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• 12/03/2008
  JPEC, Centers for Enterprise Sponsor Free Entrepreneurship Boot Camp Dec. 12
  

  The University of Iowa's John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center and Iowa Centers for Enterprise are co-sponsoring a half-day Entrepreneurship Boot Camp for aspiring business builders at 8:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 12 in the Kelch Conference Room of the Carver Biomedical Research Building. The program is free and open to the public. more...

• 11/04/2008
  Alumnus To Discuss Developing Cable Network Start-Ups in Tippie Lecture Nov. 7
  

  Nick Rhodes, a 1987 University of Iowa graduate who went on to help found such cable TV networks as Versus, the Speed Channel and Spanish-language Fox Sports Americas, will speak at the Tippie College of Business at 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, in Room S307 of the Pappajohn Business Building. more...

• 09/24/2008
  UI Program Teaches Business Skills to Arts Students
  

  A new University of Iowa program hopes to help graduates who become artists to keep from starving. The Performing Arts Entrepreneurship Certificate program teaches performing arts majors the basics of business management so they can make a living from the art they love. more...

• 09/15/2008
  UI John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center Ranked As One of Top 25
  

  The University of Iowa's John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center was again ranked as one of the top 25 undergraduate entrepreneurial programs in the country, the only university in Iowa to achieve the distinction. more...

• 09/10/2008
  Des Moines Business Owner DeWaay To Meet with UI Entrepreneurial Students
  

  Des Moines financial manager Don DeWaay will discuss his career running his own management firm when he speaks to students in the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 12 at the Bedell Entrepreneurship Learning Laboratory, 322 N. Clinton St. more...

• 08/26/2008
  'Explore Entrepreneurship' Sept. 8
  

  The John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center and Small Business Development Center will host an "Explore Entrepreneurship" session at 4:30 p.m. Monday, September 8, in Room 2390 University Capitol Centre. Based on the FastTrac NewVenture Entrepreneurial Training program, topics to be discussed include the importance of a business' mission and vision, goal setting, business planning and marketing. Admission is free. more...

• 07/22/2008
  Iowa Students Build Business, Get Help from Okoboji Entrepreneurial Institute
  

  John Slump and Jared Garfield knew they had a good idea for a new medical product, a device that prevents worker and patient exposure to hazardous medications. more...

• 05/15/2008
  Engineering Announces 2008 Storer Entrepreneurial Award Winner
  

  The University of Iowa College of Engineering has announced that a student-run business -- Entrepreneurial Connections -- is the winner of the 2008 Hubert E. Storer Engineering Student Entrepreneurial Start-up Award. more...

• 05/15/2008
  Local Students Honored in Iowa Business Plan Competition
  

  Several University of Iowa students were winners in the Merle Volding Business Plan Competition, an annual competition sponsored by the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center that helps students pursue opening their own businesses. more...

• 04/15/2008
  Entrepreneurial Boot Camp Offers Training in Starting a Business April 25
  

  Aspiring entrepreneurs can learn how to start a business through a short course of quick sessions in the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center's Entrepreneurship Boot Camp, 9 to 11:45 a.m. Friday, April 25. more...

• 04/01/2008
  Statewide Conference Brings Together Young Entrepreneurs
  

  Entrepreneurial students at the University of Iowa often come up with new business ideas, finding niches to fill, problems to solve, wrongs to right, and all the while making money. As one example, Anne Price is planning to open her own high-end shoe boutique with a specific niche for women with shoe sizes 11 and above. more...

• 04/01/2008
  Students Honored for Business Plans
  

  Two University of Iowa students in the Tippie College of Business were named regional winners in the Pappajohn New Venture Business Plan Competition held March 27 in Des Moines. Jared Garfield and John Slump won first place in the regional competition for their business plan for J&J Solutions, the developer of a drug transfer device for the safe handling of hazardous drugs used in IV drug therapy. They received $5,000. more...

• 03/20/2008
  Business Leader To Discuss the Chemistry of Entrepreneurship March 27
  

  Thomas Detmer, president and CEO of the Web-based retail technology company CenterStone Technologies, will discuss developing new businesses with the University of Iowa's Entrepreneurial Ventures Group. His discussion, "Ideas to Enterprise: The Chemistry of Entrepreneurship," will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 27, in Room S401 in the Pappajohn Business Building. Admission is free and the talk is open to the public. more...

• 02/27/2008
  Registration Begins for UI Summer Youth Entrepreneurship Camps
  

  Applications are now being taken for the University of Iowa's summer Youth Entrepreneur Camp and Jacobson Entrepreneurship Academy in Iowa City and Des Moines. The day-long camps teach elementary and junior high aged children the skills they need to start and develop a business. more...

• 02/15/2008
  UI Alumna To Lecture on Green and Clean Entrepreneurship Feb. 22
  

  Cleaning a home has never been glamorous. But University of Iowa alumna Monica Nassif has found a way to make cleaning more appealing, especially for those who want to go green and clean, by starting a line of all-natural, eco-friendly cleaning products. more...

• 02/15/2008
  Donnelly To Discuss Bringing Research to Market Feb. 21
  

  Peter Donnelly, associate director for business development at the UI Research Foundation, will discuss commercializing academic research when he speaks at the next meeting of the Entrepreneurial Ventures Group. "Bridging Academic Research & Public Benefit" begins at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 21 in the Kelch Conference Room in the Carver Biomedical Research Building. Admission is free. Donnelly, who has managed and sold numerous start-up companies in the last decade, will explain how to understand the importance of commercializing research, how to assess the commercial viability of a product, and how the UI Research Foundation can help. To register online, contact the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurship Center at www.iowajpec.org or call 319-335-1022 more...

• 02/12/2008
  FastTrac Training Program for Entrepreneurs Starts Feb. 21
  

  Aspiring entrepreneurs can evaluate business opportunities and develop a business plan at the FastTrac NewVenture training program offered by the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC). The sessions will be from 6 to 9 p.m. on eight Thursday nights in the John Pappajohn Business Building, starting Feb. 21 and ending April 17. The registration fee is $149, and the deadline is Monday, Feb. 18. The FastTrac NewVenture training program helps Iowans take the first steps to start or expand a business. Participants will develop the skills necessary to properly evaluate a business opportunity and leave with a written plan for launching their new venture, and will also learn about funding options. The program is co-sponsored by the Small Business Development Center at the University of Iowa, the Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce and F&M Bank. For more information, or to register online, visit www.iowajpec.org. more...

• 11/30/2007
  Entrepreneurial Center Boot Camp Offers Training in Starting a Business
  

  Aspiring entrepreneurs can learn how to start a business through a short-course of quick sessions in the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center's (JPEC) Entrepreneurship Boot Camp on Friday, Dec. 7. more...

• 11/26/2007
  UI Pappajohn Center Moves up in Entrepreneur Magazine Rankings
  

  The University of Iowa's John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) offers the nation's 21st best undergraduate entrepreneurial program, according to a survey in the current issue of Entrepreneur Magazine. more...

