Events
Explore our series of entrepreneurial events, featuring workshops and pitch competitions. Perfect for nurturing innovation and expanding networks within and beyond the academic environment.
Featured by NJIT
March 2025
March 03, 4pm - 5pm
Global Entrepreneur in Residence Program Info Session
Eberhardt 112
Are you an international student with an AI startup idea? Join us on March 3rd to learn more about the new GEIR program! This program provides a pathway for international student entrepreneurs with a focus in AI to obtain H-1B visas and build their startup. Open to Masters/PhD level students graduating in May 2025 and alumni.
RSVPMar 05, 9am - 10:30am
Open Coffee Club Hours
211 Warren Street, Newark, NJ 07103
Everyone is welcome to join Open Coffee Club - casual monthly networking for entrepreneurs, seasoned co-founders, investors, and corporate partners to highlight the innovative and entrepreneurial spirit in Northern New Jersey
More informationMar 05, 3pm - 5pm
Entrepreneurship Open Office Hours
Second floor of the Library in the Leir Data Observatory Room (drop in and innovate)
Open to all NJIT students
More informationMar 07, 12:30pm - 4pm
Startup Job Fair
Central King Building, Agile Strategy Lab (Lower Level)
Accelerate Your Career! Join NJIT's Entrepreneurship Society for the Startup-only Job Fair. If you are looking to connect and network with local startups this is the perfect event for you. Partners participating in the event are looking to hire across all disciplines. Open to all NJIT students
More informationMar 10, 6pm - 8:30pm
Tax Strategies for Entrepreneurs
In Person or Online: Profeta Center, 1st Floor Central Avenue Building
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) developed the Gig Economy Tax Center to guide entrepreneurs through tax policy and help them meet their tax obligations. Learn about this and other IRS resources and policies designed to promote entrepreneurship in the United States. This event will be interactive. Reference material is available at https://bit.ly/NJIT_Taxes_Entr About the speaker: Jill Maniacci is a senior stakeholder liaison with the IRS. She collaborates, informs and communicates priority outreach messages to taxpayer communities. Previously, Jill was an agent with the IRS Large Business and International (LB&I) and the Small Business/Self-Employed (SB/SE) divisions for 18 years, where she worked on high-profile cases including kingpins and Ponzi schemes in New York. She was also a collaborating agent for the IRS Criminal Investigation division and an acting group manager in SB/SE, LB&I and Communications & Liaison.
Zoom LinkMar 12, 3pm - 5pm
Entrepreneurship Open Office Hours
Second floor of the Library in the Leir Data Observatory Room (drop in and innovate)
Open to all NJIT students
More informationMar 13, 9am - 2:30pm
Leading Like an Entrepreneur
Central King Building, Agile Strategy Lab (Lower Level)
Co-hosted by the Martin Tuchman School of Management and the Center for Student Entrepreneurship Discover your inner innovator at this dynamic experience that empowers high school students with entrepreneurial leadership skills, hands-on activities, and success stories from successful entrepreneurs, including students. Come and enjoy a day filled with creativity, problem-solving, and leadership potential! Open to VEI HS students. NJIT Student Volunteers needed! If you are interested, please reach out to Marissa Vargas, CSE Events Coordinator at mav42@njit.edu.
March 31, 4pm - 5:30pm
Global Entrepreneur in Residence Program Virtual Info Session
Virtual
Join us on Monday, March 31st to learn more about the new GEIR program! This program provides a pathway for international student entrepreneurs with a focus in AI to obtain cap exempt H-1B visa and build their startup. Open to Masters/PhD Level Students Graduating May 2025 or Prior
RSVPApril 2025
April 1
Applications Open: Global Student Innovation Challenge powered by PDMA
Chicago, IL, USA
It's time to showcase your brilliance and make a mark on the global stage! PDMA's Global Student Innovation Challenge 2025 submission portal is open and ready to receive your innovation ideas. We encourage students to submit projects created through academic work, including capstone projects or theses. You can review the rules and guidelines of the challenge as well as videos of the winning teams from previous years below. Please thoroughly review the rubric to ensure you are meeting all the criteria. For general questions, please review the FAQs on the website. Submissions accepted now through June 1st.
More information/registrationApril 2, 3pm - 5pm
Entrepreneurship Open Office Hours with Special Guest
Second floor of the Library in the Leir Data Observatory Room (drop in and innovate)
Join us to hear Ed Gaussen, the co-founder and current president of Mantra Health, a digital mental health platform dedicated to enhancing mental healthcare accessibility for college students. His commitment to improving mental healthcare has earned him recognition, including a spot on Forbes' 2023 '30 Under 30' list in healthcare. Open to all NJIT students. No registration needed!
