Do you have an idea? Pitch it in 30 seconds!

Is there a problem you want to solve? Do you see the potential for a business that should be started? We want to hear about it! Pop-up pitch events are scheduled throughout the fall semester.

Note: Students may participate as an individual or a team. Scholarship funds are split among the members of a winning team.

Our competitions are open to all SFA students, regardless of major.


2024-25 competition recap

The top ideas from the fall 2024 pop-up pitch competition each received $1,000. 

The six finalists’ recorded idea pitches were shown to attendees in the spring semester during halftime of the SFA men’s basketball game versus Lamar University at 2 p.m. Feb. 1 in the Johnson Coliseum.

The audience applause-o-meter designated The Hydroponic Pantry, pitched by Chloe Culver, as the first-place winner. Culver will advance to the Lumberjack Entrepreneurship Competition in April. Watch the compilation of pitches to see these amazing entrepreneurial Lumberjack minds at work!

First place: $3,000

The Hydroponic Pantry

Pitched by Chloe Culver, representing the Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture

Second place: $2,000

Ripple

Pitched by Kyle Charbonneau, representing the Nelson Rusche College of Business

Third place: $1,500

The Arts App

Pitched by Adrianna Sanchez, representing the Micky Elliott College of Fine Arts

Honorable mentions: $1,250 each

  • SFA Nutrition Counseling Clinic, pitched by Hailey Gamboa, representing the James I. Perkins College of Education
  • Tilted Tiles, pitched by David Lebaillif, representing the College of Sciences and Mathematics
  • Ultra-Sonic Locust Deterrent, pitched by Jack Dancy, representing the College of Liberal and Applied Arts