Franke Venture Studio

This Saturday session is the backbone of the Venture Studio experience. You'll move through the core skills of early-stage venture building — identifying a real problem, testing your assumptions, developing a solution, and taking your first shot at pitching it — all in one intensive and energizing day. Come ready to think, build, and surprise yourself.

Interested in competing for the $1 million Hult Prize? If your answer is “yes,” this is your starting point! Attend this Zoom meeting to learn and practice ideation techniques toward the Hult Prize.

This Saturday session is the backbone of the Venture Studio experience. You'll move through the core skills of early-stage venture building — identifying a real problem, testing your assumptions, developing a solution, and taking your first shot at pitching it — all in one intensive and energizing day.

This hands-on session opens with a guided ideation experience to help you surface ideas you didn't know you had, then moves into an open exploration of today's most powerful AI tools, including Lovable, Claude Code, ElevenLabs, Figma, and more.

Kick off the semester the right way — with sweet treats and no pressure. This casual gathering is your first look at what Venture Studio is all about, what we'll be doing together, and who you'll be doing it with. Come for the desserts, stay for the community.

Announcing a MAJOR summer opportunity! - The Venture Studio Summer Sprint
The Venture Studio wants to give YOU a preview of the entrepreneurial journey through offering a sprint (a.k.a. a hackathon) this August before school starts.

Announcing a MAJOR summer opportunity! - The Venture Studio Summer Sprint
The Venture Studio wants to give YOU a preview of the entrepreneurial journey through offering a sprint (a.k.a. a hackathon) this August before school starts.

Have you ever wanted to build an app or a website? Now’s your chance!

The Venture Studio is hosting a vibecoding hackathon, using favorite AI tools like ChatGPT, Lovable, and others. Drop in to try out those tools; stay to build something real!

Ever wonder what makes an idea worth pursuing? Sure, there are lots of things to be "solved" but what's to say anyone else will find value in your solution?
What really is entrepreneurship? How does a great start-up idea evolve?
This session will inspire students to think entrepreneurially and understand what makes a problem or idea worth pursuing.

All about growth!  Let's look beyond the early stages to see what it takes to grow responsibly. You'll examine operations, systems, and decisions that enable long-term impact and scale.