More informationApril 2, 6pm - 8pm
Dinner with an Entrepreneur
Elly’s Loft, Weston Hall - NJIT
Co-hosted by NJIT Development and Alumni Relations and the Center for Student Entrepreneurship. Join us for an exclusive evening with inspiring alumni entrepreneurs. This special event offers a unique opportunity to connect with accomplished business leaders, hear their stories, and gain valuable insights into the world of entrepreneurship. Featured Alumni Entrepreneurs: Marjorie Perry – CEO & President, MZM Construction & Management, Chuck Daniels – Founder, Tech Innovator, and Joe Oliviera – Workshop Manager and Engineer at HAX/SOSV. Spots are limited. Selected students will be notified via email.
RSVPApril 08
Kean Business Plan Competition
Kean University
Hey Future Innovators! Are you brimming with ideas that could change the world? Got a business concept that’s been simmering in your mind? It’s time to bring those ideas to life! We’re thrilled to invite applications for our "NextGen Innovators Track" in our Annual Business Plan Competition. No Business? No Problem! You don’t need an established business to apply. Just an idea and the passion to pursue it. Registration deadline is Feb 13. The first part submission that is due by 2/13 requires the student/team to submit the first 3 boxes of the business model canvas (Problem, Solution and UVP). The submission needs to be emailed to bizplan@kean.edu . If they are selected to advance beyond the first stage, the final submission requires completing all the boxes of the business model canvas.
More information/registrationApril 9, 3pm - 5pm
Entrepreneurship Open Office Hours
Second floor of the Library in the Leir Data Observatory Room (drop in and innovate)
Open to all NJIT students
More informationApril 10 - 12
Rice Business Plan Competition
Rice University, Houston, TX
Hosted and organized by the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, which is Rice University's internationally-recognized initiative devoted to the support of entrepreneurship, and Rice Business, the Rice Business Plan Competition offers an educational program mirroring real-world experience through this multi-day event for student startups from across the world. Student founders pitch to investors, receive feedback and advance their startup. There is also significant time designated for interaction with our judges and prize sponsors—providing valuable access and experience with both early-stage and later-stage investors. Applications are due by Monday, January 27, 2025 by 11:59 PM
More informationApril 16, 3pm - 5pm
Entrepreneurship Open Office Hours
Second floor of the Library in the Leir Data Observatory Room (drop in and innovate)
Open to all NJIT students
More informationApril 23, 3pm - 5pm
Entrepreneurship Open Office Hours
Second floor of the Library in the Leir Data Observatory Room (drop in and innovate)
Open to all NJIT students
More informationApril 24-26
e-Fest: Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Competition
Minneapolis, MN
e-Fest® is an action-packed three-day celebration of undergraduate entrepreneurship featuring workshops, networking and three separate competitions awarding over $220K in cash prizes. Finalist teams’ network with the top student entrepreneurs from across the nation, promote their businesses to news organizations across the country, attend development workshops by industry leaders, and take home a portion of over $220,000 in cash prizes! Students will participate in multiple competitions over the three-day event – the Pitch Slam!, the Innovation Challenge, and finally, the Schulze Entrepreneurship Challenge. Accepting Online Submissions from January 8 - March 2, 2025, 11:59 p.m. (PST)More information
April 30, 3pm - 5pm
Entrepreneurship Open Office Hours
Second floor of the Library in the Leir Data Observatory Room (drop in and innovate)
Open to all NJIT students
More informationMay 2025
May 2, 9am - 3pm
UPITCH Competition
Rutgers University - New Brunswick, Hatchery Innovation Studio, Alexander Library, 169 College Ave., New Brunswick, N.J.
UPITCHNJ is an annual statewide collegiate startup business model competition sponsored by Nokia Bell Labs and hosted by the entrepreneurship education programs at participating colleges and universities.
More informationMay 7, 3pm - 5pm
Entrepreneurship Open Office Hours
Second floor of the Library in the Leir Data Observatory Room (drop in and innovate)
Open to all NJIT students
More informationMay 14, 3pm - 5pm
Entrepreneurship Open Office Hours
Second floor of the Library in the Leir Data Observatory Room (drop in and innovate)
Open to all NJIT students
More informationJune 2025
June 1
Applications Deadline: Global Student Innovation Challenge powered by PDMA
Chicago, IL, USA
It's time to showcase your brilliance and make a mark on the global stage! PDMA's Global Student Innovation Challenge 2025 submission portal is open and ready to receive your innovation ideas. We encourage students to submit projects created through academic work, including capstone projects or theses. You can review the rules and guidelines of the challenge as well as videos of the winning teams from previous years below. Please thoroughly review the rubric to ensure you are meeting all the criteria. For general questions, please review the FAQs on the website. Submissions accepted now through June 1st.
More information/registrationJune 24
National Academy of Investors - Student Showcase
Atlanta, Georgia
NAI’s Student Showcase identifies and celebrates exceptional student inventors and serves as the premier arena to cultivate partnerships among the brightest minds in academic innovation, from across the nation and around the world. Held at our Annual Conference, the Student Showcase is designed to give students the chance to exhibit their innovation and connect with experts in their fields. The deadline to submit collegiate applications for the Genspiration Prize and Dr. Barry B. Bercu Biomedical University Inventor Prize has been extended to Tuesday, February 18th.
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