Entrepalooza 2024

Experience innovation and entrepreneurship at Entrepalooza — NC State’s annual festival for all things Innovation and Entrepreneurship! Free entry, food, alumni businesses, student pitch competition and much more awaits you at Entrepalooza.

View full details at the main event page here, and RSVP below!

Please use this page to RSVP! To grab a free ticket for the event, click on the “Going” button at the bottom of this page. Feel free to stroll up to the festival and join us day-of if you haven’t RSVP’d yet.

Event Highlights

• Entrepreneurship Showcase | Experience entrepreneurship at NC State through interactive demos, activities, and conversations hosted by student/alumni-lead ventures and partners.
• Minute to Pitch It Competition | Hear pitches from 10 NC State student entrepreneurs in the Minute to Pitch It competition; students have one minute to convince either the audience or the judges that their idea is worthy of the $2,250 audience choice or judges’ choice award! Cash prizes provided by the NC State University Foundation.
• Free Food | Exploring entrepreneurship at NC State can make a wolf hungry! We’re offering free food and ice cold bottled water to keep the wolf pack fed and cooled off while having fun!
• Giveaways | Don’t leave empty-handed! We’ll be giving out NC State Innovation and Entrepreneurship giveaways all evening, and many vendors are giving away swag, food, or selling great stuff!