• 10/26/2007
  UI Offering Mini-Grants To Help Teach Entrepreneurship
  

  The Jacobson Institute for Youth Entrepreneurship at the University of Iowa will select up to 60 educators from around the state to teach an entrepreneurship unit to secondary students in their schools and organizations. more...

• 10/24/2007
  Entrepreneur Lecture Series Examines Licensing and Risk Management
  

  The Entrepreneurial Ventures Group will look at early stage licensing and risk management of health care entrepreneurial ventures in a lecture with an executive of Wyeth Pharmaceuticals on Wednesday, Nov. 7. more...

• 10/12/2007
  Gady To Discuss Entrepreneurship During Lecture Oct. 19
  

  Wendy Gady, founder and chief executive officer of Washington, Iowa-based consulting firm Pohaku, Inc., will discuss how she built her firm in a lecture at the University of Iowa's Tippie College of Business. more...

• 09/20/2007
  Health Care Entrepreneur, Stent Inventor Villafana To Speak at UI
  

  Manny Villafana, a Minneapolis entrepreneur and developer of numerous frequently used pacemakers, stents, and heart valves, will visit the University of Iowa's Tippie College of Business next week. more...

• 09/18/2007
  UI FastTrac® Training Program for Washington County Entrepreneurs Starts Sept. 24
  

  Aspiring and current entrepreneurs in Washington County can evaluate business opportunities and develop a business plan during the fall at the University of Iowa FastTrac® NewVenture™ entrepreneurial training program. more...

• 09/07/2007
  Carver Trust Grant Funds High School Entrepreneurship Curriculum
  

  Using a two-year, $170,000 grant from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust of Muscatine, Iowa, the University of Iowa will develop an enhanced curriculum in entrepreneurship for high school students. more...

• 08/24/2007
  FastTrac® Training Program for Entrepreneurs Starts Sept. 26
  

  Aspiring entrepreneurs can evaluate business opportunities and develop a business plan at the FastTrac® NewVenture™ entrepreneurial training program offered by the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) and the Small Business Development Center at the University of Iowa. more...

• 08/24/2007
  UI Vice Presidents Will Meet with Dubuque Business Leaders Aug. 30
  

  Two University of Iowa leaders will meet with Dubuque County business and community leaders Thursday, Aug. 30, to discuss the university's contribution to statewide economic development. UI Vice President for Research Meredith Hay and Associate Vice President for Economic Development Thomas Sharpe will speak at a joint meeting of the Greater Dubuque Development Corporation and the Dubuque Area Chamber of Commerce. The meeting begins at 7:30 a.m. at the Grand River Center, 500 Bell St. more...

• 08/23/2007
  UI To Offer Small Business Grant Writing Workshop
  

  The University's IOWA Centers for Enterprise, in collaboration with Iowa State University, will offer a workshop for writing Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant proposals on Monday, Sept. 10 and Tuesday, Sept. 11 on the UI Oakdale Research Campus in Coralville. more...

• 08/22/2007
  Fortune, Forbes Surveys Rank Tippie Programs Among Best in Country
  

  The University of Iowa's Tippie College of Business scored high in several rankings by Forbes and Fortune magazines this week, placing it among the nation's top-ranked graduate MBA programs and undergraduate entrepreneurial programs. more...

• 07/27/2007
  Fethke Announces President's 2007 Awards for Outreach, Public Engagement
  

  Several University of Iowa faculty members, staff members, students and organizations are this year's recipients of the UI President's Award for State Outreach and Public Engagement, UI Interim President Gary Fethke announced today. more...

• 07/25/2007
  Second Entrepreneurial Institute Brings More Students to Western Iowa
  

  The second annual Okoboji Entrepreneurial Institute begins Aug. 5, with students from five Iowa colleges and universities learning about entrepreneurship and economic development opportunities in northwest Iowa. more...

• 07/05/2007
  Youth Learn Entrepreneurship with Ice Cream
  

  There will be a lot of either "yum" or "that is SO gross" when the University of Iowa's Jacobson Institute for Youth Entrepreneurship holds its annual Youth Entrepreneur Camp next week. more...

• 05/02/2007
  Des Moines Businessman Creates UI Institute for Youth Entrepreneurship
  

  Through a naming gift of $3 million to the University of Iowa Foundation, Des Moines businessman Richard O. "Dick" Jacobson has established the Richard O. Jacobson Institute for Youth Entrepreneurship at the UI Henry B. Tippie College of Business. more...

• 05/01/2007
  Registration Still Open for Middle School Entrepreneur Camp
  

  The University of Iowa's John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center's Jacobson Entrepreneurship Academy is still accepting applications for its summer day camp for middle school students who are interested in starting, operating or improving a business. more...

• 04/30/2007
  Four UI Students Receive Volding Business Plan Seed Grants
  

  Four students won top awards in the Merle Volding Business Plan Competition sponsored by the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) last week and will receive seed grants for their businesses. more...

• 04/19/2007
  Construction Company CEO To Discuss Prototype Development
  

  Bill Van Sant, president and CEO of Cedar Rapids-based Paladin Brands, will deliver the final lecture in the Entrepreneurial Venture Group's annual series on Thursday, April 26, at 4 p.m. in Room W401 of the John Pappajohn Business Building. more...

• 04/19/2007
  UI Introduces Arts Management Emphasis Area for Students
  

  In response to student interest, the University of Iowa is offering an exciting new academic path for students wanting to pursue management careers in the arts. The Interdepartmental Studies Program in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has developed an arts management emphasis within its business studies track. more...

• 04/04/2007
  UI Students Win $5,000 in Pappajohn Business Plan Competition
  

  Two University of Iowa students each won $5,000 seed capital grants in the Pappajohn New Venture Business Plan Competition last week, earning top honors among competitors from schools across Iowa. more...

• 04/03/2007
  Iowa Lakes, UI Partner on Entrepreneurship, Economic Development and Degree
  

  Getting a four-year degree or starting a business just became a lot easier for residents of in northwestern Iowa -- and they won't even have to leave home to attain their dreams. more...

• 04/03/2007
  Energy Pioneer to Discuss Ethanol's Future & Impact on State April 12
  

  Bruce Rastetter, founder and chief executive officer of Iowa Falls-based ethanol producer Hawkeye Renewables, will discuss the growth of his company and the future for ethanol and renewable fuels in a lecture at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 12, at the University of Iowa. more...

• 03/21/2007
  Registration Begins for Middle School Entrepreneur Camp
  

  The University of Iowa's John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center's Jacobson Entrepreneurship Academy will be offered again this summer, providing a summer day camp for middle school students interested in starting, operating or improving a business. more...

• 03/21/2007
  Registration Begins for Youth Entrepreneur Camp
  

  Eastern Iowa students can learn entrepreneurial skills that last a lifetime at the University of Iowa's Youth Entrepreneur Camp this summer. more...

• 03/15/2007
  IOWA Centers for Enterprise To Host Open House March 22
  

  The IOWA Centers for Enterprise will host an open house from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday, March 22, to celebrate the opening of its new offices at 2660 University Capitol Centre (formerly Old Capitol Mall). more...

