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*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">'''Bob Mark Elevator Pitch Competition: '''The Bob Mark memorial elevator pitch competition was designed to encourage student entrepreneurship at Michigan Tech. The competition brings in over 30 aspiring small businesses together to present their idea in three minutes to over 150 audience members. </span></span>
*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">'''New Venture Competition:''' The New Venture Competition is a joint partnership between Michigan Tech and Central Michigan University where startups get business plan feedback, mentorship, and an opportunity to win over $30,000 for their new idea. </span></span>
*<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">'''Accelerate Michigan: '''Accelerate Michigan is a pitch competition held annually in the fall. </span></span><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">It has a branch for students where 27 teams are selected as semi-finalists to compete at the Cobo Center in Detroit for a chance at $20,000.</span></span>*'''Rice Business Plan Competiton: '''<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: medium;">'''Rice Business Plan Competiton: '''The Rice Business Plan Competiton is located at Rice University in Houston, Texas and offers the potential for over $1,000,000 in prizes. Michigan Tech may help with travel expenses. At least one graduate student must be on the student-majority-led team.</span></span>
*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">'''Winter WonderHack''': TechHacks is an event put on by the ACM chapter at Michigan Tech where students are invited to hack on new projects for 24-36 hours. ACM also funds and supports trips to MHacks and Illinois Hacks where students are encouraged to hack on new projects.</span></span>
*'''Michigan Tech I-Corps: '''<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">The Michigan Tech I-Corps program gives a four-week program on customer discover and lean startup a la Steve Blank. The program is designed to introduce startups and researchers looking to commercialize their work on how to provide value for their discovered customer segments.</span>