{"id":3194,"date":"2023-04-20T13:22:56","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T17:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/departments\/entrepreneurship-and-innovation\/?page_id=3194"},"modified":"2024-09-03T16:20:11","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T20:20:11","slug":"clark-tank","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/departments\/entrepreneurship-and-innovation\/annual-events\/clark-tank\/","title":{"rendered":"Clark Tank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s45055.pcdn.co\/departments\/entrepreneurship-and-innovation\/www-content\/blogs.dir\/5\/files\/sites\/127\/2022\/11\/clark-tank2.png\" alt=\"Clark Tank logo\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"intro-copy-with-divider\" style=\"text-align: center\">Clark Tank, an annual event, offers three unique funding opportunities throughout the school year \u2013 <em>Venture Development<\/em>, <em>Business Pitch Competition, and Marketing Pitch<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"intro-copy-with-divider\" style=\"text-align: center\">Supporting these different challenges is a robust mentoring program, speaker series with alumni entrepreneurs and successful business developers, and a past winners\u2019 panel.<\/p>\n<h2>Venture Development<\/h2>\n<p>Venture Development is the longest-running event entering its fourteenth year. This funding opportunity spans the spring semester with final pitches in late spring. Accepted ventures are awarded an initial $100 investment from the Clark Tank Committee at the start of the journey to be used by the student.\u00a0 Participants are emerged in mentoring from Clark entrepreneurship faculty and staff, as well as, alumni and successful entrepreneurs. Other events related to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarkstudentventures.com\/venturedevelopment24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"Clark Tank \u2013 Venture Development\">Clark Tank \u2013 Venture Development<\/a> include <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clarkstudentventures.com\/clarkcollective\" aria-label=\"Clark Collective information\">Clark Collective<\/a>-sponsored popups, an intensive prep class with guests, pitch practice, venture development workshops, and other venture development activities.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the journey, the Clark Tank participants earn the opportunity to present to a judging panel of alumni, community entrepreneurs, faculty, and past ClarkTank winners, for a chance to be awarded additional<strong> venture funding up to $5000!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clark Tank, an annual event, offers three unique funding opportunities throughout the school year \u2013 Venture Development, Business Pitch Competition, and Marketing Pitch. 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