• 02/26/2007
  UI Student Entrepreneurs To Compete at State Business Plan Competition
  

  Three University of Iowa student entrepreneurial teams have been selected to compete in the statewide finals for the Pappajohn New Venture Business Plan Competition Friday, March 2 in Des Moines. more...

• 02/21/2007
  JPEC Sets Entrepreneurship Week Events Feb. 24 through March 3
  

  The University of Iowa's John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center will commemorate the nation's first Entrepreneurship Week with several events, including a conference for new entrepreneurs, another conference that encourages high school students to be entrepreneurial, and an appearance by a UI theater alumna now starring in an acclaimed independent movie. more...

• 02/07/2007
  UI Offers FastTrac Training Program for Entrepreneurs
  

  Aspiring entrepreneurs can evaluate business opportunities and develop a business plan at the FastTrac® NewVenture™ entrepreneurial training program offered by the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) and the Small Business Development Center at the University of Iowa. more...

• 02/07/2007
  Entrepreneur Lecture Series Examines Medical Device Inventions
  

  The Entrepreneurial Ventures Group will look at developing and marketing medical device inventions in a lecture with Dr. Matthew Howard, a University of Iowa neurosurgeon and inventor of a magnetic surgery system. more...

• 01/16/2007
  UI JPEC Co-Sponsors Iowa Business Plan Competition
  

  Iowa's entrepreneurs can win up to $25,000 in seed money for their businesses in the second annual Iowa Business Plan Competition, co-sponsored by the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center at the University of Iowa. more...

• 11/27/2006
  Lecture To Examine Business Opportunities with Native Tribes
  

  Joseph Falkson, co-founder and senior managing director of Native American Capital, LP, will discuss business and entrepreneurial opportunities with Native American tribes when he speaks at the University of Iowa's Tippie College of Business Thursday, Nov. 30. more...

• 11/02/2006
  Buchanan to Discuss Entrepreneurship in UI Lecture
  

  John Buchanan, a 1956 University of Iowa graduate and founder of insurance consulting firm Riepe, Buchanan, & Piper, will discuss entrepreneurialism when he speaks at the Tippie College of Business at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 10. more...

• 10/23/2006
  UI Student Is Finalist for Global Student Entrepreneur Award
  

  A University of Iowa business student is a finalist for an international entrepreneurial award presented to college students who start and operate their own businesses as students. more...

• 10/18/2006
  Alumnus To Discuss Leveraged Buy-outs in UI Lecture
  

  Venture capitalist and University of Iowa engineering alumnus Jim Ashton will discuss leveraged buy-outs and merger transactions when he speaks to the Entrepreneurial Ventures Group at the University of Iowa. Ashton's lecture, "Innovation in Financing a Deal: A Case Study of Engineered Products", will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 25 in S401 Pappajohn Business Building. more...

• 10/05/2006
  JPEC Offering Mini-Grants To Help Teach Entrepreneurship
  

  The John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) at the University of Iowa will select 20 educators from around the state to teach an entrepreneurship unit to secondary students. more...

• 09/28/2006
  John Pappajohn Iowa Business Plan Competition Committee Announces Three Finalists
  

  The John Pappajohn Iowa Business Plan Competition committee announced today the three finalists that will be presenting at the Iowa Venture Capital and Entrepreneur Conference in Des Moines on October 11. more...

• 09/27/2006
  PR Agency Founder To Discuss Starting Your Own Business
  

  Todd Smith, a University of Iowa alumnus who went on to found the Clear! Blue strategic communications agency, will discuss entrepreneurship when he speaks on behalf of the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 6. more...

• 09/14/2006
  Entrepreneur Lecture Series Begins New Season with M&A Discussion Sept. 28
  

  The Entrepreneurial Ventures Group (EVG) kicks off its monthly lecture series for the year with a visit by merger and acquisition specialist Steven Tonsfeldt on Thursday, Sept. 28. more...

• 09/14/2006
  Business Student's Plan Receives Kudos in National Contest
  

  A team led by University of Iowa business student Michael Hubbard made it to the semi-final round of a business plan contest sponsored by Fortune magazine and CNN.com this month, and while the plan didn't make the finals, the team's idea can still win a reader's choice election. more...

• 09/13/2006
  Former Gov. Mark Warner To Discuss Entrepreneurship with Students
  

  Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner will speak at the University of Iowa on Tuesday, Sept. 19, at a meeting of the student entrepreneur group I-Envision. Warner's speech begins at 2 p.m. in the Bedell Entrepreneurship Learning Laboratory (BELL), 322 N. Clinton St. more...

• 08/31/2006
  UI Offers FastTrac® Training Program for Entrepreneurs
  

  Aspiring entrepreneurs can evaluate business opportunities and develop a business plan at the FastTrac® NewVenture™ entrepreneurial training program offered by the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) and the Small Business Development Center at the University of Iowa. more...

• 08/31/2006
  UI, Western Iowa Tech Community College Sign Agreement
  

  A new agreement between the University of Iowa and Western Iowa Tech Community College (WITCC) will allow WITCC students to more easily continue their studies at UI, in some cases without leaving Sioux City. more...

• 08/14/2006
  Successful Debut Okoboji Entrepreneurial Institute Wraps Up
  

  The first Okoboji Entrepreneurial Institute wrapped up Friday at Lake Okoboji with participants fired up and ready to go into business on their own. more...

• 08/04/2006
  World-Traveling Alum To Visit International Hawkeyes
  

  Andy Stoll, an alumnus of both The University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, wants to witness and illustrate the power of the Hawkeye worldwide network. And he’s willing to take a year or two of his life to do so.

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• 07/31/2006
  Students Participate in Entrepreneurial Conference
  

  Eight University of Iowa seniors are participating in the first Okoboji Entrepreneurial Institute, July 30 through Aug. 4, at the Iowa Lakeside Laboratory on West Lake Okoboji. more...

• 07/27/2006
  Too Many Good Ideas Surface at UI Business Camp
  

  This year's Jacobson Entrepreneurship Academy just had too many good ideas. more...

• 07/21/2006
  Students To Learn about Entrepreneurship and Development at Iowa Great Lakes
  

  Some of the brightest entrepreneurial minds at Iowa's three state universities will come to Northwest Iowa July 30 to learn about entrepreneurship opportunities in Iowa during a week-long class. more...

• 07/12/2006
  UI Camps Make Entrepreneurs of Iowa Teens
  

  Economic development starts young in Iowa. more...

• 05/12/2006
  Student Entrepreneurs Awarded Seed Money in Business Plan Competition
  

  Four student teams were recently awarded seed capital funding in the Merle Volding Business Plan Competition sponsored by the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center at the University of Iowa. more...

• 05/11/2006
  UI Student Wins Regional Entrepreneurial Award
  

  University of Iowa student Brad Phillips recently won a first place award in a regional competition of the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards. more...

