February 2020
1 Million Cups: Iowa City (2/5/2020)
Join us for community connections, inspiring startup pitches and free coffee. The event is FREE and all entrepreneurs, business owners and community members are encouraged to attend. The 1 Million Cups Iowa City (1MC) program offers local upstart entrepreneurs an opportunity to present their companies to a diverse audience of entrepreneurs, advisers and community members.
IdeaStorm Week
Does your idea solve a problem in a unique way? With IdeaStorm, University of Iowa students can share their business idea in two minutes or less with a panel of judges and an audience. After the presentations, the judges will deliberate and announce the winners and award the cash prizes. IdeaStorms are entry-level pitch competitions across the University of Iowa’s campus that encourage students to share their innovative ideas with others, all while familiarizing themselves with the pitching process.
1 Million Cups: Iowa City (2/12/2020)
Join us for community connections, inspiring startup pitches and free coffee. The event is FREE and all entrepreneurs, business owners and community members are encouraged to attend. The 1 Million Cups Iowa City (1MC) program offers local upstart entrepreneurs an opportunity to present their companies to a diverse audience of entrepreneurs, advisers and community members.
Hawkeye Startup Accelerator Application Deadline
Launch your future over the summer in this eleven-week paid program. Join as a founder to work on your business or apply as an intern to gain experience working for a student startup. Through workshops, sessions with experienced mentors, weekly pitches, and lectures, the Hawkeye Business Accelerator aims to drive the startup process for students, while increasing their startups' chance for success.
1 Million Cups: Iowa City (2/19/2020)
Join us for community connections, inspiring startup pitches and free coffee. The event is FREE and all entrepreneurs, business owners and community members are encouraged to attend. The 1 Million Cups Iowa City (1MC) program offers local upstart entrepreneurs an opportunity to present their companies to a diverse audience of entrepreneurs, advisers and community members.
1 Million Cups: Iowa City (2/26/2020)
Join us for community connections, inspiring startup pitches and free coffee. The event is FREE and all entrepreneurs, business owners and community members are encouraged to attend. The 1 Million Cups Iowa City (1MC) program offers local upstart entrepreneurs an opportunity to present their companies to a diverse audience of entrepreneurs, advisers and community members.
Iowa Startup Games
Team up, pitch ideas, and create a business in a weekend. Dive into the entrepreneurial culture with your classmates at Iowa Startup Games! This is a three-day event where students, from all areas of study, pitch their ideas to have an impact. After you share, you will form teams and work together to bring the best ideas to life. By the third day, each team will pitch to a group of panelists for a chance to win cash prizes. You will learn problem-solving skills, have the opportunity to meet with community members, and begin to think like a creative entrepreneur. Bring your ideas to life in a creative and collaborative weekend.
Iowa Innovation Challenge Workshop
We welcome those interested in competing in the Iowa Innovation Challenge to visit our workshop to help you prepare prior to the competition.
Deadline for Honors Nominations
The Iowa Innovation and Entrepreneurship Honors, hosted by the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center recognizes the outstanding entrepreneurial accomplishments of our alumni, students, faculty, staff, and Venture School participants. Recipients of these awards exhibit passion, devotion and innovation in planning and deploying their startup/business and have made significant progress over the years as determined by jobs created, revenue generated, or other metrics.