BizPitch Student Business Competition

The purpose of the BizPitch student business competition is to promote and foster student entrepreneurship at ASU.

The competition is co-coordinated between the ASU Small Business Development Center (lead) and the Norris-Vincent College of Business. BizPitch provides student learning opportunities through interaction with ASU SBDC business advisors and ASU alumni who are successful in business.

Join us for the Live Biz Pitch Event!

Finalists (individuals or up to a four-person team) have been selected from the many applications received for this year’s competition. The finalists are currently working with SBDC-certified business advisors and Angelo State University faculty mentors to perfect their pitch over a course of four to five weeks.

They will make a live, in-person, eight-minute presentation to our team of judges who are ASU alumni and successful in business. The judges will ask questions of each finalist for five minutes. Prizes will be awarded on the same evening. The awarded cash prizes are considered as seed money for these specific startups, but also as investments in the university’s overall ecosystem for entrepreneurship.

The live event is sponsored by BES-TEX, Old Central Firehouse Pizzeria & Taproom, VGI Technology, and The Waterford Wellness Spa.

BizPitch Flyer

The live BizPitch event will take place on Thursday, April 13, at the LeGrand Alumni and Visitors Center.

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BizPitch Winners

Scootin’ Rams won first place in the 2022 BizPitch Competition.

All Past Winners

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The BizPitch student competition is open to currently enrolled Angelo State University students who are taking six hours or more as an undergraduate student or three hours or more as a graduate student.

Up to four person-teams are allowed. Teams are encouraged but not required. BizPitch is open to students in all academic disciplines.

Entries must be startup ideas or startup ventures (not in business yet, or in business less than one year) and may not have generated over $15,000 in revenue at the time of application.

Previous years’ BizPitch winners are not eligible. Entries that are developed just for a class project are discouraged.

The application process is quick and convenient. All you need is a business idea and to fill out the online application. Just click “Apply Now” above and fill out the online form.

Make sure to provide the following:

Team member information
Brief summary of the business idea
Brief summary of the marketing plan
Five-minute video (high production value is not necessary - video can be shot with a camera phone)

By submitting this application form, you and any identified team members give permission to the Angelo State University SBDC and Angelo State University to use your likenesses, individual names, company name, company logo, and company video in promotional media. Teams should carefully assess intellectual property considerations and the proprietary nature of their presentation materials, as the final BizPitch presentation will be open to the public. Students retain intellectual property rights to the materials submitted and presented. Students are responsible for all taxes related to awards. For and in consideration of my participating in the BizPitch competition, I hereby expressly and knowingly release Angelo State University, its officers, agents, volunteers, and employees from any and all claims and causes of action i may have arising out of any activity conducted by, or under the auspices of Angelo State University with regard to the BizPitch competition, whether caused by my own negligence or the negligence of Angelo State University, its officers, agents, volunteers, or employees

Questions?

Small Business Development Center
325-942-2098
sbdc@angelo.edu
Map: Business Resource Center
69 N. Chadbourne St., San Angelo, TX 76903
ASU Station #10910, San Angelo, TX 76909