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CYstarters Application

Please note: You must be an Iowa State student or recent Iowa State graduate, graduating no less than 6 months prior to start of the summer accelerator, to apply. Applications will be accepted until March 1st, 2018. If your application is selected, you or your team will be required to pitch in front of the selection committee the week of March 26th. The selection process is competitive with only a limited number of spots for the summer accelerator. All decisions will be announced no later than April 2nd.

Name (Primary contact)*
First Last
Email*
Classification*
- Freshmen
- Sophomore
- Junior
- Senior
- Graduate
- Postdoc
- Recent graduate (graduating 6 months or less from ISU)
Major(s)*
Minor(s)
Name of business:*
Is your application for:*
- Individual- $6,500
- Team- $13,000
If team application, please list other team members:
Name Email

Please only list members who will be involved during the summer program.
Provide an overview of your business or business concept:*
You might like to include your products/services, what problem are you solving, what's your competitive advantage, capital needed, and momentum to date.
At what stage are you or your team in the business:*
If you have received funding outside of family & friends, please list below:
Please include any research grant funding from Iowa State.
Why CYstarters? Why now?
Anything else we should know? Feel free to share any prior committments and information the selection committee should know of:
Do you have summer employment plans? #hours/week? Participants in CYstarters are expected to commit at least 30 hours/wk on site to the program.
Please list two references (one faculty, one non-faculty):*
Name Relationship Phone/Email
Please upload a letter of recommendation:*
Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, .
This can be same person as listed above.
How did you hear about CYstarters?
- Referred by a friend (please indicate whom below)
- Through ISU Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship
- Poster/Flyers
- Website/Online
- Class (professor/advisor)
If you were referred, please let us know by whom:
Email
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