The JagStart Showcase 2022 live event is designed to help you, the IUPUI student, come up with new ideas or to take an existing idea and move it from inception to reality. Whether it be a new product, new business venture, or a compelling solution to a social challenge, we want to give you the opportunity to show off your amazing innovation.
Are you interested in participating, or do you have a student who you'd like to nominate? See below:
Do you have an idea? Join us!
Don't have an idea? No problem!
Are you are you an individual or joining as a team? Awesome!
You can sign up individually or as a team. More details to come soon!
It takes just three to five minutes for you to share your idea! IUPUI's JagStart helps you ideate new ideas or take an existing idea and move it from an idea to something that could receive real rewards.
More details coming soon!
JagStart is open to all students (e.g., undergraduate, graduate, and professional) who are enrolled, full or part time, and are in good standing in any of the IUPUI schools at either the Indianapolis or Columbus campuses. A few other things to keep in mind:
An elevator pitch is a very short story that describes your idea for a novel product or venture, just as you would do in a real-world scenario (e.g., talking to a potential investor in an elevator). JagStart rewards students who have the best ideas—and the best pitches—with cash prizes.
Students are invited to submit an abstract describing their idea to begin the entry process. This will allow the JagStart mentoring team to provide feedback on your idea and provide mentoring/coaching assistance to the selected teams for preparation of the final entry stage of the contest in the spring. Students may request to be paired with one of our volunteer business mentors (an industry professional that is matched to the team based on the mentor’s expertise and background) to refine their project idea for the next stage of entries.
You can watch past student competitors in action to see how it’s done:
Please contact Dr. Christian Rogers, faculty fellow with the Institute for Engaged Learning. You can email him at rogerscb@iupui.edu.
Are you an innovator or entrepreneur with a desire to give back? We need your help to mentor our IUPUI JagStart students to the finish line. The commitment is low, but the reward is high. Here are the requirements:
Interested?
