trying to create and sell rooftop and storefront hives in cities to help the bee population.
But the main attraction was a “Minute to Win It Pitch” event, in which 15 students were given a minute each to pitch an idea for a company. A prize of $1000 awaited the winner, who was chosen based on crowd support.
For a sampling of the ideas presented, read the full story at ExitEvent:
http://exitevent.com/article/nc-state-entrepalooza-celebrates-campus-entrepreneurship-150908
Note: ExitEvent is a news partner of WRAL TechWire.
