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2023 Idea TestLab Winners Announced

The Penn State Mont Alto and York LaunchBoxes would like to congratulate the winners of the 2023 Idea TestLab Pitch Competition!
The competition concluded a five-week-long virtual business idea accelerator during which selected startups received coaching and training to identify viable business models through intensive customer discovery.
1st place ($3,000 seed funding): Outdoor Economy LLC (Silas Chamberlin, founder)
2nd place ($1,500 seed funding): Tethered Beacon for Stranded Motorists (Daniel DuBravec, founder)
3rd place ($500 seed funding): The Yard (Amy Kemper, founder)