Ag Springboard Step-by-Step

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.

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.

Anne Hoag explains entrepreneurs — and how Ag Springboard is an opportunity for all Penn State students.

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!

Tell the story of your idea for a new business or nonprofit concept. Then practice, practice, practice.

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.

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.

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.

Project your revenue, costs and profits three years out to show you've thought through the finances. Dr. Mark Gagnon walks you through it.

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.

Six teams pitched judges at the final round of Ag Springboard 2016. Peek inside the final round.

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.

See what it was like to pitch Ag Springboard judges with the hopes of winning $7,500. What was your Ag Springboard experience?