Six veterans, including a Penn State Harrisburg student, were awarded funding to help launch their business ideas during the Veterans Business Bootcamp pitch competition hosted by Harrisburg LaunchBox powered by Penn State and the Rotary Veterans Initiative.

From Nov. 18-22, Penn State campuses and surrounding communities were full of entrepreneurial energy for Global Entrepreneurship Week 2024, offering a diverse array of events designed to inspire and connect innovators across the community.

In the latest episode of Invent Penn State’s “Dare to Disrupt” podcast, host Ryan Newman interviews Mario Ciabarra, the chief executive officer and founder of Quantum Metric, a customer-centered digital analytics platform for today’s leading enterprise organizations. 

Penn State undergraduate student startup teams from across Pennsylvania are invited to attend a virtual info session on Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. to learn more about participating in the Invent Penn State Inc.U Competition. The session will cover the application and selection process as well as eligibility criteria.

Thirty teams of entrepreneurs gathered on Nov. 8 at Penn State Great Valley for the LionCage Pitch Competition, where they showcased their companies to a panel of judges to seek business advice and compete for prize money. Each team had just five minutes to present their groundbreaking solutions to pressing issues such as healthy food access and navigation for people with low vision.

The Brandywine LaunchBox partnered with the Great Valley LaunchBox and the Chester County Economic Development Council’s Ideas x Innovation Network to present the LionCage Pitch Competition on Nov. 8.

Penn State has been ranked as the No. 28 school for undergraduate entrepreneurship studies by the Princeton Review and Entrepreneurship magazine in the partnership’s annual ratings released Nov. 12, moving up five spots from the previous year. Among schools in the Mid-Atlantic region, Penn State came in at No. 4.

Penn State Brandywine’s and Penn State Berks’ LaunchBoxes, powered by Penn State, collaborated with Penn State Great Valley to hold the fall 2024 Idea TestLab Pitch Competition on Nov. 4. Six startup entrepreneurs participated in the competition, which was held at Great Valley.

Curious to check out the newly renovated Nittany Lion Inn? Join Invent Penn State’s “Dare to Disrupt” for a live podcast recording in the Inn’s 1855 Lounge at 11 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 22, featuring Scholar Hotels Founder and CEO Gary Brandeis.

In the latest episode of Invent Penn State’s “Dare to Disrupt” podcast, host Ryan Newman interviews alumnus Deep Chakraborty, the co-founder and CEO of Enact Systems, a leading software platform revolutionizing the solar and energy storage industry.