McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship
The McFerrin Center offers numerous programs and opportunities to support and inspire students, veterans, alumni, and community members.
Ideas Challenge
What's your BIG idea? Enter as an individual or in a team and present your innovation to a team of judges.
Submit Your IdeaMcFerrin Methods
McFerrin Methods are workshops on a variety of topics to educate, support, and provide networking opportunities to the whole community.
View Upcoming EventsMentor Network
Help guide and inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs, or find a mentor to support your ventures.
Join the ProgramStartup 101
A workshop series for those looking to start a business, both newcomers and experienced entrepreneurs will learn something new!
Register NowWeekend Startup
Can you go from concept to creation in three days? Learn how to take your business idea from a basic outline with help from mentors.
Sign UpEntrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans
A week-long bootcamp specifically for veterans to improve their entrepreneurial knowledge and utilize the resources of higher education.
More InformationMeloy Program
The Meloy Program is designed to fuel your ambitions, whether you dream of launching your own startup, contributing to groundbreaking projects in large companies, or simply want to enhance your problem-solving abilities.
Kickstart
Network with like-minded students, potential investors, and mentors to help you launch your next big idea.
Join the CommunityEngineering, Inc.
Are you getting started in entrepreneurship? Do you want to solve problems, answer questions, or find support for your current venture? Join us and find your people.
Learn MoreAggies Invent
Aggies Invent is a 48-hour themed design experience where students work in multidisciplinary teams to compete for cash prizes and collaborate with industry partners.
Create Your Next Big ThingProblems Worth Solving
Do you have question that needs answering? Pitch your problem to a panel of judges and ask the most critical questions - no solutions needed.
Pose Your ProblemCenter for Applied Entrepreneurship and Innovation
At Texas A&M University’s Mays Business School, the Center for Applied Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CAEI) helps students explore, test, build, buy, and transform businesses in real markets.
CDL-Texas
Texas A&M University’s Mays Business School has partnered with Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), a nonprofit venture growth program aimed at scaling early-stage technology companies.
Build Your Path, Starting HereAI Venture Velocity Challenge
How can students use AI to build faster while thinking carefully about what’s worth building? Explore challenge data as students test ideas across healthcare, agriculture, energy, education, and more.
Use AI to Fuel the FutureMays Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition Forum
This exclusive event brings together accomplished Texas business owners, operators, and top-tier students to explore Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA) — buying, owning, and operating existing businesses as a legitimate and lucrative career path.
Buy It, Own ItAgricultural Economics
Copilot said: The Texas A&M Department of Agricultural Economics develops future leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs who address challenges in agriculture, business, natural resources, and public policy. Through nationally recognized academic programs, research, and industry engagement, students gain the analytical, leadership, and entrepreneurial skills needed to create solutions and drive economic growth.
Dianne and M. Edward Rister ’74 Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program
Designed for aspiring entrepreneurs, this program helps students transform ideas into action through business planning, strategic thinking, and applied learning. Graduates leave prepared to lead, innovate, and create opportunities in any industry.
Where Dreams Become RealityRural Entrepreneurship Option
Focused on entrepreneurship and rural business development, this option equips students with the knowledge and practical experience to launch and lead successful ventures in any industry or community setting.
Small Towns, Big ScaleAgribusiness Entrepreneurship Minor
Whether launching a new venture or leading a family business, students gain practical entrepreneurial skills that complement a wide range of degree programs.
Build or Continue Your LegacyAcademic Minors
Entrepreneurship Minor
Explore your potential with a minor that you can customize to fit your needs. Add courses that apply to your subject area and complement your major area of study.
Learn MoreEngineering Entrepreneurship Minor
Are you current Engineering major looking to explore the field of entrepreneurship? Look no further! This minor opens you up to many new possibilities.
Learn MoreTEX-E @ TAMU
Innovate in the Energy Industry
From field trips to seminars, learn about the energy sector through the lens of startups and business.
Apply HereAggie Entrepreneurs
Students Helping Students
A student-run organization centered around providing support and community for Aggie entrepreneurs.
Check Us Out!Texas A&M Innovation
From Idea to Invention
Texas A&M Innovation supports inventors and commercializes innovations across The Texas A&M University System, using a rigorous process to guide projects from new innovations through market commercialization.
Fund Your FutureNew Ventures Competition
The Texas A&M New Ventures Competition is open to all Texas-based companies seeking to bring a new or enhanced technology to the marketplace. Participant companies must be technology- or science-focused independent ventures in the pre-seed/seed, start-up or early growth stages.
Learn More and EnterAggie Angel Network
Partner With Aggies
We harness the power of the Aggie Network to connect exceptional ventures with the capital and expertise they need to change the world.
Find Your PeopleOther Opportunities
Rice Business Plan Competition
The Rice Business Plan Competition provides collegiate entrepreneurs with invaluable real-world experience in pitching their startups, refining their business strategies, and gaining insights into the essential components of launching a successful company.
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