Pop-Up Pitch Competitions

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.

The following top ideas from the fall 2024 pop-up pitch competition each received $1,000. 
Next up, the finalists’ recorded idea pitches will be shown to attendees during halftime of the SFA men’s basketball game versus Lamar University at 2 p.m. Feb. 1 at Johnson Coliseum. The winner, as designated by audience applause-o-meter, will advance to the annual Lumberjack Entrepreneurship Competition in April.

• The Arts App
  • pitched by Adrianna Sanchez 
  • representing the Micky Elliott College of Fine Arts
• The Hydroponic Pantry
  • pitched by Chloe Culver
  • representing the Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture
• Ripple
  • pitched by Kyle Charbonneau
  • representing the Nelson Rusche College of Business
• 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