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Grow Your Business
SBDC
CyBIZ Lab
ISU Research Park
Internship Match Program
Resources
Learn
Entrepreneurship Major
Entrepreneurship Minor
Graduate Programs
Learning Community
Entrepreneur Club
Course Descriptions
Scholarships
Intern with a Startup
K-12 Education
Programs
CYstarters
CyBIZ Lab
ISU Startup Factory
Women Who Create™
Start Something Workshop Series
Okoboji Entrepreneurship Institute
Reiman Speaker Series
Competitions
Fall Startup Pitch Event
ISU INNOVATION PRIZE
Innovation Pitch
College-by-College Pitch Off
Pappajohn Student Business Competition
Pappajohn Iowa Entrepreneurial Venture
Regional Competitions
Alumni & Friends
Get Involved
CYstarters Mentor Network
Financial Support
2019 Impact Report
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CYstarters Application
Please note: You must be an Iowa State student or recent Iowa State graduate, graduating no less than six months prior to the start of the summer accelerator, to apply. Applications will be accepted until March 8 at 12:00 p.m. If your application is selected, you or your team will be required to present a pitch deck in front of the selection committee during the week of March 15 - 20. The selection process is competitive, with only a limited number of spots available for the summer accelerator. All decisions will be announced no later than April 19.
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)
Graduation date:
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Major(s)
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Minor(s)
Please let us know your home college:
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College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
College of Design
College of Engineering
College of Human Sciences
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine
Ivy College of Business
Please list your hometown:
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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 and compensated during the summer program.
Provide an overview of your business or business concept:
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You might 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?
What are next steps for your business:
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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 commitments and information the selection committee should know about:
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 introduce yourself and business in a 2-minute video:
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Accepted file types: mp4, mov, avi.
Doesn't need to be a high-end production, cell phone quality videos work great!
Please upload your business pitch deck:
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Accepted file types: pdf, ppt, pptx.
If you or your team is selected to advance, this will be the pitch deck used for the in-person pitches. PowerPoint or PDF recommended. These presentations will be 5 minutes in length, followed by Q&A. Feel free to add notes to describe each page for reviewers. Resource: https://slidebean.com/blog/startups-what-is-a-pitch-deck-presentation
Please list two references:
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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 the same person as listed above.
Please upload your resume/CV:
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Drop files here or
Accepted file types: doc, docx, pdf.
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 8, 2021
Pitch Workshop
February 10, 2021
College-by-College Pitch Off: Ivy College of Business
February 11, 2021
College-by-College Pitch Off: College of Design
All Events