Get inspired! Plan to attend Badger Venture competition night April 23 in Building 7. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., presentations start at 6 p.m.
Are You:
- Innovative and Entrepreneurial?
- Interested in learning creative problem-solving techniques?
- Interested in working alongside community mentors?
- Thinking of competing in Badger Venture?
Then:
Meet your 2025 Badger Venture Teams
Project Reprint
Team members: Cliff Foster, Thackery Moreland & Alex Fillmore
Mountain Man Inc.
Team members: Chris Mercado & Abel Guillen
Questioning Standard Practice
Team members: George Neufeld
Fire-Stoppers
Team members: Niles Walter & Melanie McClure
Leap into Style
Team members: Chris & Jennifer Chandler
What is Badger Venture?
KCC’s Badger Venture is an innovation and entrepreneurship concept and pitch competition open to KCC students and alumni!It was designed to encourage KCC students to consider how a concept, prototype, or service might address a user-centered problem the project team identifies through early research, and that could be designed, manufactured, or delivered in-person or remotely from South Central Oregon and holds potential for economic or job growth.
Who can compete in Badger Venture?
Current degree — or certificate-seeking KCC students or alumni who graduated with a degree or certificate in the past six years, 2019-2024. See rules for additional information about team composition and how to register.Through Badger Venture, teams will:
- develop a new concept, prototype, or service or an innovation for an existing business model,
- work with a faculty mentor and SBDC advisor to develop a pitch, and
- present their pitch to a panel of outside judges for prizes on April 23!
Register to meet with an SBDC Advisor
For more information about Badger Venture, contact:
Stan Pence, Faculty
541-880-2327
pences@klamathcc.edu
Matt Walter, Faculty
541-880-2267
walter@klamathcc.edu
Linda Williamson, Faculty
541-880-2241
williamson@klamathcc.edu
Estella Woodley, KCC SBDC
541-205-5404
woodley@klamathcc.edu
Important Badger Venture
documents
Badger Venture Important Dates
Badger Venture Team Financial Distribution Form
Form W-9
Badger Venture Rules
Badger Venture Team Registration Form
Badger Venture Preliminary Concept form
Badger Venture LivePlan Business Development Pitch Example
Badger Venture LivePlan Prototype Pitch Sample
Small Business Proposed Problem Form
Badger Venture Team Financial Distribution Form
Form W-9
Badger Venture Rules
Badger Venture Team Registration Form
Badger Venture Preliminary Concept form
Badger Venture LivePlan Business Development Pitch Example
Badger Venture LivePlan Prototype Pitch Sample
Small Business Proposed Problem Form
