Macrovation was excited to participate in such a great event. Our CTO, Vince Baranauskas, PhD enjoyed chatting with students to help them determine avenues for funding and next steps. Lots of innovation being created at Virginia Tech.
🚀 Startup Sprint 2024 Recap: A Week of Innovation and Inspiration! 🚀 What an unforgettable week at Virginia Tech’s Startup Sprint 2024! From brilliant ideas to game-changing insights, we watched VT’s next generation of entrepreneurs take their first steps toward building the future. Here’s a run down of what happened 👇 🎙️ On Friday Sept 27, we kicked off the event with Kyle Krzeski Kyle is the Co-Founder of Removaly, CEO of Sabbath Ventures, and a VT alumnus. He shared his journey of product development, bootstrapping, and exiting a profitable startup. Kyle stayed around during the weekend to assist students in their projects. 💡 On Saturday, we had VT Alumni founders come in to share their experiences. The founders of MacroVation Kelly and Vince Baranauskas, PhD had a fireside chat detailing their experiences with selling to the government, business development, and the future of sustainable materials engineering. 📈 Sunday was for the student founders. We had Mohit Yadav and Robin Khatri, the founders of QuickPark Solutions, sharing their insights in enterprise software, scaling a startup, and the conviction needed to win. 🛑 We were also joined by the founders of Exit Sign Solutions. Will Field, Conner Donnelly, and Angel Hernandez discussed their journey with prototyping, raising funds, and their experience running a business while juggling schoolwork. ⭐ Throughout the event, we partnered with James Harder, John Hagy, and Koehler “Kay-ler” Slagel, MBA to run workshops to equip students with the skills needed to identify a problem, build a solution, and go to market. 🏆 On Wednesday Oct 2nd, we concluded the end of Startup Sprint with our closing ceremony and the finals. Seven finalists pitched their startups for a chance to win 💰💰💰 Our judges included James Harder, Kyle Krzeski, Charles Lattimer, Laura Omi Townsend, Will Field, and Koehler “Kay-ler” Slagel, MBA. After much time spent deliberating, the winners were announced and Startup Sprint 2024 came to a conclusion. Shoutout to our sponsors for making this happen! Virginia Tech Department of Management | Pamplin College of Business Apex Center for Entrepreneurs - Virginia Tech Exit Sign Solutions RAMP - Regional Accelerator and Mentoring Program CS Root from the Virginia Tech Department of Computer Science A HUGE thank you to our speakers, our judges, and everyone who attended. We couldn’t have done it without you! 🙌 #innovation #entrepreneurship #virginiatech #startups #hokies
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