• 05/08/2006
  Biotechnology Financing Focus of Entrepreneurial Ventures Group Event May 11
  

  Financing of biotechnology ventures during the clinical trial phase will be the focus of a presentation at the next University of Iowa Entrepreneurial Ventures Group (EVG) event. more...

• 05/05/2006
  Business Student Organizations Honored for Achievements
  

  This spring, student organizations in the Tippie College of Business were recognized for their accomplishments in leadership, professional development and community service. more...

• 05/05/2006
  UI Student Appears on MTV's "Tiara Girls" Series
  

  MTV's newest documentary show, "Tiara Girls," goes inside the world of beauty pageant contestant Megan Wettach, a University of Iowa student from Mount Pleasant. The program first aired Wednesday, May 3, on MTV and will be repeated several times this spring. more...

• 05/04/2006
  Student Entrepreneur Group Raises $2,400 for Uptown Bill's Small Mall
  

  I-Envision, the Tippie College entrepreneurship organization, raised more than $2,400 for Uptown Bill's Small Mall in Iowa City at its 2nd Annual David Hensley Charity Golf Invitational on April 28. more...

• 05/02/2006
  Governor Vilsack Announces the First Entrepreneurial Institute
  

  DES MOINES – Governor Tom Vilsack today announced the first Okoboji Entrepreneurial Institute will take place July 30 to August 4th at the Iowa Lakeside Laboratory on West Lake Okoboji. Twenty-four entrepreneurial students from the state universities will participate in advanced study of entrepreneurship that will include an entrepreneurial simulation, seminars with successful entrepreneurs and business and community leaders, and networking and mentoring to enhance their understanding of entrepreneurship opportunities in Iowa. The college credit institute--a joint effort of the State Board of Regents, the Iowa Department of Economic Development (IDED), the Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Centers at the University of Iowa, Iowa State University and University of Northern Iowa and the Iowa Lakes Corridor Development Corporation -- was detailed at a news conference in Des Moines. more...

• 05/01/2006
  Iowa Centers For Enterprise Award Grants For Technology Commercialization
  

  The University of Iowa's newly formed commercialization center -- the Iowa Centers for Enterprise (ICE) -- has announced recommendations for the award of $300,000 in grant seed funding to UI researchers designed to expand the commercialization of UI technology. more...

• 04/26/2006
  UI Student Entrepreneurs Help Disabled Business Owners
  

  A group of student entrepreneurs at the University of Iowa is helping disabled business owners at Uptown Bill's Small Mall in Iowa City become more self-sufficient and profitable. Throughout the school year, members of the I-Envision club taught the business owners the basics of e-commerce—how to buy, sell, and trade on sites such as eBay and Amazon. As a way to extend its support for Uptown Bill's at the end of the year, I-Envision is sponsoring the 2nd Annual David Hensley Charity Golf Invitational on Friday, April 28. more...

• 04/19/2006
  IWCC and Univ. of Iowa Announce Partnership
  

  Iowa Western Community College and the University of Iowa have announced an exciting partnership to expand entrepreneurial offerings to residents of Southwest Iowa. The Iowa Western Entrepreneurial Center, established in January 2006, is co-sponsored with the University of Iowa John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center. Karna Loewenstein has been named the Center Director in Council Bluffs. more...

• 04/12/2006
  JPEC Hosts High School Entrepreneurship Day April 18
  

  On April 18, approximately 80 Iowa high school students will learn what it is like to be their own boss at the second annual Entrepreneurship Day at the University of Iowa. more...

• 04/04/2006
  John Pappajohn to Present at Hughes Lecture April 20 at UI
  

  John Pappajohn will present at the John R. Hughes Lecture April 20 at the University of Iowa, sharing his experiences of becoming a successful entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and philanthropist. more...

• 03/21/2006
  Gilbert to Coordinate Faculty Entrepreneurship Efforts at UI
  

  The John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) at the University of Iowa has named Jonathan Ross Gilbert as Faculty Entrepreneurship Coordinator, serving as a resource to faculty and staff interested in commercializing university research. more...

• 03/13/2006
  Wellmark Community Ventures Fund Increases Loan Opportunities
  

  Companies seeking venture capital opportunities can now get a larger loan from the Wellmark Community Ventures Fund, administered through the University of Iowa's John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) and three other Centers in Iowa. more...

• 03/10/2006
  UI Graduate Students Win $5,000 In Pappajohn Business Plan Competition
  

  Two University of Iowa graduate students, Govindarajan Veeraraghavan and Omer Mermer, won a $5,000 seed capital grant in the statewide Pappajohn New Venture Business Plan Competition, earning one of the top honors among 12 competitors. more...

• 02/23/2006
  UI Student, Alumni To Speak At Statewide Entrepreneurship Conference
  

  A University of Iowa student and three UI alumni will speak at the Collegiate Entrepreneurs Iowa Conference held at Iowa State University on Friday, March 3, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. more...

• 02/22/2006
  Registration Begins for Middle School Entrepreneur Camp
  

  Looking for an educational, yet fun, camp for a middle school student? Then consider the Jacobson Entrepreneurship Academy, a summer day camp for kids interested in starting, operating or improving a business. more...

• 02/22/2006
  Registration Begins for Youth Entrepreneur Camp
  

  This summer, Eastern Iowa kids can learn entrepreneurial skills that last a lifetime at the University of Iowa's Youth Entrepreneur Camp. more...

• 02/15/2006
  Venture Capital Discussed at Entrepreneurial Ventures Group Event March 2
  

  At the next University of Iowa Entrepreneurial Ventures Group (EVG) event, venture capitalist Clare Fairfield will discuss the opportunities and challenges involved in working with private equity investors. more...

• 01/23/2006
  UI Offers FastTrac Training Program for Entrepreneurs Feb. 6 to April 10
  

  Aspiring entrepreneurs can evaluate business opportunities and develop a business plan at the FastTrac® NewVenture™ training program offered by the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) and the Small Business Development Center at the University of Iowa, the Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce, and F&M Bank. more...

• 01/19/2006
  UI JPEC Co-Sponsors Iowa Business Plan Competition
  

  John Pappajohn, Iowa's premier venture capitalist and 1952 University of Iowa alumnus, has launched the Iowa Business Plan Competition in Des Moines. Initially unveiled at the Venture Capital and Entrepreneur Conference last fall, the business plan competition is designed to stimulate business development and provide support to outstanding business plans. Pappajohn has donated a total of $50,000 to be given to the three best business plans as start-up seed money. This contest is now officially being launched so that businesses and entrepreneurs can develop their plans for submission this spring. more...

• 01/10/2006
  Local Tech Entrepreneurs Share Experiences Jan. 19
  

  Three local entrepreneurs will share their experiences about starting technology-based businesses developed at the UI or in Iowa at the next University of Iowa Entrepreneurial Ventures Group (EVG) event. more...

• 12/08/2005
  Engineering Announces Storer Entrepreneurial Award Winner
  

  The University of Iowa College of Engineering has announced that a student-run business -- Solid Systems, Inc., based at the Bedell Entrepreneurship Learning Laboratory on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City -- is the winner of 2005 Hubert E. Storer Engineering Student Entrepreneurial Start-up Award. more...

