Support CMU's entrepreneurial students and ignite big dreams!

Join the Isabella Bank Institute for Entrepreneurship as we celebrate the 15^th anniversary of the New Venture Challenge!

For 15 incredible years, NVC has served as a launchpad for aspiring entrepreneurs by providing students with the means to turn their dreams into reality.

The New Venture Challenge is a year-long journey for students. They take steps to build their venture through participation in our workshops, mentor program and mini-pitch competitions – all in preparation to step on the big stage at NVC and present their venture idea for a chance to win up to $20,000 in cash awards. 

In celebration of this significant milestone, we invite you to make a gift that will directly support the future of NVC and our student entrepreneurs. 

Your support allows us to continue offering this unique competition and the resources and programs that come with it.  Together, we can make the next 15 years of NVC even more transformative and continue to support the next generation of innovators, leaders and world-changers.

Impact:

These gifts will have a direct impact on student entrepreneurs across campus.

• Offer guidance, resources, and coaching as they take their ideas and solutions to problems and then turn them into actionable steps to creating a product, service, or venture
• Create a network of mentors to coach and connect students with resources beyond campus
• Seed new business ideas through venture exploration funds that help students as they complete customer discovery, prototype, get professional services (i.e. legal) or acquire initial inventory