{"id":2057,"date":"2026-04-13T19:29:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T19:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/gis-blog\/?p=2057"},"modified":"2026-04-13T19:29:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T19:29:52","slug":"have-a-business-idea-side-project-or-startup-concept-pitch-it-at-nest-fest-for-a-chance-to-win-a-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/gis-blog\/blog\/2026\/04\/13\/have-a-business-idea-side-project-or-startup-concept-pitch-it-at-nest-fest-for-a-chance-to-win-a-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Have a business idea, side project, or startup concept? Pitch it at NEST FEST for a chance to win a prize!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ACC&#8217;s student startup showcase returns for Spring 2026. Pitch your idea, connect with mentors, and compete for prizes. No experience needed \u2014 just a vision and the courage to share it.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>View the schedule, submit your idea and see last year&#8217;s archives on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nest-fest.online\/\">Nest Fest&#8217;s website.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want to find out more?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"info-session-heading\" class=\"section-title\">Attend the Info Session \u2014 April 17<\/p>\n<p class=\"section-body\">Not sure which form to fill out or how to prepare your pitch? Come to the info session on April 17 at ACC Highland Campus. We&#8217;ll walk through everything, answer questions, and help you get set up before submission deadlines close.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACC&#8217;s student startup showcase returns for Spring 2026. Pitch your idea, connect with mentors, and compete for prizes. No experience needed \u2014 just a vision and the courage to share it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":{"\n\t\t\t\tfeatured_banner\t\t":null},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/gis-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/gis-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/gis-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/gis-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/gis-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2057"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/gis-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2060,"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/gis-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2057\/revisions\/2060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/gis-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/gis-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmcat.austincc.edu\/gis-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}