Entrepalooza

A festival celebrating innovation and entrepreneurship with student pitches, interactive demos, and free food.

Experience innovation and entrepreneurship at Entrepalooza, NC State’s annual festival for all things Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Free entry, food, alumni businesses, student pitch competition and much more await you at Entrepalooza. The event will feature: Entrepreneurship Showcase: Experience entrepreneurship at NC State through interactive demos, activities and conversations hosted by student/alumni-lead ventures and partners.Minute to Pitch It competition: Hear pitches from 10 NC State student entrepreneurs in the Minute to Pitch It competition. Students will have one minute to convince either the audience or the judges that their idea is worthy of the cash prize, audience choice or judges’ choice awards totaling $2,000. Cash prizes provided by the NC State University Foundation.Free food: Exploring entrepreneurship at NC State can make a wolf hungry. We’re offering free Chick-fil-A, Two Roosters ice cream and ice-cold bottled water to keep the Wolfpack fed and cooled off while having fun.Giveaways: Don’t leave empty-handed. We will give out NC State Innovation and Entrepreneurship giveaways all evening, and many vendors will give away swag and food or sell great stuff.Make sure to register so we have enough food and T-shirts.