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Learn
Entrepreneurship Major
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Learning Community
Course Descriptions
Scholarships
Internships
Programs
Entrepreneur Club
Okoboji Entrepreneurship Institute
CYstarters
CyBIZ Lab
Reiman Speaker Series
Women Who Create™
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Competitions
Fall Startup Pitch Event
Innovation Pitch
ISU INNOVATION PRIZE
College-by-College Pitch Off
Pappajohn Student Business Plan
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Regional Competitions
Alumni & Friends
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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, 2019. If your application is selected, you or your team will be required to pitch in front of the selection committee the week of March 11th. 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 8th.
Name (Primary contact)
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First
Last
Email
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Classification
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Freshmen
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
Graduate
Postdoc
Recent graduate (graduating 6 months or less from ISU)
Major(s)
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Minor(s)
Please indicate relevant courses or programs you have taken while at ISU:
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Name of business:
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Is your application for:
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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:
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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:
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Research/Discovery: What is the problem?
Validation of Product/Market Fit: Does our solution make sense?
Efficiency & Process Improvement: How can we do this better?
Scale & Growth: Can we leverage our process for fast acquistion?
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?
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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):
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Name
Relationship
Phone/Email
Please upload a letter of recommendation:
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Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, .
This can be same person as listed above.
Please upload your resume/CV:
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Drop files here or
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:
Name
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
Upcoming Events
February 19, 2019
College-by-College Pitch Off – Ivy College of Business
February 20, 2019
CYstarters Info Session
February 21, 2019
Guest Speaker – Erin Rollenhagen
All Events