10 WEEKS OF TENWEST: Week 3
- TENWEST
- Feb 7
- 2 min read
Tucson's Own Shark-Tank-Style Event
It's eight weeks until TENWEST (but who's counting!)
If you haven't saved the date yet, make sure to mark your calendar so you won't miss the festivities!
In the last two weeks we've featured our keynote speakers and performers, but this week we're turning the spotlight on one of our biggest community events of all - TENWESTx Pitch: IdeaFunding.
IdeaFunding is one of Arizona's largest entrepreneurial pitch competition and the longest continually running startup event in all of Arizona.
At IdeaFunding, you'll get to see innovative companies pitch a 3-minute story of their company for a chance to win over $50K in prizes.
With over 130 applications to compete for the Big-Stage Pitch, our finalists will need to be at their top game to break through to the main stage, leaving you inspired to take action on your entrepreneurial venture.
2025 prizes include a main stage award valued at $25,000 including year of incubation at UACI ($10,000), multiple $1,500 awards for industry vertical rooms and special prizes, such as the Social Impact Prize, the Adelante Arizona Prize, and the People's Choice Award.
TENWEST RECOMMENDED WATCH: TENWEST Talks IdeaFunding
This week we wanted to share a clip from our TENWEST Talks podcast where Casey Carillo, executive director of UACI, sat down with three previous IdeaFunding winners to share their entrepreneurial journey.
The IdeaFunding Pitch Competition is just a small part of our Entrepreneurship Day, which is only a small part of our giant festival conference.
Remember that our All-Access Passes are still at a HUGE discount, so if want everything that TENWEST has to offer, you can still grab yours here.
TENWEST is only possible thanks to our amazing sponsors! This week we'd like to recognize our new IdeaFunding and Entrepreneurship Day sponsors:
Vantage West and HUSTL Financial!
Vantage West Credit Union has been helping their Members and Tucson thrive by offering personal and business financial services since 1955. HUSTL, their new digital credit union is specifically designed to power the passion of modern freelancers. If you've ever taken a class with Startup Tucson, you know we preach the importance of strong financial practices as you launch and grow your business and we couldn't be more happy to have Vantage West and HUSTL as partners for TENWEST! It's a match made in heaven!
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