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DOE Boost Platform | Launch Event
About Sandia National Laboratories, in partnership with FedTech, is excited to announce the launch of the DOE Boost platform - an initiative that brings national labs, startups, academia, and entrepreneurs together to find solutions to big community-based energy challenges. The program pairs DOE lab technologies with teams of highly talented entrepreneurs with the objective of spinning out community-based startups that respond to identified challenges. This unique program offers an extraordinary opportunity to leverage DOE's extensive portfolio of intellectual property across their…
Find out more »Rainforest Student Pitch Competition
DO YOU HAVE AN INNOVATIVE IDEA FOR A PRODUCT, SERVICE, APP, OR TECHNOLOGY? TRANSFORM THAT IDEA INTO A REALITY! UNM Rainforest Innovations and the UNM Innovation Academy are hosting the Rainforest Student Pitch Competition! We invite you to join us to make this a community initiative and to help recognize our student entrepreneurs in the state. At this event, aspiring student entrepreneurs will pitch their innovative ideas for products, services or technologies in 60-90 second presentations before entrepreneurs, investors, and…
Find out more »NM Rainforest Webinar – Customer and Market Discovery
Join Susan Cornelius for a virtual webinar discussing how to conduct customer and market discovery for your product idea! Customer and Market Discovery Every good product needs a market and customers, but too often product developers wait to address that need until after the development process. In this virtual webinar, you will learn from product expert Susan Cornelius when in the product development process you should start looking for your market and how to build the right product for your…
Find out more »April Mentoring for Entrepreneurs with Mytegia Lee – UNM Gallup
Would you like to start or grow your business? Come meet with UNM-Gallup mentor, Mytegia Lee to discuss your ideas! About this event Come to virtual 1:1 mentoring with Mytegia Lee where she will provide guidance, coaching, perspective, and connections to enhance entrepreneurship and connections to resources at UNM and in the community. There are many resources available to those who have ideas that they may want to turn into a business! Join Mytegia on Zoom and learn more about…
Find out more »2023 Lobo Hackathon
The Lobo Hackathon is an opportunity for people to come together to intensely focus and collaborate on improving or creating an idea. Teams can build or refine an idea that sets out to address a problem, utilize a technology, or create something new! Collaborate on a team or join us for the final pitches where teams will present their ideas to a panel of judges for the chance to win cash prizes! The prize pool total is at least $25,000!…
Find out more »Rainforest Mentor Office Hours with Stacy Sacco – April
Join Stacy Sacco IN-PERSON at the Lobo Rainforest Building or VIRTUALLY via Zoom based on your personal preferences. About this event Come to 1:1 mentoring with Stacy Sacco where he will provide guidance, coaching, perspective, and connections to enhance entrepreneurship and connections to resources at UNM and in the community. There are many resources available to those who have ideas that they may want to turn into a business! Come by and learn more about what is available and which…
Find out more »Virtual Bootcamp and Office Hours with Susan Cornelius
Would you like to learn more about entrepreneurship? Join on Zoom with product expert, Susan Cornelius, for a webinar and office hours! Note: Please click here to register and select the appointment time frame for a 30-minute virtual mentoring session. A Zoom link for your session will be emailed to you after you register. About Susan: Susan Cornelius is the Principal of Accelerate2Solutions, an innovative, small, high tech company focused on creating successful, lean start-ups. Susan has coached more than 71 companies,…
Find out more »2023 Pitch Deck Competition
Family, Friends and supporters are invited to attend the final round of the 2023 Pitch Deck Competition at the Lobo Rainforest Building on Thursday, May 4, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. to hear the five finalists pitch to investor judges. Finalists will present a 10 minute pitch deck with 5 additional minutes of question and answer in front of a panel of judges. The 2023 Pitch Deck Competition is an early-stage pitch competition bringing together university entrepreneurs from all over New Mexico for chance…
Find out more »NM Rainforest Fireside Chat – Bloom Where You’re Planted
In this fireside chat, Mytegia Lee, will share her experiences growing up in rural NM and serving her community on the Navajo Nation About this event Join Tribal Liaison, Mytegia Lee, as she shares about her experiences growing up in the rural community of Manuelito, New Mexico, selling jewelry to trading posts for her grandparents, participating in local SWAP meets to help support her family, and eventually landing in her banking, lending, and financial literacy education career. Mytegia will discuss…
Find out more »May Mentoring for Entrepreneurs with Mytegia Lee – UNM Gallup
Would you like to start or grow your business? Come meet with UNM-Gallup mentor, Mytegia Lee to discuss your ideas! About this event Come to virtual 1:1 mentoring with Mytegia Lee where she will provide guidance, coaching, perspective, and connections to enhance entrepreneurship and connections to resources at UNM and in the community. There are many resources available to those who have ideas that they may want to turn into a business! Join Mytegia on Zoom and learn more about…
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