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New Venture Competition

The 24 winners of the 3-2-1 Quick Pitch competition pose with giant checks of $500 each.

Record number of Husker entrepreneurs compete in 3-2-1 Quick Pitch

November 15, 2024

Three young women and two young men hold giant checks on a stage.

New Venture Competition awards $65,000 to Husker student startups

May 1, 2024

Janna Ronert holds a microphone behind a lectern.

University honors 8 outstanding entrepreneurs

May 1, 2024

About 20 students pose for a photograph on the main staircase of Howard L. Hawks Hall.

Husker students collaborate to create businesses at 48-Hour Challenge

February 29, 2024

Jim Pillen

Governor launches New Venture Competition for state's college students

October 9, 2023

Grace Clausen and Bridget Peterkin, both senior computer science majors from Omaha, present their team's business, Dyslexico, during the 2023 New Venture Competition. Dyslexico is a spell-check and autocorrect solution optimized for people with dyslexia.

Language software company wins New Venture Competition

April 13, 2023

Erika Casarin, '22, talks about her startup, PALETTE, to judges during the final round of the 2022 New Venture Competition. She won $12,500 for her business.

Aspiring entrepreneurs to compete in New Venture Competition

February 27, 2023

University of Nebraska–Lincoln students spent a weekend in Howard L. Hawks Hall competing in the 48-Hour Challenge. The competition brought student entrepreneurs together from across campus to build refined business plans from ideas within a two-day time period.

48-Hour Challenge brings big ideas to life

February 15, 2023

College of Engineering Dean Lance Pérez and the Board of Regents admire the construction of Kiewit Hall while on their tour April 7.

Regents tour highlights campus progress during pandemic

April 8, 2022

Hannah Esch shares with the judges food samples from her business, Oak Barn Beef, during the final round of the 2019 New Venture Competition.

Aspiring entrepreneurs called to compete in New Venture Competition

March 11, 2022

Joseph and Matthew Brugger and their Upstream Farms business plan won a New Venture Competition grand prize in 2018.

New Venture Competition to boost aspiring entrepreneurs

March 25, 2019

Joseph Brugger (left) and Matthew Brugger (right) pitch their company, Upstream Farms, to judges during the final round of the New Venture Competition. The brothers were named co-champions of the competition and won $25,000.

5 student projects earn entrepreneurship awards

April 10, 2018