The 2024 Pilot Venture Challenge, UP’s premier invention, business, and social venture competition hosted by the Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation is now accepting applications from students across all majors and disciplines. The Pilot Venture Challenge will be held on Saturday, April 27. (Read More).
Pilot Venture Challenge
Get Ready for thePilot Venture Challenge 2024—Informational Meeting (Feb. 21)
The 2024 Pilot Venture Challenge, UP’s premier invention, business and social venture competition hosted by the Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, is now accepting applications from students across all majors and disciplines. There will be a virtual Informational Meeting on Wednesday, February 21 from 5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. (Read More).
Pilot Venture Challenge 2023 Results
The Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation hosted its annual venture pitch competition, Pilot Venture Challenge, on Saturday, April 29, in Dundon-Berchtold Hall. This year 26 students participated, pitching 12 entries. Students competed in three different tracks—Invention, which highlights creativity, invention, and innovation; Social, which encourages students to use entrepreneurial and business principles to […]
Pilot Venture Challenge 2022 Results
UP students pitch and win! The Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation hosted its annual venture pitch competition, Pilot Venture Challenge, live and in-person on Saturday, April 23, in Dundon-Berchtold Hall. This year thirteen entries competed in the finals. Students competed in three different tracks: Invention, which highlights creativity, invention, and innovation; Social, which […]
Pilot Venture Challenge 2021 Results
The Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation once again hosted its annual venture pitch competition, Pilot Venture Challenge, as a live, virtual event due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. However, that didn’t seem to deter students from developing invention and venture ideas to pitch. This year there was a record number of sixteen entries in […]
Get Ready for the Pilot Venture Challenge 2021
The 2021 Pilot Venture Challenge, UP’s premier invention, business and social venture competition hosted by the Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, is now accepting applications from students across all majors and disciplines. Pilot Venture Challenge will again be held virtually on Saturday, April 17 and Saturday, April 24. To help students learn how to […]