• 11/11/2005
  UI Student Entrepreneurs To Share Experiences
  

  Starting a business as a student can be an exciting and rewarding venture, but not without some challenges along the way. Student entrepreneurs not only have to run their business, but also keep up with their studies. more...

• 11/08/2005
  Entrepreneurial Ventures Group Presents Tech Transfer Program
  

  The University of Iowa Entrepreneurial Ventures Group (EVG) will present a workshop Thursday, Nov. 10 on how small businesses can access government funds to commercialize technology and scientific research. more...

• 11/04/2005
  UI Entrepreneur Club Leader Wins National Award
  

  The national Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Organization (CEO) recently honored Laura Westercamp, president emeritus of the I-Envision entrepreneurial association at the University of Iowa, giving her a second place award for Best Student Leader. more...

• 10/24/2005
  New Speaker Announced for Economic Forecast Event Oct. 25
  

  Economic forecaster Robert G. Dederick, head of RGD Economics, will speak on Tuesday, Oct. 25 at the University of Iowa. Due to unforeseen circumstances, Brian Wesbury, the previously scheduled speaker, had to cancel. more...

• 10/20/2005
  UI To Announce New Economic Development Focus
  

  On Wednesday, Oct. 26, University of Iowa officials will announce a new economic development initiative called Iowa Centers for Enterprise: Business and Commercialization Services, an innovative program of technology transfer and new business development including new leadership, new ideas and new approaches to university-private sector partnerships. more...

• 10/12/2005
  Top Economic Forecaster To Speak at UI Oct. 25
  

  Brian Wesbury, ranked the nation's No. 1 economic forecaster by The Wall Street Journal, will speak Tuesday, Oct. 25, at the University of Iowa. more...

• 09/02/2005
  UI Offers FastTrac(r) Training Program for Entrepreneurs
  

  Aspiring entrepreneurs can evaluate business opportunities and develop a business plan at the FastTrac(r) NewVenture(c) training program offered by the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center and the Small Business Development Center at the University of Iowa, the Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce, and F&M Bank. more...

• 09/02/2005
  UI Entrepreneurship Club Partners with JPEC To Support Youth Entrepreneurs
  

  I-Envision, The University of Iowa's CEO chapter, in conjunction with the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC), conducted entrepreneurship summer camps over the summer. Club members developed hands-on learning activities and served as camp counselors at the Jacobson Entrepreneurship Academy for students who have completed grades 6-8, and at the Youth Entrepreneur Camp for students who have completed grades 3-5. more...

• 08/25/2005
  UI Offers FastTrac NewVenture Training Program for Entrepreneurs
  

  The John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center and the Small Business Development Center at The University of Iowa, the Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce, and F&M Bank will offer FastTrac® NewVenture, a training program of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation of Kansas City, this fall. more...

• 08/24/2005
  JPEC Offers Free Advice to Student Entrepreneurs
  

  Starting this semester, any student with a business idea can walk into the Bedell Entrepreneurship Learning Lab (BELL) and get free advice during the Laboratory's new walk-in hours. more...

• 07/01/2005
  Young Entrepreneurs Earn Start-up Funds at UI Business Camp
  

  Six middle school students recently earned seed capital awards for presenting the best business plans at the Jacobson Entrepreneurship Academy offered by the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) at the University of Iowa. more...

• 06/02/2005
  Engineering Students : Learn to Turn Good Ideas into New Businesses
  

  Entrepreneur.... The word has a seductive ring to it. Wouldn't it be fun to run my own business, be my own boss, make strategic plans and be able to carry them out? Wouldn't it be fun to make lots and lots of money? So what if the word also carries a hint of risk - and the promise of a lot of hard work? I'm young, I can do that. more...

• 05/27/2005
  JPEC Grant Boosts Development of National Youth Curriculum
  

  The John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) at the University of Iowa has received a $100,000 grant from the William Zimmerman Foundation of Fairfield, Iowa to spearhead the development of a comprehensive teacher and student entrepreneurship curriculum and training program for release on a national scale. The new curriculum targets the entrepreneurship education needs in secondary schools across the country. more...

• 05/17/2005
  Student Entrepreneurs Awarded Seed Money in Business Plan Competition
  

  On May 5, Bio::Neos, a bioinformatics software company founded by University of Iowa College of Engineering students, won the $5,000 first place award in the Merle Volding Business Plan Competition sponsored by the Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center at the UI. more...

• 05/05/2005
  UI Business Student Vying for Extreme Sports Video Award
  

  University of Iowa business student Brad Phillips will travel to Orange County, Calif. next week to see if his company will win an award for the best extreme sports video in the industry. more...

• 04/11/2005
  JPEC Hosts High School Entrepreneurship Day April 19
  

  On April 19, about 40 Eastern Iowa high school students will get a look at entrepreneurship through the eyes of a group of young business owners at the University of Iowa's John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC). more...

• 04/07/2005
  UI BizCamp Student Wins National Entrepreneurship Award
  

  Young entrepreneur Irene Nissen took the knowledge she gained at summer business camp at the University of Iowa and started a successful video production company in Carroll, Iowa. Now, the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) has recognized Nissen for her success by naming her a Young Entrepreneur of the Year. more...

• 04/06/2005
  UI Student Honored For Free Enterprise Education Efforts
  

  University of Iowa student Laura Westercamp has been recognized by Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) with the President's Service Award for her efforts to help others achieve their dreams through free enterprise education. more...

• 03/31/2005
  UI JPEC Ranked Among Top 50 by Entrepreneur Magazine
  

  Entrepreneur magazine has ranked the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) at the University of Iowa among the top 50 nationally recognized academic programs in the country. more...

• 03/17/2005
  Registration Is Under Way for Youth Entrepreneur Camp
  

  Can today's fifth-grade student become tomorrow's millionaire? With entrepreneurial training, it could happen. The John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) at the University of Iowa will hold a summer Youth Entrepreneur Camp, where Eastern Iowa kids can learn what it's really like to start a business. more...

• 03/17/2005
  Summer Entrepreneur Camp for Middle School Students Expanding
  

  This summer, the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) is expanding its programming for business-minded students in grades six through eight. The Jacobson Entrepreneurship Academy will be offered in both Iowa City at the University of Iowa and in Des Moines at the Pappajohn Higher Education Center. more...

• 02/28/2005
  UI Entrepreneur Club Wins National Awards
  

  The national College Entrepreneurs' Organization (CEO) recently honored the I-Envision entrepreneurs association at the University of Iowa's John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC), giving it a first place award for Teaching Entrepreneurship and a second place award for Best Chapter Advisors, Dawn Bowlus and Lynn Jahn. more...

• 02/21/2005
  UI Offers FastTrac Training Program for Entrepreneurs
  

  The John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center and Small Business Development Center at the University of Iowa will offer the FastTrac NewVenture training program this spring. more...

• 02/03/2005
  UI Students Invited to Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Conference Feb. 25
  

  University of Iowa students interested in entrepreneurship or small business are invited to attend the fourth annual Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Iowa Conference (CEIC) at North Iowa Area Community College (NIACC) in Mason City on Friday, Feb. 25, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. more...

