Compete in the Ag Springboard student pitch contest to build ideas, skills and confidence. Our step-by-step videos walk you through it.
Ag Springboard Can Help You
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People who can pitch their ideas and themselves stand out to employers. The Ag Springboard student business pitch contest can help you polish your skills to get a great job, even create your own job.
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Learn to pitch ideas for a new business or non-profit in the agricultural sciences at Ag Springboard 2017! Best pitch wins $7,500 to make it happen. We'll coach teams through the pitching process.
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Anne Hoag explains entrepreneurs — and how Ag Springboard is an opportunity for all Penn State students.
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The Ag Springboard business pitch contest and $7,500 top prize helps students learn how to create their own dream job — and jobs for other people!
How to Pitch
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Tell the story of your idea for a new business or nonprofit concept. Then practice, practice, practice.
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Time for a big picture view. Think about how your pitch is a solution to a problem — the second of five steps and videos in our How-to-Pitch video series.
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Who is going to buy the new product you're pitching? Ruffed Outdoors decided to target hard-core hunters always looking for better gear — just like them.
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Create a model to keep track of every input and output point, advises Hunter Swisher, a co-founder of Phospholutions, which made its first sale in October 2016.
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Project your revenue, costs and profits three years out to show you've thought through the finances. Dr. Mark Gagnon walks you through it.
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People who can pitch their ideas and themselves stand out to employers. The Ag Springboard student business pitch contest can help you polish your skills to get a great job, even create your own job.
Highlights from the Competition
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Six teams pitched judges at the final round of Ag Springboard 2016. Peek inside the final round.
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A peek into the final round of Ag Springboard competition Tuesday, as five student teams pitched their ideas for new business and social enterprises to the judges.
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See what it was like to pitch Ag Springboard judges with the hopes of winning $7,500. What was your Ag Springboard experience?