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Learning Business Skills Through Games

Oct. 3, 2022

UArizona FORGE Hosts Student Entrepreneurial Competition

Oct. 3, 2022

News coverage of two people looking at a leaderboard. Headline: Business gamers, UA FORGE hosts student entrepreneurial competition

"Venture Valley" Video Game Tournament: UA FORGE Event Encourages Entrepreneurs

Sept. 30, 2022

Paul Valdez getting interviewed for KOLD CBS

Check out what's happening downtown: Pitch ideas, win money, and meet our SVP Assistants!

Sept. 28, 2022

Don't miss our Venture Valley gaming tournament happening this week! Also join us for cereal, meet our student workers, or apply to join the team.

Venture Valley Tournament and Venture Expo

Get in the door at FORGE: It could take you to Google, Venture Valley and more

Sept. 21, 2022

Discover PackDash's road to Google, the mysteries of Roy Place and why Venture Valley wants to give students $5,000 in this week's newsletter!

FORGE Ahead Resident Startup PackDash awarded $100,000 by Google Startups Black Founders Fund

Sept. 20, 2022

"Be vulnerable,” is Kameron Norwood’s advice to other startup entrepreneurs. Learn about PackDash's entrepreneurial journey that took them from Tucson to Google.

Build a stronger Tucson, together with our partners

Sept. 14, 2022

In this week's newsletter, we're so proud to feature our amazing community partners, Startup Tucson, BlueStone Venture Partners, and Tucson City of Gastronomy.

Startup Tucson representative helping out students in classroom

University of Arizona gets funding to support and develop Native entrepreneurs

Sept. 7, 2022

Entrepreneurs from Arizona’s tribal nations can develop their small businesses with help from the University of Arizona through a new program aimed at providing support for developing tribal economies.

The program, dubbed Native FORGE, will provide and facilitate high-quality entrepreneurship development and support services to underserved communities in Tucson and the 22 federally recognized Tribes in Arizona, according to the University of Arizona.

Flags from all of Arizona’s 22 tribal nations are hung in the bookstore at the University of Arizona Student Union Memorial Center. Photo by Chris Richards | University of Arizona

Could video games change your life?

Sept. 7, 2022

Interested in peeking into one of the world's largest video game archives, learning how to run a business through a video game, or winning a grand cash prize? Learn about this, and more, in this week's newsletter!

Learn from videogames, access a mentor, show off your venture and find more balance.

Aug. 31, 2022

Looking for balance, mentoring, or $5,000? Don't miss our upcoming Startup Coffee, Campus Spotlight, or gaming tournament.