• 01/20/2005
  Entrepreneurship Club Travels to Utah for Private Equity Summit
  

  University of Iowa I-Envision members Jeremy O'Briant, Alan Lippert, Laura Westercamp, and Carla Meyer traveled to Salt Lake City over winter break to attend the 2nd Annual University Private Equity Summit. more...

• 12/15/2004
  UI Team Wins $5,000 in Pappajohn Business Plan Competition
  

  A University of Iowa team has won a $5,000 seed capital grant in the statewide Pappajohn New Venture Business Plan Competition, earning the top honors among 13 finalists. more...

• 11/13/2004
  Quad Cities Baseball President Speaks on Sports Business
  

  Kevin Krause, president of the Swing of the Quad Cities minor league baseball team, spoke to a full house at the Bedell Entrepreneurship Learning Laboratory on the morning of November 12. more...

• 11/09/2004
  Kevin Krause Speaks on Sports Business Nov. 12
  

  Kevin Krause, president of the Swing of the Quad Cities minor league baseball team, will speak about the business of sports at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 12 at the University of Iowa's Bedell Entrepreneurship Learning Laboratory, 322 N. Clinton St. in Iowa City. more...

• 10/28/2004
  UI among Top 10 Entrepreneurial Universities
  

  The University of Iowa has been ranked ninth among the Top 25 Entrepreneurial Colleges in the United States as determined by the editors of The Princeton Review and Forbes.com. more...

• 10/25/2004
  Students Can Enter Pappajohn New Venture Business Plan Competition
  

  The John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) at the University of Iowa is seeking student entrepreneurs to enter the Pappajohn New Venture Business Plan Competition, where they can win $5,000 in seed capital grants for submitting a winning business plan. more...

• 10/12/2004
  Author, Entrepreneur Jim Houtz Speaks at UI Oct. 15
  

  Author and entrepreneur Jim Houtz will speak about "Entrepreneurial Marketing and Focus" on Oct. 15 as part of the Sandage Entrepreneurial Speaker Series sponsored by the University of Iowa's John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC). more...

• 09/14/2004
  'Naked Economics' Author Charles Wheelan To Present Hughes Lecture Sept. 22
  

  Author Charles Wheelan will present the John R. Hughes Lecture Sept. 22 at the Henry B. Tippie College of Business. The lecture, titled "It's the Economics, Stupid: What a Basic Understanding of Markets Can Tell Us About Trade, Health Care, Regulation and Iowa Business Issues," will be presented at 4:30 p.m. in the MidAmerican Energy Colloquium, Room W151 of the John Pappajohn Business Building. more...

• 09/10/2004
  Bedell Gift Names UI Student Entrepreneurship Program
  

  Tom Bedell, chairman of the fishing tackle equipment company Pure Fishing of Spirit Lake, Iowa, has made a $660,000 gift commitment to the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) at the University of Iowa, JPEC officials announced today. The Bedell Entrepreneurship Learning Laboratory program, located in a former fraternity house at 322 North Clinton Street in Iowa City, will be named in recognition of his support. more...

• 09/07/2004
  UI Students Can Apply for Office Space To Launch Businesses
  

  Some of the world's most ingenious and successful business ideas have been developed by college students. Companies big and small (from Google to local Red Bull distributor Voss Distributing) have been the brainchild of enterprising college students. more...

• 08/04/2004
  Hawkeye Throwback Replica Jerseys Available
  

  At a special Throwback Game in celebration of the 75th Anniversary of Kinnick Stadium against Kent State Sept. 4, the University of Iowa football team will wear 1939 replica jerseys, similar to those worn by Iowa Heisman Trophy winner Nile Kinnick. The 120 uniforms--to be worn by the Hawkeyes and then offered to fans--were sold out in less than two weeks for $500 each. For those friends and fans who missed out on purchasing a uniform set, an official replica jersey can be purchased for $150. more...

• 07/22/2004
  Kids Launch Businesses at Youth Entrepreneur Camp
  

  Is it too early for a 10-year-old to start developing a million-dollar business plan? The John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) doesn't think so. Last week, JPEC hosted 35 Eastern Iowa elementary school-aged kids at the Youth Entrepreneur Camp at the University of Iowa. more...

• 07/13/2004
  Young Entrepreneurs Attend University of Iowa Business Camp
  

  Thirty-two Iowa middle school students recently learned how to run their own business at a camp sponsored by the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) at the University of Iowa. more...

• 06/17/2004
  Registration Continues for July 12-16 Youth Entrepreneur Camp
  

  Applications are still being accepted for the Youth Entrepreneur Camp, sponsored by the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) at the University of Iowa. more...

• 05/17/2004
  UI Entrepreneurship Program Receives National Recognition
  

  The entrepreneurship program offered through the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) at the University of Iowa has received national recognition for its innovative campus-wide program. more...

• 05/11/2004
  UI Offers Entrepreneurship Training for High School Teachers
  

  Iowa high school teachers interested in incorporating entrepreneurship education into their classrooms can attend workshops this summer sponsored by the University of Iowa's John PappaJohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC). more...

• 04/24/2004
  Eye Surgeon Speaks on Creating a Successful Practice
  

  Dr. Amir Arbisser, M.D., member of the State Board of Regents and founding member and president of Eye Surgeons Associates, P.C., a 120 employee multi-subspeciality eye group in Davenport, spoke to a full house at the Entrepreneurship Learning Laboratory on the afternoon of April 23. more...

• 04/01/2004
  JPEC Announces New Entrepreneur Camp for Middle School Students
  

  For several years, the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) has offered summer entrepreneurial camps to Iowa youth, offering great hands-on experiences to high school students and children in grades 4 to 6. This year, for the first time, students in grades 6 to 8 will be able to experience entrepreneurship firsthand through a new residential camp sponsored by the Richard O. Jacobson Foundation. more...

• 03/15/2004
  Registration Is Under Way for Youth Entrepreneur Camp
  

  Can today's fifth grader become tomorrow's millionaire? With entrepreneurial training, it may be possible. The John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) at the University of Iowa will present a summer Youth Entrepreneur Camp, where Eastern Iowa kids can learn what it's really like to start a business. more...

• 02/25/2004
  UI Team Places Third in National Entrepreneurship Competition
  

  University of Iowa student Michael Keller of Cedar Falls and UI graduate Bryk Lancaster of LeMars finished third in the 2004 Spirit of Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development collegiate business plan competition held Feb. 20 and 21 in Santa Barbara, Calif. Keller and Lancaster, co-founders of Flexon Solutions, L.L.C, won $2,500 for their business plan. more...

• 02/09/2004
  UI Students Invited To Attend Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Iowa Conference
  

  University of Iowa students interested in entrepreneurship or small business are invited to attend the third annual Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Iowa Conference at the University of Northern Iowa on Feb. 27. This statewide conference brings together college students, faculty and staff from all over Iowa for a day of networking, education and inspirational speakers. more...

