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Key Dates

  • March 10thFeb 29th: Application closes at midnight

  • March 10th - 1st – March 17th7th: Preliminary judging

  • March 17th8th: Teams notified if they will be advancing to the prelims

  • March 31st14th and 15th: Preliminary competition, virtual via Zoom

  • March 31st15th: Top 12 teams announced, 3 teams in each track will advance to the finals

  • April 6th4th: Travel to Boise and pre-competition events

  • April 7th: IEC and award ceremony 5th: Idaho Entrepreneur Challenge, in-person at Jack’s Urban Meeting Place (JUMP) + Award Ceremony

* Please check back soon for a more detailed schedule of each competition day.

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Venture College is here to help you with any questions.

Name

IEC Role

Email

Cara Van Sant

  • Media inquiries

  • Competition sponsors and partners

  • Pitch practice

  • Questions about the competition

  • Questions about judges and scoring

  • Coaches coordination

caravansant@boisestate.edu

Alina Gilmore

  • Pitch practice

  • Help setting up Zoom dry-runs

  • Scheduling

  • Collecting logos, photos, etc.

  • Logistical questions

alinagilmore@boisestate.edu

IEC School Contacts

The following are official contacts regarding the IEC for their school

School

Contact Name(s)

Email(s)

Boise Sate University

Cara Van Sant

caravansant@boisestate.edu

BYU-Idaho

Rob Tietjen

tietjenr@byui.edu

College of Eastern Idaho

College of Idaho

College of Southern Idaho

Cortney Campbell

cortneycampbell@boisestate.edu

College of Western Idaho

Richard Sotto

richardsotto@cwi.edu

Idaho State University

Jeff Street

jeffstreet@isu.edu

Lewis-Clark State College

North Idaho College

Dean Miles

ddmiles@nic.edu

Northwest Nazarene University

University of Idaho

George Tanner

gtanner@uidaho.edu

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Preliminary Competition & Application

All teams must apply to compete in the Idaho Entrepreneur Challenge.

Applications for the 2023 2024 IEC are now closedopen.

Info

A team must include at least one full-time student currently enrolled (Fall 2022 2023 or Spring 20232024) in an Idaho University or College. While we encourage collaboration with industry, we require that that at least one student on the team be a founding member.

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Venture College will be in close communication about logistics, guidance, and updates. The best teams will make the most use of their time by doing the following:

  1. Grow your business and build traction: Above all, use this time to get as much traction and validation as possible. Past winners have hit the boosters to go all-in and make business progress.

  2. Pitch Practice: Use Venture College as a resource to schedule pitch practices, review the pitch template, etc. Pitch to friends, professors, anyone who will listen to your pitch.

  3. Get Your Assets in Order: We will be asking for the following things -

    1. Your official business name

    2. Business logo

    3. Brief description of the business

    4. More detailed student info and pre-competition forms

    5. A quick 30 second video about your business (if you want to change the one from the application)

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