# Utah Valley University Baugh Entrepreneurship Institute

**Type:** resource
**Status:** Useful
**Confidence:** High
**Focus:** student entrepreneurship, university entrepreneurship, mentoring, seed funding, competitions
**Location:** Orem, UT
**Updated:** 2026-06-18
**Layout:** field-guide

## Summary

UVU's entrepreneurship resource is now presented publicly as the Chelsea & Casey Baugh Entrepreneurship Institute. Its official page describes opportunities for students, mentors, and community members, with programs that include coursework, workshops, mentoring appointments, events, pitch practice, competitions, VentureCon, ZinnStarter, seed funding, and We Lift.

This page updates the older imported title while keeping the existing filename to avoid creating a duplicate resource.

## Who It Helps

The institute primarily helps UVU students who want to launch or grow a business while in school. It also has pathways for mentors, sponsors, and community members who want to support student entrepreneurs.

It is particularly relevant for student founders in Utah County who want hands-on classes, mentoring, workshops, pitch opportunities, competitions, or early non-dilutive funding.

## What It Provides

The official page describes entrepreneurship coursework, lecture series, workshops, conferences, mentoring appointments, pitch events, student business tradeshows, ZinnStarter, VentureCon, We Lift, seed funding, and community involvement through programs such as WolverINC and WINGS Society.

It also reports program-level metrics such as funding awarded, students served, active mentors, and current student businesses; treat those as provider-reported.

## How To Access It

Start with the official Baugh Entrepreneurship Institute page and choose the program path that matches the student need: programs, events, mentoring, funding, or We Lift.

Students with an active business idea should likely book mentoring or join an event/competition cycle. Community mentors or sponsors should use the institute's engagement paths rather than cold-starting with individual students.

## Cost / Eligibility

The page does not give one universal price because offerings vary across courses, workshops, mentoring, competitions, and funding. Most resource pathways appear tied to UVU students or the UVU entrepreneurship community, but event and mentor participation may include broader community roles. Verify program-specific rules before referral.

## Best Fits

Best fits are UVU students who want to become revenue-generating entrepreneurs, validate a business idea, practice selling, earn class credit while building, compete for equity-free seed funding, or connect with mentors.

It is less direct for nonstudent companies unless they are mentoring, sponsoring, hiring, or otherwise engaging with the UVU entrepreneurship community.

## Imported Coverage

- Startup State CSV ID: 2554
- Counties or regions: Summit, Utah, Wasatch in the import
- Communities: Student
- Industries: broad industry coverage in the import
- Topics: Entrepreneurship Communities, Funding, Marketing and Sales, Start a Business

## Evidence

- [UVU Baugh Entrepreneurship Institute Page](uvu-baugh-entrepreneurship-institute.md)
- [Startup State Resource List source note](startup-utah-resource-list.md)

## Open Questions

- Which programs are open to non-UVU students?
- What are current ZinnStarter and VentureCon deadlines, award amounts, and eligibility rules?
- Which UVU pathways best serve women entrepreneurs through We Lift?