UGA Terry College of Business

Build/Test Accelerator

URL: https://www.terry.uga.edu/entrepreneurship/build-test-accelerator/ Captured: 2026-06-28 The Build/Test Accelerator is a 4-week summer program guiding students through building and testing their minimum viable product (MVP) with real customers. It awards a $2,500 prize and is designed as a follow-on program for students who have completed the Idea Accelerator or have existing customer validation.

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CREATE Labs

URL: https://create.uga.edu/about/ Captured: 2026-06-28 CREATE Labs is UGA's prototyping and maker facility with locations at the Delta Innovation Hub and I-STEM Building. Provides students, faculty, and staff with access to 3D printers, laser cutters, CNC machines, electronics workstations, and other prototyping equipment. Supports the Innovation District ecosystem by enabling rapid prototyping and product development.

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UGA Entrepreneurship Program

URL: https://www.terry.uga.edu/entrepreneurship/ Captured: 2026-06-28 The UGA Entrepreneurship Program is the central hub for student entrepreneurship at UGA, housed in the Terry College of Business and directed by Bob Pinckney (Milton Anthony Greene Director of Entrepreneurship). It serves all UGA majors, offers an Entrepreneurship Certificate, and coordinates multiple accelerators, pitch competitions, and student funding programs.

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UGA College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences

FABricate Entrepreneurial Initiative

URL: https://www.caes.uga.edu/students/experiential-learning/fabricate.html Captured: 2026-06-28 The FABricate Entrepreneurial Initiative is a pitch competition hosted by UGA's College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) with a $10,000 grand prize. The competition focuses on agricultural, environmental, and food-related ventures across four categories: Food Product, Ag Technology, Ag/Food Business, and Environmental/Sustainable Business.

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Georgia Bulldog Angel Network (GBAN)

URL: http://www.ugaentr.com/georgia-bulldog-angel-network Captured: 2026-06-28 The Georgia Bulldog Angel Network (GBAN) is an angel investor network launched in September 2024 connecting UGA-affiliated accredited investors with UGA-connected startups. Holds monthly pitch meetings at the Terry Executive Education Center in Atlanta. Requires accredited investor status and UGA affiliation.

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Health & Wellness Pitch Competition

URL: https://www.terry.uga.edu/entrepreneurship/health-and-wellness-pitch-competition/ Captured: 2026-06-28 The Health & Wellness Pitch Competition is an annual pitch competition focused on health, wellness, and life sciences ventures, awarding $10,000 for first place, $5,000 for second place, and $2,500 for third place ($17,500 total). Leverages UGA's strengths in health sciences and biomedical research.

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UGA Innovation Gateway

NSF I-Corps at UGA

URL: https://ugaicorps.uga.edu/ Captured: 2026-06-28 The NSF I-Corps program at UGA provides customer discovery training for faculty, student, and staff entrepreneurs following the National Science Foundation's Lean Startup methodology. Serves as a pipeline for NSF I-Corps Teams national program and connects participants to the broader Innovation Gateway and Innovation District ecosystem.

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UGA Idea Accelerator

URL: https://www.terry.uga.edu/entrepreneurship/uga-accelerator/ Captured: 2026-06-28 The UGA Idea Accelerator is a 4-week bootcamp-style program that helps students validate business ideas and develop initial customer discovery. It runs four cohorts per year and awards a $2,500 prize. Serves as an entry point for students exploring entrepreneurship with structured curriculum on business model validation and customer interviews.

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UGA Innovation District

UGA Innovation District

URL: https://innovation.uga.edu/about/ecosystem/ Captured: 2026-06-28 The UGA Innovation District is the comprehensive university-wide initiative connecting student-facing entrepreneurship programming (Terry College's Entrepreneurship Program) with faculty-facing technology commercialization (Innovation Gateway). Executive Director Chris Rhodes oversees the district, which includes the Delta Innovation Hub (10,000+ sq ft faculty startup space) and CREATE Labs prototyping facilities.

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Innovation Gateway

URL: https://research.uga.edu/gateway/ Captured: 2026-06-28 Innovation Gateway is UGA's technology transfer and startup support office, led by Executive Director Derek Eberhart (Associate VP for Research). Established ~2015 from the merger of the Georgia BioBusiness Center and Tech Commercialization Office. Ranked #1 in the US for new products to market for three consecutive years (2023-2025).

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Georgia Kickstart Fund / UGA

Georgia Kickstart Fund

URL: https://gakickstartfund.uga.edu/ Captured: 2026-06-28 The Georgia Kickstart Fund is a student-managed non-dilutive grant fund providing three tiers of funding to UGA student startups: Starter Grants ($500-$1,000), Regular Grants ($1,000-$5,000), and Follow-on Grants (up to $10,000). Since inception, $160,232+ has been deployed to 49 student startups, giving student managers hands-on venture funding experience.

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The Launch Pad

URL: https://www.terry.uga.edu/entrepreneurship/launch-pad/ Captured: 2026-06-28 The Launch Pad is UGA's entrepreneurship-focused living-learning community housing approximately 40 students in a dedicated residential environment. Combines on-campus living with entrepreneurship programming, mentoring, and peer collaboration. Moving to Building 2266 in Fall 2026.

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UGA's Next Top Entrepreneur

URL: https://www.terry.uga.edu/entrepreneurship/next-top-entrepreneur/ Captured: 2026-06-28 UGA's Next Top Entrepreneur is a national pitch competition hosted by the UGA Entrepreneurship Program, awarding $10,000 for first place, $5,000 for second place, and $2,500 for third place ($17,500 total). Attracts student entrepreneurs from universities across the country.

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UGA Quick Pitch Competition

URL: http://www.ugaentr.com/quick-pitch Captured: 2026-06-28 The UGA Quick Pitch Competition challenges students to deliver a compelling 90-second pitch for a $1,000 prize. Multiple rounds are held throughout the academic year, giving students frequent opportunities to practice and compete.

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UGA Startup Program

URL: https://research.uga.edu/gateway/programs/ Captured: 2026-06-28 The UGA Startup Program, operated by Innovation Gateway, supports faculty and researchers in launching startups based on UGA-owned intellectual property. Provides guidance on licensing UGA technologies, business formation, funding strategies, and connections to the Delta Innovation Hub incubator space.

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Studio 225

URL: https://www.terry.uga.edu/entrepreneurship/studio-225/ Captured: 2026-06-28 Studio 225 is the dedicated student entrepreneurship center at UGA, located at 225 W. Broad St. in Athens. It serves as a physical home for student entrepreneurs with co-working space, mentoring sessions, workshops, and programming for the Entrepreneurship Program.

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Summer Launch Program

URL: https://www.terry.uga.edu/entrepreneurship/summer-launch-program/ Captured: 2026-06-28 The Summer Launch Program is an 8-week intensive summer accelerator for UGA student startups, providing $5,000 in program funding plus an additional $5,000 awarded at Demo Day. Students work full-time on their ventures with structured mentorship, workshops, and access to Studio 225 and entrepreneurship ecosystem resources.

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UGA Venture Prize Competition

URL: https://www.terry.uga.edu/entrepreneurship/venture-prize/ Captured: 2026-06-28 The UGA Venture Prize Competition is an annual pitch competition now in its 5th year (2026), sponsored by Floor & Decor. It awards $10,000 for first place, $5,000 for second place, and $2,500 for third place ($17,500 total). Open to UGA student entrepreneurs across all majors.

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