CREATE (Creating Real Entrepreneurial Actions Through Education) is a business idea pitch competition open to all University of Tampa students who believe they have an idea that can become a real business. Students with the best business concepts are selected to go through an entrepreneurial boot camp which covers topics such as marketing, management, finance and presentation skills. At the conclusion of the boot camp, students will showcase their presentation and compete for cash prizes.
CREATE cash prizes:
1st place: $1,500
2nd place: $1,000
3rd place: $500
Key Dates
Friday, Sept. 27, 2019
8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Business Idea Pitch Competition and Lunch
Lowth Center, ICB 812
Weekly boot camp sessions will be held on Tuesdays at 10 a.m and include:
Topic #1: Entrepreneurial Journey
Topic #2: Ideas, Innovation and Creativity
Topic #3: Legal Issues for Entrepreneurs
Topic #4: Sales and Marketing
Topic #5: Finance
Topic #6: Management and Leadership
Topic #7: Pitch Perfect
Topic #8: Pitch Practice
Friday, Nov. 8, 2019
Lowth Center, Pitch Room
Questions? Please contact Kevin Moore at kmoore@ut.edu.
CREATE is sponsored by the Sykes College of Business Lowth Entrepreneurship Center.
Award money is subject to all local, state and federal taxes where applicable.