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Entrepreneurial Initiatives

Entrepreneurs and Innovations Programs

Focusing on the ideation process of becoming an entrepreneur. Providing opportunities for entrepreneurial-minded students to take their original business idea through the ideation process to prepare them to pitch their idea at the annual pitch competition.

Above Photo of DePauw Alumni Entrepreneurs - Angie Hicks '95 (Co-Founder of Angie's List), Kristie Carter '09 (Founder of Aadvanced Limousines), Mark K. Boling '79 (Founder of 2C ENERGY), Justin P. Christian '95 (Founder of BCforward) with Steve Fouty (Director of DePauw McDermond Center for Management and Entrepreneurship)

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DePauw Entrepreneurship Pitch Competition

Entrepreneurship Group Fall Semester Pitch Competition

  • Prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place Teams: $1,000, $500 and $250

Campus-Wide Spring Semester Pitch Competition

  • Prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place Teams: $2,000, $1,000, and $500
  • Judges include venture capital experts and seasoned entrepreneurs
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Entrepreneurship Consulting with Dave Bittner

Regional Director, Indiana Small Business Development Center

  • One-on-One Meetings with Student Entrepreneurs:
  • First Tuesday of each month: 8:00 to 12:00
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Pitch Competition Boot Camp with Steve Fouty

Director of The McDermond Center for Management and Entrepreneurship

Preparing Student Entrepreneurs to Pitch their Business Idea Effectively:

  • Lean Canvas
  • Market Validation
  • Pitch Deck
  • Presentation Preparation
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DePauw Entrepreneurship Group

Ideating!

  • Generating, developing, and evaluating ideas for viable new start-ups
  • Focused on idea generation, market validation, business model canvas, and pitch deck
  • Programs include: Entrepreneur speakers and workshops, McDermond Entrepreneur Boot Camp and the DePauw Entrepreneur Annual Pitch Competition
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