The Rollins Venture Challenge, organized by Rollins CEO, provides Rollins students, alumni, faculty and staff an opportunity to take an idea for a new product or business and develop a plan to introduce it to the marketplace. New ventures are defined as seed, start-ups, buyouts, the expansion of established enterprises, or site-specific franchises.

 Competition judges are experienced, entrepreneurial-minded practitioners in the business community. Past First-Place Winners of the Venture Challenge:

• 2005: NoblePlay (Theresa Anderson and Linnette Padron)
• 2006: PawWare Profiles (Evan Dygert)
• 2007: ReDesigning Women (Dawn Haymes and Tammy Daigle)
• 2008: Ascent IT Solutions (Andrew Sellers, John Kramer and Mark Hayden)
• 2009: City-State Technologies (Chris BonGiovanni)
• 2010: Pea in the Pod Prenatal Spa (Retu Jalhan)