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Grow Your Business
SBDC
CyBIZ Lab
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Resources
Learn
Entrepreneurship Major
Entrepreneur Studies Minor
Graduate Programs
Learning Community
Course Descriptions
Scholarships
Internships
Programs
Entrepreneur Club
Okoboji Entrepreneurship Institute
CYstarters
CyBIZ Lab
Reiman Speaker Series
Women Who Create™
K-12 Education
Competitions
Fall Startup Pitch Event
Innovation Pitch
ISU INNOVATION PRIZE
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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 the start of the summer accelerator, to apply. Applications will be accepted until March 2, 2020. If your application is selected, you or your team will be required to present a pitch deck in front of the selection committee the week of March 9. 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 13.
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 Human Sciences
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
College of Engineering
Ivy College of Business
College of Design
College of Veterinary Medicine
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?
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 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:
Email
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
Upcoming Events
December 18, 2019
Startup Ames & 1 Million Cups Holiday Social
January 28, 2020
CYstarters Info Session
January 29, 2020
Business Pitch Workshop
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