Students
2000 Pappajohn New Venture Business Plan Competition
First-year Iowa MBA students Ken Klein, Jason Happel and Jodi Eineichner were one of
three winning teams in the inaugural Pappajohn New Venture Business Plan
Competition. The student team received a $5,000 seed capital award at the statewide
finals held in Des Moines in December. The award will be used to launch the Human
Capital Company in Iowa City.
Twelve finalists presented their business plans to John Pappajohn and his staff at Equity Dynamics Inc. Chris Weismayer, a University of Iowa Ph.D. student, was the other finalist from The University of Iowa.
John Pappajohn created this competition to encourage and help Iowa college students to
pursue their interests in starting their own companies. Pappajohn said, “It’s not only fun,
it works. I know that everyone who put a business plan together for this competition will
have benefited from the experience.”
