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VACE Winners Announced! 4th Annual CCTS "60-second Poster Pitch" Competition

Oct 24, 2024

Lexington, KY – On October 18, 2024, Destin George Bell appeared on ABC’s Shark Tank Season 16 premiere to pitch his company, Card.io. Destin is a native of Louisville, Kentucky and graduate from the Gatton College of Business and Economics at the University of Kentucky (UK). He received his undergraduate degree in marketing and pursued an entrepreneurial pathway as soon as he could.

University of Kentucky Participates in the 2024 SEC Pitch Competition!

Oct 24, 2024

Knoxville, TN - The Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, housed in the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Haslam College of Business, host the 2024 SEC Student Pitch Competition on October 17, 2024.

2025 GSE Summer Startup Program Accepting Applications!

Oct 2, 2024

The Governor's School for Entrepreneurs (GSE) Summer Startup program is now accepting applications for summer 2025. Deadline for submission is Tuesday, January 21, 2025.

2025 GSE Collegiate Pitch Competition!

https://kentuckygse.com/collegiate-pitch/ Oct 1, 2024

Through its Collegiate Pitch competition, The Governor’s School for Entrepreneurs (GSE) encourages innovation and entrepreneurship by engaging students from Kentucky’s colleges and universities with an opportunity to develop and pursue their business ideas. The competition rewards Business Models judged by an independent panel as the most innovative and complete, and the most likely to result in successful ventures that create new jobs for Kentuckians.

Fall 2024 Webinar Series Featuring Bootcamp Accelerator Grads!

Jul 23, 2024

Fall 2024 Webinar Series featuring “Bootcamp Accelerator Startups: Where Are They Now” - This fall semester, The Von Allmen Center for Entrepreneurship in the Gatton College of Business and Economics, is hosting four webinars featuring startups that completed the Entrepreneurs Bootcamp online business accelerator. The series will highlight each founder’s journey, how they overcame various challenges, the realities of raising capital, and where they are now. RSVP to save your spot and join us during your lunch break!

GSE Summer Startup at The Gatton College of Business

Jul 17, 2024

July 2024 (Lexington, KY) - GSE Summer Startup Program concluded our 11th year, and what a terrific ride it’s been! This summer, we not only celebrated another fantastic season but also hit a major milestone—1,000 graduates! That’s right, with this summer’s amazing groups, our GSE Summer Startup family has grown to more than 1,000 innovative and resilient Es, and we couldn’t be more proud.

VACE Bootcamp Graduate Launches Dreams: Recent grad shares impact of iNet certificate

Jul 1, 2024

LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 1, 2024) — When Ethan Jackson decided to pursue the Innovation and Entrepreneurial Thinking (iNET) certificate, he didn’t know the long-term impact that the program would have on his professional development.

Spring 2024 Bootcamp Accelerator Winning Startups!

May 9, 2024

The Von Allmen Center for Entrepreneurship (VACE), in the Gatton College of Business and Economics, is excited to announce the Spring 2024 winning startups! Each winning team received prize money to move their ideas forward and help build further momentum into the next phase of their entrepreneurial journeys. Congratulations to all the founders that represent the University of Kentucky and surrounding counties across the state! Spring 2024 – Monday Section Bootcamp 1.0 Winning Startups

Gatton College of Business and Economics Recognizes Winners of PNC Wildcat Pitch Competition

https://gatton.uky.edu/about-us/stay-connected/news/2024/gatton-college-business-and-economics-recognizes-winners-pnc?j=717593&sfmc_sub=251374936&l=21_HTML&u=28857167&mid=10966798&jb=7004 May 2, 2024

Lexington, KY - On April 20, PNC Bank and the Gatton College of Business and Economics’ Von Allmen Center for Entrepreneurship presented the PNC Wildcat Pitch Competition, during which University of Kentucky graduate and undergraduate students competed for cash prizes totaling $20,000. This event gave students the opportunity to build their entrepreneurial skills and share ideas for ground-breaking products and services.

$2,000 in Startup Capital for Bootcamp 2.0 Teams

Apr 19, 2024

April 2022 (Lexington, Ky) - The Spring 2022 Entrepreneurs Bootcamp 2.0 program wrapped up the semester with five teams winning $2,000 each in startup capital. In addition, two teams received $500 each as a special award called the "Dentons Choice Award" made possible by law firm Dentons Bingham Greenebaum. Other sources of funding are generously provided by The Institute for the Study of Free Enterprise.