Entrepreneur Quest Pitch Competition

Big ideas take the stage at the Entrepreneur Quest (EQ) Final Pitch Competition, where Mizzou’s top 10 student teams will present their business ideas to a panel of community leaders and compete for seed funding to turn those ideas into businesses.

Join us Tuesday, November 17, from 4–7 p.m. at Monsanto Auditorium in the Bond Life Sciences Center as the teams make their final pitches and compete for a $30,000 prize pool.

Three teams will receive a lump-sum investment, with the opportunity to earn additional funding by reaching jointly agreed-upon milestones by May 2027:

First place: $10,000 + $5,000 potential earnout

Second place: $6,000 + $4,000 potential earnout

Third place: $3,000 + $2,000 potential earnout

The Entrepreneur Quest program, part of the Griggs Innovators Nexus, empowers Mizzou students to launch and grow their own businesses while they’re still in college.

EQ is sponsored by Hawthorn Bank, the U.S. Bank Foundation, and the employees of Veterans United Home Loans.