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  • Feb 14th: Application closes at midnight

  • Feb. 17th – 19th: Application Review & Preliminary judgingJudging

  • Feb. 20th: Teams notified if they will be advancing to the prelimsNotified of Advancement to Prelims

  • March 7th: Preliminary competition, Competition & Top 15 Teams Announced - virtual via ZoomMarch 7th: Top 15 teams announced

  • April 3th: Travel to Boise and pre/ Pre-competition eventsEvents

  • April 4th: Idaho Entrepreneur Challenge , - in-person at Jack’s Urban Meeting Place (JUMP) + Award CeremonyBoise State University

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

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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 GilmoreHolly Funk

  • Pitch practice

  • Help setting up Zoom dry-runs

  • Scheduling

  • Collecting logos, photos, etc.

  • Logistical questions

alinagilmore@boisestatehollyfunk@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 SottoKenton Lee

richardsotto@cwikentonlee@cwi.edu

Idaho State University

Jeff Street

jeffstreet@isu.edu

Lewis-Clark State College

Polly KnutsonNikki Vandermeer

pjknutson@lcscnjvandermeer@lcsc.edu

North Idaho College

Dean Miles

ddmiles@nic.edu

Northwest Nazarene University

Kevin Mokhtarian

kmokhtarian@nnu.edu

University of Idaho

George Tanner

gtanner@uidaho.edu

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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 + team photo &/or headshots of team members

    3. Brief description of the business

    4. More detailed student info and pre-competition forms

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Please note the following about the live pitch portion:

  1. All teams will generally neeDoed need to follow the IEC pitch deck template.

  2. Teams competing will give a 4 minute pitch using a pitch deck (Google Slides recommended).

  3. Judges will have a 4 minute Q&A session after each pitch.

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