• 01/28/2004
  UI Entrepreneurship Program Recognized As National Model
  

  The undergraduate entrepreneurship program at the University of Iowa has been recognized as a National Model Undergraduate Entrepreneurship program by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE). The prestigious award was announced at the 18th Annual USASBE National Conference held in Dallas, Texas, Jan. 15-18. more...

• 01/27/2004
  UI Team To Compete in National Entrepreneurship Competition
  

  University of Iowa student Michael Keller of Cedar Falls and UI graduate Bryk Lancaster of Le Mars are national semifinalists in the 2004 Spirit of Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development collegiate business plan competition. more...

• 12/22/2003
  UI Alumnus Wins Bowl Game Raffle Run by Entrepreneurship Class
  

  Thanks to a winning raffle ticket purchased at an Iowa home football game this fall, University of Iowa alumnus Mike Walker and his family are traveling to Tampa Bay, Fla. to see the Iowa Hawkeyes play the University of Florida Gators in the Outback Bowl. more...

• 12/11/2003
  Three UI Teams Win Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Awards
  

  Three University of Iowa teams each have won $5,000 seed capital grants in the statewide Pappajohn New Venture Business Plan Competition, earning the top three honors among 12 finalists. more...

• 10/30/2003
  Entrepreneurship In Iowa To Be Discussed at Hughes Lecture Nov. 12
  

  Entrepreneurship in Iowa will be the focus of the John R. Hughes Lecture Series in Entrepreneurship on Wednesday, Nov. 12 at the Pappajohn Business Building (PBB). more...

• 10/17/2003
  Clear!Blue Founder Speaks on Marketing Strategy Oct. 23
  

  Todd Smith, founder, CEO, and president of Clear!Blue, a successful marketing strategic communications company, will speak at the Tippie College of Business on Oct. 23 at 5:45 p.m. in Room S401 of the John Pappajohn Business Building. more...

• 09/24/2003
  UI To Offer Fasttrac Training Program for Entrepreneurs
  

  The John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center and Small Business Development Center at the University of Iowa will offer the FastTrac NewVenture training program this fall. more...

• 07/28/2003
  Kids Learn about Business at Youth Entrepreneur Camp
  

  Last week 36 elementary school students learned what it's really like to start a business when they attended the Youth Entrepreneur Camp hosted by the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) at the University of Iowa. more...

• 07/22/2003
  Jahn Named JPEC Assistant Director
  

  Lynn Jahn has been named assistant director at the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) at the University of Iowa. In addition to overseeing entrepreneurial education and outreach programs, she will direct several new initiatives designed to expand experiential learning opportunities for UI undergraduate and graduate students participating in the campus-wide entrepreneurship academic program. more...

• 07/03/2003
  Young Entrepreneurs Win Business Plan Competition
  

  Ten Iowa and Illinois high school students earned seed capital grants of $200 to $500 after winning a business plan competition sponsored by the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) at the University of Iowa. more...

• 06/16/2003
  Transportation Available from Cedar Rapids for Youth Entrepreneur Camp
  

  Cedar Rapids youth can take advantage of transportation to and from the University of Iowa's Youth Entrepreneur Camp July 14-18, sponsored by the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) and Hills Bank and Trust. more...

• 06/02/2003
  Des Moines Youth Named Young Entrepreneur of The Year
  

  Jason Heki, 17, a home-schooled junior from rural Des Moines, has been named a Young Entrepreneur of the Year by the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), an international, non-profit organization devoted to entrepreneurial education. more...

• 05/29/2003
  UI Offers Entrepreneurship Training for High School Teachers
  

  Iowa high school teachers interested in incorporating entrepreneurship education into their classroom curriculum can attend workshops this summer sponsored by The University of Iowa's John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC). more...

• 05/23/2003
  Registration Continues for Youth Entrepreneur Camp
  

  Space is still available at the University of Iowa's Youth Entrepreneur Camp sponsored by the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) and Hills Bank and Trust. The camp is from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily, July 14 to July 18 in the John Pappajohn Business Building. more...

• 04/18/2003
  Entrepreneurial Students Present Outreach Projects at Free Enterprise Competition
  

  A team of four University of Iowa entrepreneurial students won two awards for their educational outreach projects at the 2003 Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) Regional Competition and Career Opportunity Fair held April 11 in St. Louis. more...

• 04/08/2003
  Registration Underway for Youth Entrepreneur Camp
  

  Before they set up a lemonade stand or start mowing lawns this summer, Eastern Iowa kids can learn from the University of Iowa's Youth Entrepreneur Camp what it's really like to start a business. more...

• 04/03/2003
  UI Announces Business Competition for High School Students
  

  Young entrepreneurs from across Iowa can win up to $500 in seed capital as part of a business plan competition sponsored by the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) at the University of Iowa. more...

• 04/03/2003
  UI Program among Entrepreneur Magazine's Top 50
  

  The entrepreneurship program offered through the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center at The University of Iowa is ranked in the top 50 schools with comprehensive entrepreneurial programs at nationally prominent colleges and universities. more...

• 03/06/2003
  Iowa Entrepreneurship Class Project Raises Money for FDNY
  

  The Entrepreneurship and New Business Formation class at the University of Iowa is closing in on its goal of $50,000 in profits to refurbish Engine Co. 55 of the New York City Fire Department. more...

• 02/21/2003
  Minnesota Mattress Entrepreneur To Speak Feb. 28
  

  Robert Walker, who invented and successfully marketed the top-selling "Sleep Number Bed," will speak Friday, Feb. 28 as part of the Sandage Entrepreneurial Speakers Series hosted by University of Iowa's John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC). more...

• 02/12/2003
  UI Center Helps Train Entrepreneurs with FastTrac New Venture Classes
  

  Do you have an innovative idea for a business or have an opportunity to buy a business? Don't know where to start? The University of Iowa's John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) can help with its FastTrac New Venture classes. more...

• 02/10/2003
  College Students To Gather at UI for Statewide Entrepreneurs Conference
  

  Student entrepreneurs from colleges and universities across Iowa will gather at the University of Iowa for the Collegiate Entrepreneurs Iowa Conference. The second annual event will be Feb. 21 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the University of Iowa Memorial Union in Iowa City. Last year's conference in Ames drew 250 students from 15 post-secondary institutions in Iowa. more...

• 01/23/2003
  Center Sponsors Business Plan Competition, Summer Seminar
  

  The John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) at the University of Iowa is sponsoring a statewide business plan competition and hosting an advanced summer entrepreneurship seminar for Iowa high school students interested in entrepreneurship and starting a business. more...

• 12/03/2002
  Entrepreneurship in Iowa To Be Discussed at Hughes Lecture Dec. 10
  

  Entrepreneurship in Iowa will be the focus of the John R. Hughes Lecture Series in Entrepreneurship Dec. 10 at the Pappajohn Business Building. more...

• 10/07/2002
  Student Entrepreneurs Can Enter in Business Plan Competition
  

  Iowa university and college students interested in starting their own businesses are invited to compete for three $5,000 grants as part of the Pappajohn New Venture Business Plan Competition. more...

