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Spring 2019 IdeaStorm Recap
The Spring 2019 IdeaStorm competition hosted over 250 students from across all areas of study on campus. IdeaStorms are entry-level pitch competitions open to all UI students. Here, the students pitched their business ideas in under two minutes with the event taking place across the span of four days each at different campus locations. 118 student pitches were heard at this spring's IdeaStorms.
The goal of IdeaStorm is to help familiarize students with the pitching process, sparking innovative ideas within themselves and then sharing those in front of a panel of judges and their peers.
The top five ideas were awarded cash prizes as well as the people's choice at each competition. This year, over $6,600 total in prizes were awarded.
Congratulations to our Spring 2019 IdeaStorm winners!
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