The University of Iowa Venture School entrepreneurial training program is accepting applications for its Spring 2025 cohort to be held at various locations across the state, beginning the week of March 3. (Our Mason City cohort begins Feb. 6).
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 April 21. (Mason City will be held March 27). 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 March 4
Location: BioVentures Center, Coralville
Des Moines
Sponsored by Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) and MidIowa SBDC
Days: Wednesdays, start date March 5
Location: DMACC Urban Campus Building 7 (1144 7th St., Des Moines, Iowa) Room 170
Dubuque (Remote)
Sponsored by The Innovation Lab Dubuque
Days: Tuesdays, start date March 4
Mason City
Sponsored by North Iowa Area Community College Pappajohn Center and North Iowa Area SBDC
Days: Thursdays, start date Feb. 6
Location: NIACC Business Center
Quad-Cities
Sponsored by Eastern Iowa Community College and Eastern Iowa SBDC
Days: Wednesdays, start date March 5
Location: EICC Urban Campus Room W117 | 101 W. 3rd Street, Davenport
Sioux City (Online classes only)
Days: Tuesdays, start date March 4
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 Spring 2025 cohort, visit http://www.venture-school.com and register now in the drop-down menu. The deadline to apply is Feb. 28.
For more information, contact Shannon Henderson HERE.
Click HERE to read about Fall 2024 winners
Click HERE to read about Spring 2024 winners