# NYU Students, Alumni and Faculty Learn More about Stern’s $300K Entrepreneurs Challenge

![Professor Deepak Hegde addresses the crowd](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/assets/images/Berkley%20300K%20Kick%20Off%20Fall%202019%20Bigger%20Body%201.jpg)
*Professor Deepak Hegde addresses the crowd at the $300K Entrepreneurs Challenge Info Session*

Kicking off another year of the [$300K Entrepreneurs Challenge](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers/innovation-labs/entrepreneurship/programs/300k) at NYU Stern, the School’s [W. R. Berkley Innovation Labs](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers/innovation-labs/entrepreneurship) hosted its annual Kick-Off & Info Session.

The $300K Entrepreneurs Challenge provides a springboard for NYU early-stage ventures that have the potential to disrupt industries, leverage cutting-edge technologies, defy “business-as-usual” and achieve rapid growth.

![Phoebe Punzalan moderates a panel discussion with past finalists](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/assets/images/Berkley%20300K%20Kick%20Off%20Fall%202019%20Bigger%20Body%202.jpg)
*Phoebe Punzalan, associate director in the W. R. Berkley Innovation Labs, moderates a panel discussion with past finalists from NYU Stern’s $300K Entrepreneurs Challenge.*

![Attendees mingle at the annual Kick-Off event](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/assets/images/Berkley%20300K%20Kick%20Off%20Fall%202019%20Bigger%20Body%203%20copy.jpg)
*Attendees mingle at the annual Kick-Off event*

Research Center Events

— 9/18/2019

## Read More about Past Winners

- [2018-2019 Entrepreneurs Challenge](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/news-events/nyu-300k-entrepreneurs-challenge-finals-awards-ceremony-2019)
- [2017-2018 Entrepreneurs Challenge](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/news-events/300k-entrepreneurs-challenge-final-pitch-2018)
- [2016-2017 Entrepreneurs Challenge](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/news-events/300k-entrepreneurs-challenge-final-pitch-and-awards-ceremony)
- [2015-2016 Entrepreneurs Challenge](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/news-events/200k-entrepreneurs-challenge-final-round)
- [2014-2015 Entrepreneurs Challenge](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/news-events/entrepreneurs-challenge-finals-2015)
- [2013-2014 Entrepreneurs Challenge](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/news-events/entrepreneurs-pitchoff-2014)
- [2012-2013 Entrepreneurs Challenge](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/news-events/entrepreneurs-pitchoff-2013)
- [2011-2012 Entrepreneurs Challenge](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/news-events/entrepreneurs2012)
- [2010-2011 Entrepreneurs Challenge](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/news-events/UAT_024099)
- [2009-2010 Entrepreneurs Challenge](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/news-events/UAT_025239)