Silicon Valley Innovation Challenge

Thank you to all SVIC finalists for making it to the event! We hope you had a great time and learned a lot from the event. The winners of this year's Silicon Valley Innovation Challenge are... Best Overall 1st Place -- Gratis 2nd Place -- ParkStash... 3rd Place -- NewsBee Best Social Innovation -- Upright Assist Best Educational Innovation -- Progress Best Global Innovation -- SoluDx Best Elevator Pitch -- Ambii People's Choice Award -- Travel Box A special thank you to our sponsors the San Jose Water Company, Lucas College Graduate School of Business, Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering, Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship, College of International and Extended Studies, Connie Lurie College of Education, College of Humanities and the Arts, Intel Corporation, Startup Grind, and Amazon. Our partner organizations are TechLAB Innovation Center, TiE Silicon Valley, and CASPA. More photos will be coming soon. We wish you the best in the future!

Exciting news!! SVIC 2020 Submission is finally open! Don't forget to register for you and your team because it is only opened for 2 weeks. For those who are unaware of SVIC; SVIC is an annual entrepreneurship event hosted by Lucas College of Business along with other colleges on campus.

Visit SVIC Office Hours to learn more about the competition!

KEY DATES AND DEADLINES 1. Submissions OPEN: Thursday, October 22 2. Submissions CLOSE:... Thursday, November 5 3. Finalist Notification: Tuesday, November 17 4. Finalist Showcase Tuesday, December 1 Register at: www.sjsu.edu/SVIC

Preview for our SVIC 2020 Video

Sign up for our upcoming Ideation Workshop on Thursday, Sept. 10! This is a great opportunity to brainstorm innovative ideas for SVIC competition together with Dave Hadden, our seasoned entrepreneur, SJSU mentor, and SVIC judge. Register before the deadline, September 8!!!

Hey Spartans, SVIC is back for Fall 2020! For those who are unaware of SVIC; SVIC is an annual entrepreneurship event hosted by Lucas College of Business along with other schools on campus. Have an idea/concept, but no knowledge about starting it? No worries, we got it covered! KEY DATES AND DEADLINES 1. Submissions OPEN:... Thursday, October 22 2. Submissions CLOSE: Thursday, November 5 3. Finalist Notification: Tuesday, November 17 4. Finalist Showcase Tuesday, December 1 Register at: www.sjsu.edu/SVIC

Submission open tonight at 11:59PM. Get ready! www.sjsu.edu/SVIC

Stop by the IDEAS Lab during our office hours if you have any questions regarding SVIC.

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SVIC is back for Fall 2019! For those who are unaware of SVIC; SVIC is an annual entrepreneurship event hosted by Lucas College of Business along with other schools on campus. Have an idea/concept, but no knowledge about starting it? No worries, we got it covered! KEY DATES AND DEADLINES 1. Submissions OPEN: Thursday, October 24... 2. Submissions CLOSE: Thursday, November 7 3. Finalist Notification: Monday, November 18 4. Finalist Showcase Tuesday, December 3 Register at: www.sjsu.edu/SVIC

Congratulations to the Winners of the 15th annual Silicon Valley Innovation Challenge (SVIC): Best Overall Innovation 1st place: Paragit Solutions (a medical device to assess the main symptoms of Parkinson’s disease)... 2nd place: Medixflow (a digital voice assistant to schedule caregivers’ tasks in senior care facilities) 3rd place (tied): Sun Patches (Ultra Violet Bulb plasters for psoriasis treatment) and Vessel Athletics (an innovative athletic-wear top with a removable hydration pack) Social Innovation award (tied): Hellen Keller (a mobile app to enable the deaf and blind to communicate with others) and Medixflow Educational Innovation award: BridgeBrain (a web-based, peer-to-peer collaborative platform for university networking for research projects) Best Elevator Pitch: Jasmine Sanchez for Vessel Athletics People's Choice Award: SpotMe Solutions (an app to find parking in real-time).

Dear Student: Do you have an innovative idea? Would you like to receive feedback on your idea from industry experts, investors, and fellow students? Sign up for the 2018 Silicon Valley Innovation Challenge at: http://www.sjsu.edu/svic/ and click on 'Register" to Get Started. ... Registration is open until 11:59 pm on NOV. 8, 2018. Finalists will have the opportunity to present their ideas, network with industry professionals, investors, and recruiters, and win cool prizes. For more information, please contact Dr. Sarika Pruthi, Faculty Lead-SVIC, at [email protected] or email [email protected].

Ideation Workshop 2018 (Dave Hadden)