Category: Entrepreneurship

Expert entrepreneur panel provides tips to launch your business

Expert Entrepreneur Panel on stage talking

St. Petersburg College recently hosted the first Meet Our Expert Entrepreneur Panel: How to Launch Your Business, at the Seminole Campus Digitorium. The Lunch & Learn event was hosted by SPC’s Career and Entrepreneurship Center. Thank you to our Expert Entrepreneurship Panel for taking the time out of their busy schedules to share their expertise … Continue reading Expert entrepreneur panel provides tips to launch your business

Explore winning ideas in this year’s Business Plan and Elevator Pitch competition

Business Competition winners up on stage holding checks

Learn more about the winners from SPC’s 5th annual Business Plan and Elevator Pitch competition. The annual event gives SPC students a chance to compete to win cash prizes totaling more than $10,000  to launch their business idea! Review this year’s winning concepts: BUSINESS PLAN: 1st Place – Rebecca Rodriguez – 4 The Girls Grand … Continue reading Explore winning ideas in this year’s Business Plan and Elevator Pitch competition

Business Plan and Elevator Pitch competition finalists

2014 Annual Business Plan and Elevator Pitch Competition winners standing on stage holding checks.

St. Petersburg College’s 5th annual Business Plan and Elevator Pitch competition gives SPC students enrolled in a degree or certificate program a chance to compete to win cash prizes totaling more than $10,000  to launch their business idea! Winners will be announced on Thursday, April 30, at 6 p.m., SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium. RSVP for … Continue reading Business Plan and Elevator Pitch competition finalists

Pitch your business idea and compete to win cash awards

BPEPC 2013 Winners standing on stage holding checks

SPC’s 5th annual Business Plan and Elevator Pitch competition gives SPC students enrolled in a degree or certificate program a chance to compete to win cash prizes totaling more than $10,000  to launch their business idea! Students can ask SPC business faculty and successful local entrepreneurs to help develop their plan or pitch for submission … Continue reading Pitch your business idea and compete to win cash awards

SPC College for Kids Entrepreneurship Camp

Group photo of kids at Entrepreneurship Camp

This past summer, Nicolle Panuthos, Academic Department Chair from College of Business & Entrepreneurship and Pam Levering, Entrepreneurship Program Specialist, partnered with Cecelia O’Dowd, Program Director for College for Kids (C4K) to provide opportunities for learning and exploration in the areas of entrepreneurship and sustainability.  The C4K-Entrepreneurship Camp was offered to students ranging from Kindergarten … Continue reading SPC College for Kids Entrepreneurship Camp

In the news: Tampa Bay Innovation Center to open St. Petersburg incubator

The Tampa Bay Innovation Center, an innovation and entrepreneurship center for technology businesses, plans to open the TEC Garage, its new incubator, on the ground floor of SPC Downtown, ITBusinessNet.com reported. The tentative opening date is August. TEC Garage, which stands for Technology and Entrepreneurship Center, will house 15 to 30 startups and occupy 6,200 square … Continue reading In the news: Tampa Bay Innovation Center to open St. Petersburg incubator