Is your early-stage startup looking to level up? Jon Brumley Texas Venture Labs is currently accepting applications for its Spring ’21 JBTVL Accelerator cohort. JBTVL matches cross-functional teams of UT grad students with pre-revenue and post-revenue startups to help them reach the next milestone. These highly talented teams consult on market validation, competitive analysis, or […]
Author: Brumley Institute for Graduate Entrepreneurship
The Brumley Institute for Graduate Entrepreneurship at the University of Texas at Austin offers courses, programs, and competitions that provide graduate students with a rich, immersive experience in entrepreneurship and corporate innovation. With a focus on real-world, hands-on learning, we equip students with the practical skills, experience, mentorship, and resources needed to build careers in new product development, venture creation, and early-stage companies.
Watch Startup Pitches at TVLIC on Dec. 4
The Texas Venture Labs Investment Competition (TVLIC) is designed to mimic the real-world process of raising venture capital. Graduate students from the University of Texas at Austin present their ideas for new businesses and receive invaluable feedback from entrepreneurs and investors. Many TVLIC competitors go on to launch their businesses. Successful competitors have included uShip, […]
TVLIC Announces Prize Packages for Dec. 4 Competition
The Texas Venture Labs Investment Compeition offers a wealth of prizes and services to its competitors. The E. Craig Nemec Elevator Challenge Awards are given in memory of E. Craig Nemec. Craig began his entrepreneurial pursuits while completing his business degree at UT. Over the next 25 years, he grew it into the commercial real […]
TVLIC Pitch Tips
The Texas Venture Labs Investment Competition (TVLIC) provides a platform for students to pitch their startup ideas to a panel of investors and entrepreneurs to gain valuable feedback and cash prizes. The competition is open to any UT graduate student. To help prepare students to compete in TVLIC, we have put together a video titled TVLIC 101: Competition […]
TVLIC 101: Competition Info and Pitch Tips
UT System Graduate Students: Pitch your startup to a group of investors to win cash prizes and services. The Texas Venture Labs Investment Competition (TVLIC) simulates the real-world process of raising venture capital. Register to compete in the Friday, December 4, 2020 competition. The deadline to apply is November 15. Early applicants will be eligible […]
Grad Students: Compete with Your Startup
This semester, Jon Brumley Texas Venture Labs will be holding our biannual Investment Competition (TVLIC) online on Friday, December 4. This virtual competition will offer a unique opportunity for UT graduate students to pitch their startup ideas to a panel of investors and entrepreneurs. Past participants, such as the founders of uShip, BeatBox Beverages and […]
TVL Practicum Info Sessions
Join the Jon Brumley Texas Venture Labs team for an info session on our JBTVL Practicum. Learn how graduate students participating in this elective can earn course credit while getting hands-on experience with our JBTVL Accelerator startups, expand their knowledge base and their networks, and become strong leaders in their future careers. Info sessions run […]
Better Startup Workshop: Diversity and Inclusion for Startups
Are you curious about how Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) can benefit your startup? Do you support D&I, but don’t know where to find talent from diverse backgrounds? Are you looking for ways to make your company a more inclusive and welcoming environment? You are invited to attend the JBTVL Better Startup Workshop presented by Aleria […]
JBTVL and Plexus Technology Opens Nasdaq Aug. 31
Every year, the winner of the Texas Venture Labs Investment Competition has the opportunity to visit the the Nasdaq Stock Market with the JBTVL team. This is the 18th year we will be participating in a bell ceremony and normally we would be in New York City for the event, but this year, we will […]
JBTVL Featured in the Ecosystem Over the Summer
MassChallenge’s interactive demo day in July featured JBTVL alumni companies TeVido BioDevices and WriterDuet, as well as TVLIC finalist HiPR. These companies have continued to make progress and reach further milestones since their time with TVL. To learn more about these and other Mass Challenge companies, visit this Startup Lookbook they put together. Three TVLIC […]