Generously sponsored by Melissa (’97) and Carney Hawks


The faculty and staff of the Wake Forest University Center for Entrepreneurship invite you to Entrepalooza 2024: A Celebration of Entrepreneurship on Thursday, April 11. Entrepalooza is the annual marquee event for the Center for Entrepreneurship, and we welcome the opportunity to have you join us.

Startup Lab Demo Day begins at 4:30 pm in Brendle Auditorium, Scales Fine Arts Center during which student groups will make investor-ready pitches. This will be followed by a Keynote Address by Ricky Van Veen (’03), VP of Strategic Partnerships at Meta, and Co-Founder of several digital businesses including CollegeHumor and Vimeo.

Mark your calendars for Thursday, April 11. More event details to follow.

We look forward to seeing you!


Ricky Van Veen is the VP of Strategic Partnerships at Meta, working on key initiatives for the company, including its Generative AI work.Prior to joining Facebook, Ricky co-founded several digital businesses, including leading comedy brand CollegeHumor and the video sharing site Vimeo. He helped grow CollegeHumor into the largest comedy property on the web and the most viewed comedy channel on YouTube.


Startup Lab students accept the applause of the Demo Day audience.

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