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Get Plugged In: Events, Competitions & Cohorts This Fall!

Alexis Yahre - Friday, September 12, 2025
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We hope you're having a great start to the fall semester! It’s time to get ready for our first events of the semester and to join program cohorts.


In case you missed it, we hosted a virtual kickoff info session recently—check out the recording here: usf.to/fallkickoff25
 

First Up: Founder Speaker Series + Business Plan Championship Finals

If you're near the Sarasota-Manatee campus, don’t miss our first Conversation with a Founder event featuring Blake & Brock Gratton, co-founders of SpringWell Water!

This event is open to community members, so feel free to bring guests! Bonus: it also includes the final round of our Business Plan Championship. Arrive early to catch the pitches and awards.

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Register for Blake and Brock

Upcoming Competitions You’ll Want to Enter

Startup Team Challenge – Oct. 10 (Tampa Campus)

Work in teams to solve hypothetical business scenarios with live feedback and mentorship from judges. No teammates? No problem—we’ll match you!
Deadline to apply: Oct. 3

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Register for the Startup Team Challenge

HealthHacks – Oct. 4–5 (Tampa Campus)

A 24-hour health innovation hackathon hosted by ProstheX in collaboration with the Nault Center. More than $7,000 in prizes up for grabs!

There's also a pitch Competition on Oct. 5.
Apply for that separately here: usf.to/healthhackspitch

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Register for HealthHacks

Don’t Miss Your Chance to Join Our Cohorts!


HUSTLE Program
(Helping University Students Tackle Leadership and Entrepreneurship)
Are you a student founder with a big idea? HUSTLE is USF’s student startup incubator, designed to help you turn that idea into a real business. Participants get access to mentorship, workshops, milestone tracking, funding opportunities, and a like-minded community of fellow builders.
Deadline to apply: Oct. 20

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Photo from an earlier version of the program — visit our site for current funding information.

Apply for HUSTLE

Entrepreneur Mentorship Program
Our most selective and immersive mentorship experience, pairing students 1-on-1 with seasoned execs, investors and founders.
Deadline to apply: Sept. 21

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Apply for the Entrepreneur Mentorship Program

A Few More Dates to Save (Details to be Announced)


Conversation with a Founder (Tampa campus)
Oct. 7 at 2 p.m.

Daveler Pitch Competition (St. Petersburg campus)
Nov. 14 at 11 a.m.
Apply by Nov. 1 at usf.to/daveler
(Flyer and webpage still being updated, but the application form is live!)

WOW—that was a lot of info! Feeling excited yet?


Let us know if you have any questions or need help registering. Just email us at ayahre@usf.edu

We’re here for you!

Looking forward to an action-packed semester,
– The Nault Center Team

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