Vulcan Line Tool’s Zac Young from Auburn University won first place. Vulcan Line Tool’s Zac Young from Auburn University won first place.

UGA hosts fifth annual SEC Student Pitch Competition

Young entrepreneurs from 14 Southeastern Conference universities presented their startup ideas at the SEC’s first-ever virtual Student Pitch Competition, hosted Oct. 26 by the University of Georgia’s Entrepreneurship Program. 

Kaitlin Lutz of Sparke Women at a construction site. (Photo by Dorothy Kozlowski)

Tackling uncertainty with entrepreneurship

Like a lot of entrepreneurs these days, Kaitlin Lutz is paying attention as new problems arise — not necessarily in terms of how those problems might derail her young company NewCrew, but how she might find an opportunity to deliver a solution.

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Student-run fund Kickstarts student entrepreneurs

In the world of venture capital there are big names, there are small names, and there are hometown heroes. In Athens, one important source of venture capital is run by University of Georgia students.