The University of Iowa Venture School entrepreneurial training program is accepting applications for its Fall 2024 cohort to be held at various locations across the state, beginning the week of Sept. 23.
The sessions meet one night a week for seven weeks as either hybrid (in-person/online), fully remote, or in-person, depending on location. The final class of the session is a Venture School Launch Day Competition that will be held the week of Nov. 4. Cost is $299 per team and each Venture School team will be assigned a local entrepreneur as its coach.
Iowa City/Cedar Rapids
Sponsored by Iowa SBDC
Days: Tuesdays, start date Sept. 24
Location: BioVentures Center, Coralville
Contact: Scott Swenson (scott-swenson@uiowa.edu)
Des Moines
Sponsored by Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) and MidIowa SBDC
Days: Wednesdays, start date Sept. 25
Location: DMACC Urban Campus Building 7 (1144 7th St., Des Moines, Iowa) Room 170
Contact: Jenica Johnson (jenica@iastate.edu)
Dubuque (Remote)
Sponsored by The Innovation Lab Dubuque
Days: Tuesdays, start date Sept. 24
Contact: Eric Dregne (eric@innovationlab.us)
Mason City (Hybrid — first and lasty week in-person)
Sponsored by North Iowa Area Community College Pappajohn Center and North Iowa Area SBDC
Days: Thursdays, start date Sept. 26
Location: NIACC Business Center
Contact: Ashley Page (ashley.page@niacc.edu)
Quad-Cities
Sponsored by Eastern Iowa Community College and Eastern Iowa SBDC
Days: Tuesdays, start date Sept. 24
Location: Eastern Iowa Community College
Contact: Joel Young (jeyoungs@eicc.edu)
Sioux City (Remote)
Days: Tuesdays, start date Sept. 24
Contact: Scott Swenson (scott-swenson@uiowa.edu)
University of Iowa Venture School is a statewide program for entrepreneurs and is built from a streamlined curriculum developed by the National Science Foundation I-Corps at Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley. Venture School emphasizes real-world entrepreneurship and innovation based on a leading-edge curriculum. Participants will encounter the chaos and uncertainty of creating new ventures while also being challenged to create your new business model, make pivots or preserve your original plans based on your discovery.
To apply for the Fall 2024 cohort, visit http://www.venture-school.com and register now in the drop-down menu. The deadline to apply is Sept. 20.
For more information, contact Shannon Henderson HERE.