Ready to jumpstart your innovation journey?

Big Idea Blitz is a 24-hour+ all-virtual workshop designed to help you build your innovation and pitching skills — no experience needed!

You’ll pitch your idea, get expert coaching, and practice your pitch live with guest judges — all in a supportive, low-pressure environment.

This is your chance to explore your idea, learn the ropes of entrepreneurship, and gain confidence to take your innovation further. Whether you’re just starting or looking to sharpen your skills, join us to turn your ideas into action!

Benefits

• This program is an opportunity for students to engage with innovation and entrepreneurship in a workshop built for beginners over the course of 24 hours. Blitz is a great way to build confidence in an idea through engagement with key concepts and pitch opportunities in a risk-free environment.
• Work on your idea in a concentrated capacity and push the limits of what you originally thought possible.
• Surround yourself with like-minded individuals and hear what other students are currently working on.
• Use the feedback you received to achieve success in larger competitions such as the Kuzneski Innovation Cup (Fall) or Big Idea Competition (Spring).
• Develop practical skills that enhance your resume, like pitching, collaboration, and creative thinking.

Application deadline for Big Idea Blitz is Sep. 21 (11:59 P.M.); apply at https://www.bigidea.pitt.edu/programs/signature-programs/big-idea-blitz/. 

Who should participate?

This program is for any Pitt student or Pitt-led student team at any point in the ideation process. You can be working on a very new idea and seeking to learn more about key concepts OR you could have been working on an idea for a long period of time and needing extra feedback and workshop experience prior to an upcoming competition.

All participating teams/ideas in Blitz are required to have at least one team member in attendance at each listed date above.