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Launching Ventures Beyond the Classroom

VENTURE COLLEGE

As part of the College of Innovation + Design, Venture College cultivates and supports entrepreneurship at Boise State to economically empower the campus community. Our programs allow students to pursue new ideas and launch ventures.

Open to Students Statewide

Pitch Challenges

Venture College hosts several statewide competitions throughout the year to help fuel Idaho’s next generation of entrepreneurs.

Application Deadlines

Idaho Entrepreneur Challenge
February 21, 2025 at 12pm (noon) MST

Hackfort Tech Challenge
February 28, 2025

Hacking for Homebuilding
March 24, 2025

Tech Challenge – NEW!
TBD – Fall 2025

HealthTech Challenge
TBD – Fall 2025

Idaho Entrepreneur Challenge (IEC)

Accelerate Your Idea

Hackfort Tech Challenge

Accelerate your Idea

Hacking for Homebuilding

Generate Your Idea

Tech Challenge

Generate Your Idea
Open to All Academic Backgrounds

Training Opportunities

Whether you have an idea you’re ready to launch or want to join up with other startups, Venture College can help.

Venture College Incubator

Launch Your Idea

National Science Foundation Innovation Corps

Launch Your Idea

Spring Calendar

Alumni Testimonials

Tobi Popoola

Tobi Popoola, Founder of Liveldy

“The semester long training at Venture College covered: understanding problems, developing products and services to solve these problems, and having these products and services generate revenue. The experience with mentors in the Venture College has been invaluable. I would recommend Venture College to anyone looking to venture into entrepreneurship.

Venture College Programs

  • Venture College Incubator (Spring 2020)
  • Idaho Entrepreneur Challenge: President’s Award Recipient + Runner-up in Health and Wellness Track (2020)
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College of Innovation + Design

The Venture College is a program within the College of Innovation + Design (CI+D).

Learn More about CI+D