Entrepreneurship Garage

A place for students to explore their entrepreneurial ideas and interests.

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A Hub for Student Entrepreneurs

The NC State Entrepreneurship Garage is a venture creation and prototyping space designed for student entrepreneurs. It serves as a hub for students across campus to come together and explore their entrepreneurial ideas and interests. In partnership with Raleigh Founded, students call the Garage home to work on challenges alongside non-university businesses.

This startup space has it all – a physical space for entrepreneurs to develop, create and invent as well as programmatic resources like community meet-ups and skills workshops. Members have access to hundreds of entrepreneurial-minded peers, which makes networking and relationship-building easy.

Garage resources include:

– Co-working space
– Skills workshops
– Staff mentors
– Speaker series
– Prototyping equipment
– Rental equipment

Become a Member

Becoming a member of the Garage is simple.

Garage Membership Requirements

All members must be currently enrolled, degree-seeking NC State students.
Members should have good conduct and academic integrity history. Have an incident? Talk to us about it before applying.
All members must submit an application and attend an orientation session.

Application Process

Submit an application.
Complete our Virtual Orientation Moodle course*

*You will receive a link to register for The Entrepreneurship Garage Moodle Course and New Member Virtual Orientation once we receive your application. Please check your email.

Submit Your Application

Garage Prototyping Summer Schedule

Monday 8am – 5pm
Tuesday 8am – 5pm
Wednesday 8am – 5pm
Thursday 8am – 5pm
Friday 8pm – 5pm
Sat-Sun Closed

The Garage will be Closed for updates: May 31 – June 10th
Equipment bookings available

Take a look at what our students are creating in the Prototyping Lab at the Entrepreneurship Garage.

Design Challenge Series

The Design Challenge Series is a team-based event where participants will have 1 month to take on exciting challenges to design and develop creative solutions.

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Ideation Seminar

An immersive 4-week seminar that trains students through the ideation phase of their entrepreneurial journey. This is intended for students that want to come up with a great idea.

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Pro-Series

A four-part, hands-on workshop where a small cohort of students will go through the process of creating something on our prototyping lab, get hands-on training on how to pr

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IP Free Zone

The Garage’s designation as an IP-free zone sets the tone for a collaborative learning environment. Students own 100% of the intellectual property developed here.