Advising students who have ideas for a business, product, app, nonprofit, or creative venture? The New Venture Development (NVD) program helps students turn it into something real.  

Check out our NVD video for the student perspective 😎 https://youtu.be/QCjeUjDgK20

In your chats with creative and ambitious students, mention NVD as a way to enhance any major by learning how to think like an entrepreneur.  NVD is a yearlong, hands-on business-building program where University of Arizona students turn ideas into tested ventures, work with real mentors, and build the kind of confidence and experience you cannot get from a textbook alone. By the end, students won’t just understand entrepreneurship—they'll practice it.

Through the NVD experience, students will:

·   Generate and evaluate ideas.

·   Talk to customers.

·   Work with a team to build and test a venture concept.

·   Get feedback from people with real-world experience.

·   Pitch your idea in front of judges, mentors, and investors as you compete for prize money and learn how to communicate your idea under pressure.

APPLICATIONS OPEN OCTOBER 21!

Students can learn more about the program and application process at one of our info sessions at the McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship: 

·            Wednesday 10/21

·            Wednesday 11/4