Penn State University Park - Open Pitch Challenge -- Finals!

Do you have an idea for a product or service that solves an important problem?  Do you want to practice your pitching and presentation speaking skills with a chance to win cash prizes totaling $1,000?

Join us for the finals of the Open Pitch Challenge, an event open to any and all Penn State students with ideas that have not yet been validated by working prototypes.  This event is designed as an opportunity for students new to entrepreneurship to gain experience and confidence in learning how to solve problems by cultivating an entrepreneurial mindset.  

Students are also encouraged to attend the informational event following the Pitch Challenge Finals to learn about the many different ways to get involved with entrepreneurship at Penn State.   

This event is co-sponsored by the College of the Liberal Arts and the College of Agricultural Sciences.

 

Mark Gagnon

Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences

Harbaugh Entrepreneur and Innovation Faculty Scholar
Mark Gagnon is the Harbaugh Entrepreneur and Innovation Faculty Scholar in the College of Agricultural Sciences at Penn State. Mark is a former entrepreneur and business development executive in forest products and building materials. He has been involved in two green building products start-ups and has managed product portfolios over $300M. In addition, Mark has extensive experience in new product development and has been part of successful product launches for leading brands. Mark also consults with leading firms and emerging start-ups in AgTech (food, agriculture and bio-renewables). 

Chris Spielvogel

Penn State College of the Liberal Arts

Director, Entrepreneurship as Advocacy Concentration, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Minor
Spielvogel's research projects in the areas of educational technology-based innovation and entrepreneurship have been funded by a variety of foundations and agencies, including the National Endowment for the Humanities, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, the Kauffman Foundation, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Institute of Education Sciences
For more information, visit gew.psu.edu.