Startup Weekend

Participate in Startup Weekend (Sep 13-15, 2019). At Startup Weekend you'll pitch an idea, teams will form around the best few, and in just 54 hours you'll experience first-hand what it's like to run a startup.

400

Customer Discovery

Conduct 100 interviews of potential customers, write a reflection on what you learned and what your next steps are.

1000

Hear a guest speaker

Attend an entrepreneurship- or innovation-related guest speaker and write a reflection

20

Plan/Execute an event

Come up with an idea for an event you want to see happen. Pitch your idea, secure resources to make it happen, market it, execute, and reflect on how it went.

Depends on scale of the event

Build a product

1. Draw a design for your product

2. Create a mockup

3. Create a functional prototype

4. Get beta customers, generate revenue

Points earned increase as you make it farther through this process

Apply for Bobcat Seed funding

1. Submit an application

2. Pitch the committee, follow up

3. Get the grant

4. Using the grant as proposed

5. Reflect on the process, determine next steps

6. Take your next steps

Points earned increase as you make it farther through this process

Compete in a pitch competition

Pitch your idea in a pitch competition, through the University or elsewhere. Bonus points if you win.

Apply for an e-team grant from VentureWell

Submit a credible e-team grant from VentureWell. Winning and using the grant as proposed, even more points. Phase 1 e-team grants are worth $5K, Phase 2 grants are worth $20K.