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Worcester Guardian- WooTank returns: student entrepreneurs take center stage

March 31, 2025

March 30, 2025|Business, Culture, Education Intercollegiate pitch competition brings Worcester’s top student-led ventures to the forefront By Charlene Arsenault Read the full article here: https://theworcesterguardian.org/f/wootank-returns-student-entrepreneurs-take-center-stage

WooTank is Part of Something Bigger – StartUp Week Worcester

March 27, 2025

Startup Week Worcester is a multi-day event celebrating entrepreneurship and innovation in Central Massachusetts. Presented by M&T Bank and hosted by Auxilium Worcester and the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce, the event highlights Worcester’s past, present, and future as a hub for startups and business growth. Throughout the week, attendees can explore Worcester’s key innovation…

Holy Cross Annual Cross Tank Competition winners to compete in WooTank 2025

February 17, 2025

Annual Cross Tank Competition Have a business idea, plan, or prototype?  Participation in Cross Tank could result in some early stage funding, membership at a local incubator, and if you’re one of our winners…a chance to participate in Worcester’s intercollegiate competition WooTank!   https://www.holycross.edu/academics/ciocca-center-business-ethics-and-society/opportunities/cross-tank-competition

WPI: GOAT Tank 2025 winners will advance to WooTank 2025

February 17, 2025

    https://www.wpi.edu/news/calendar/events/goattank-2025

Clark Now: Student entrepreneurs make a splash at WooTank

February 17, 2025

Clarkies lead the way in business-pitch competition By Jim Keogh The setting was Worcester’s venerable BrickBox Theater, but the Clark University student entrepreneurs who pitched their businesses in the April 2 WooTank intercollegiate competition took every opportunity to step outside the box. Read the full article here: Student entrepreneurs make a splash at WooTank  

WooTank 2025 is on its way!

January 13, 2025

Here you’ll find a flyer with some information about the upcoming WooTank 2025 event!  

Nichols College: Pablo Arnau Beltran makes shoes that are good for the soul

January 9, 2025

January 9, 2025 Here is an Nichols College Success Story article about  WooTank 2024 competitor  Pablo Arnau Beltran. Read the full article here: https://www.nichols.edu/news/pablo-arnau/  

Student Entrepreneurs Win Big at Holy Cross, Worcester Competitions

April 12, 2024

Student Entrepreneurs Win Big at Holy Cross, Worcester Competitions

WBJ – First WooTank Intercollegiate pitch competition leads to $14.5K in funding for student-founded startups

April 4, 2024

By Eric Casey Just as the NCAA March Madness basketball tournaments are nearing their conclusion, an intercollegiate competition of a different kind took place on Tuesday, as The Venture Forum held its first-ever WooTank Intercollegiate Showdown at the JMAC BrickBox Theater in downtown Worcester. Full article here: https://www.wbjournal.com/article/first-wootank-intercollegiate-pitch-competition-leads-to-145k-in-funding-for-student

Worcester Guardian: College students compete for ‘deals’ in WooTank

March 25, 2024

And for that reason….we’re in! Here’s a really fun take on the popular TV show Shark Tank in which Worcester college student entrepreneurs pitch local “Sharks” for help with their product or business idea  By Christine M. Quirk     read the full article here: https://theworcesterguardian.org/f/college-students-compete-for-deals-in-woo-tank