• 09/13/2002
  FastTrac Entrepreneurial Training Program Starts Sept. 19
  

  The John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center and Small Business Development Center at the University of Iowa will offer the nationally acclaimed FastTrac New Venture entrepreneurial training program Sept. 19 to Nov. 14 in Iowa City. more...

• 07/18/2002
  Local Students Learn about Business at Youth Entrepreneur Camp
  

  Forty-one local elementary students learned what it's really like to start a business at the Youth Entrepreneur Camp hosted by the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) at The University of Iowa. more...

• 07/02/2002
  UI BizCamp Motivates Iowa's Young Entrepreneurs
  

  Thirty-one Iowa high school students learned what it takes to start a business at BizCamp, sponsored by the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) at The University of Iowa. more...

• 04/24/2002
  UI Entrepreneurial Class Generates Funds for NYC Firehouse
  

  Joe Sulentic's entrepreneurship and new business formation class expanded business course requirements this year to include making a difference where possible. So, inspired by the courage and dignity of New York City firefighters after Sept. 11, the class is selling 70,000 T-shirts this semester to raise $350,000 to refurbish an aging New York City fire station. more...

• 04/11/2002
  UI Hosts Entrepreneur Camp for Iowa High School Students
  

  The University of Iowa John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) is offering a weeklong residential camp June 23-28 for Iowa high school students where they can explore entrepreneurship and compete for seed capital grants for starting a new business or college tuition. more...

• 04/11/2002
  Registration Underway for Youth Entrepreneur Camp
  

  Before setting up a lemonade stand or mowing lawns this summer, Eastern Iowa kids can learn what it's really like to start a business at the University of Iowa's Youth Entrepreneur Camp. more...

• 02/07/2002
  FastTrac New Venture Entrepreneurial Program Starts Feb. 21
  

  The John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center and Small Business Development Center at The University of Iowa will offer the nationally acclaimed FastTrac New Venture entrepreneurial training program from 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursday evenings starting Feb. 21 and continuing through April 18 in Iowa City. more...

• 09/17/2001
  JPEC Co-Sponsors Venture Capital Conference Sept. 25
  

  Iowa's entrepreneurial community will gather at the second annual Iowa Venture Capital Conference to be held on Tuesday, Sept. 25 at the Polk County Convention Complex in Des Moines. more...

• 09/07/2001
  FastTrac New Venture Entrepreneurial Training Program Starts Sept. 20
  

  The John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center and Small Business Development Center at The University of Iowa will offer the nationally acclaimed FastTrac New Venture entrepreneurial training program Sept. 20 to Nov. 15 in Iowa City. more...

• 06/22/2001
  Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center offers many summer programs
  

  The John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center at the University of Iowa is hosting Youth Entrepreneur Camp 2001 for area fourth through sixth graders who have an interest in starting their own business. more...

• 04/27/2001
  Self-employment training offered to Iowa entrepreneurs with disabilities
  

  Iowans with disabilities who are interested in starting a small business in Iowa can now register to attend a two-day Exploring Entrepreneurship self-employment seminar in Council Bluffs Wednesdays, May 16 and 23. The seminar will be three hours long on both dates at the Council Bluffs Community Hall, 209 Main Street. more...

• 04/06/2001
  Entrepreneurial leaders speak April 17 at Hughes Lecture Series
  

  Four entrepreneurs will share their business experiences as part of the John R. Hughes Lecture Series in Entrepreneurship April 17 at the Pappajohn Business Building. more...

• 03/22/2001
  DeWitt teen wins national entrepreneurship award for canary business plan
  

  Justin Wilkinson has built a successful business that really is for the birds. The 17-year-old junior at DeWitt Central High School raises canaries and finches, selling them to local pet stores and bird enthusiasts. more...

• 03/12/2001
  Success Magazine Lists UI in top 50 entrepreneurial business schools
  

  SUCCESS magazine has ranked the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) at the University of Iowa Henry B. Tippie College of Business 46th on its annual list of "Best Entrepreneurial Business Schools." more...

• 03/05/2001
  Registration is under way for Youth Entrepreneur Camp
  

  Before setting up a lemonade stand or mowing lawns this summer, Eastern Iowa kids can learn what it's really like to start a business at the University of Iowa's Youth Entrepreneur Camp. more...

• 03/05/2001
  UI hosts entrepreneur camp for Iowa high school students
  

  The University of Iowa John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) is inviting Iowa high school students to participate in a summer entrepreneurship camp July 15-20. more...

• 02/01/2001
  FastTrac New Venture entrepreneurial training program starts Feb. 20
  

  The John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center and Small Business Development Center at the University of Iowa will again offer the nationally acclaimed FastTrac Planning entrepreneurial training program in Iowa City beginning Feb. 20. more...

• 09/08/2000
  FastTrac New Venture entrepreneurial training program starts Sept. 21
  

  The John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center and Small Business Development Center at the University of Iowa will offer the nationally acclaimed FastTrac New Venture entrepreneurial training program running Sept. 21 to Nov. 16 in Iowa City and Cedar Rapids. more...

• 08/22/2000
  JPEC sponsors first Iowa Venture Capital Conference
  

  Iowa's entrepreneurial community will gather at the first annual Iowa Venture Capital Conference Wednesday, Sept. 6 at the Des Moines Marriott. more...

• 08/08/2000
  Hensley is named Entrepreneurial Center director
  

  David Hensley has been named director of the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) at the University of Iowa Henry B. Tippie College of Business. more...

• 05/25/2000
  UI hosts entrepreneur camp for high school students
  

  The University of Iowa John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) is hosting a summer program for high school students who could be the next generation of Iowa entrepreneurs. more...

• 04/25/2000
  UI hosts Youth Entrepreneur Camp
  

  The University of Iowa John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center is hosting the Youth Entrepreneur Camp this summer for youth who want to learn about starting their own businesses. more...

• 04/19/2000
  Entrepreneurial leaders speak April 26 at UI
  

  Four experienced entrepreneurs will tell how they deal with difficult situations, both on a professional and personal level, as part of the John R. Hughes Lecture Series in Entrepreneurship April 26 at the Pappajohn Business Building. more...

• 04/13/2000
  Registration is under way for FastTrac Planning entrepreneurial training course
  

  Registration is now under way for the FastTrac Planning entrepreneurial training course, which provides entrepreneurs and members of the management team an opportunity to evaluate their businesses and develop strategies to successfully grow their companies. more...

• 02/01/2000
  Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center offers Seed Capital Grant program
  

  The University of Iowa John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center is currently accepting applications for Pappajohn Center Seed Capital Grants. Four $10,000 seed capital grants will be awarded to eligible entrepreneurial companies over the next two years. more...

• 01/26/2000
  Entrepreneurial training program starts Feb. 3
  

  The John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center and Small Business Development Center at the University of Iowa will offer the nationally acclaimed FastTrac New Venture entrepreneurial training program starting Feb. 3 to March 30 in Iowa City and Cedar Rapids. more...

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