Keep your eye on the prize.

A two-part, shark-tank-style experience, the 路易斯·H. Stumberg New Venture Competition annually supports compelling student start-ups. 利害关系? $50k and access to experienced mentors and successful entrepreneurs. 

Think you have what it takes? Find out how to participate.

Stumberg 种子圆形  


In the first stage of the Stumberg Competition, teams of student ventures put their business ideas to the test. Pitching their ideas to a panel of judges, students vie to be selected for further mentorship opportunities and thousands of dollars in start-up funding.

5个团队

selected as finalists

$5k

in seed funding for each team

接下来是什么? →

10周

in Stumberg Accelerator

This isn’t a part of my education that’s going to be on the degree, but it’s going to be with me the rest of my life. I’m a completely different person now versus two or three months ago, because the Summer Accelerator develops you as a person and as an entrepreneur.

Chikanma Ibeh and Danny Anderson pose holding a $5k big check

 

赌博娱乐平台网址大全 Accelerator


What do you need for your venture to succeed? Learn new concepts and apply new knowledge during the 赌博娱乐平台网址大全 Accelerator, which takes place over the summer.

Stumberg finalists dive head first into 10周 of full-time, 支付, 严格的, hands-on discovery, 和发展. All this while receiving guidance from 赌博娱乐平台网址大全’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence, former Stumberg finalists, and successful business and community partners.

能力建设

会计
financial planning
市场营销

发现

研究
网络
making connections

发展

making and creating
building and prototyping
testing and refining

接下来是什么? →

Stumberg决赛

in the fall semester

Chris Stewart and Bobby Magee sit on a motorcycle with a red turn signal projected on the asphalt below them.

Through the entire summer, there was a big attitude of encouragement from the other teams. We all approached the summer hoping to build our companies, not compete with each other.

 

Stumberg决赛


Change is in the air for the 2021 winners of the Stumberg Competition—literally! After months of intense work and a compelling pitch to a panel of expert judges—赌博娱乐平台网址大全 alumni, community influencers, and business moguls—研究-oriented startup MicroLev has won the $25,000 grand prize for their affordable aerosol 研究 device. Congratulations to Josefina Hajek-Herrera ’22, Bene Snyder ’22, and chemistry professor Ryan Davis!

$25k

grand prize awarded to one finalist team

$325k+

awarded to teams since 2015

44

companies launched since 2012

 

We founded PATCH with the idea that we can help people who are suffering. People’s lives shouldn’t have to revolve around medication, but for those who need it, PATCH can be part of a better solution.

A PATCH pill bottle is in focus in the foreground, while Gavin Buchanan types on his laptop in the background.

 

路易斯·H. Stumberg头像

The Stumberg Legacy


The Stumberg Venture Competition honors the legacy of the late 圣安东尼奥 businessman and civic leader 路易斯·H. Stumberg.

A food industry pioneer, in 1946 he co-founded Patio Mexican Foods, a company that took frozen Tex-Mex foods nationwide. Mr. Stumberg was a dedicated member of 赌博娱乐平台网址大全's Board of Trustees and held leadership positions with numerous organizations such as the 圣安东尼奥 Chamber of Commerce, United Way of 圣安东尼奥, Bexar县, Alamo Area Council of Boy Scouts, and as mayor of Terrell Hills and a civilian aide to the Secretary of the Army. He gave generously of his time and treasure and was instrumental in helping build 圣安东尼奥's business and civic life.