Seed For Startups

The Entrepreneurship Instituteprovides rigorous academic courses, along with lecture series, business competitions, workshops, conferences and other events designed to cultivate the entrepreneurial mindset of students across the UVU campus.We aim for student mastery in both management and technical skills.  We focus on opportunity identification; assessments of markets, new technologies, and financial viability; with precision execution on vetted business models.We support clubs, collaborative peer-to-peer communities, and cross-functional startup teams across the UVU campus, and connect student entrepreneurs with off-campus networking associations.The Entrepreneurship Institute encourages students to assume personal responsibility with a focus on self-determination, commitment, and resiliency.We promote achievement through precision execution and celebrate milestone accomplishments.We measure our impact through tracking the number of students participating in entrepreneurship courses, events, clubs, conferences, and competitions as well as the number of sustainable business ventures launched by student entrepreneurs and alumni.Utah Valley University’s service region includes Utah, Wasatch, and Summit counties.  Located near the Wasatch Mountains, UVU is an ideal location, situated within 20 miles of world-class outdoor recreation sites for winter sports, hiking, biking, water sports, and more.  Utah Valley is nationally recognized for having a dynamic economy, and thriving startup communities.

UVU Entrepreneurship Institute

Seed For Startups is a pitch event for UVU students seeking seed funding for their businesses. Students will present a five minute pitch on their business and how much money they would like and what they will use it for. Please register to pitch. If you are interested in providing seed funding to student businesses, please email <A HREF="mailto:msanders@uvu.edu" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">msanders@uvu.edu</A>.
Who is this event for? 
UVU students who are working on their own businesses who need seed funding.
Where is this event?
This event will take place in CB 214 on the UVU Main Campus.
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When is this event? 
Seed for Startups will take place on March 28, 2018 from 6 to 8 PM.
About the Funds 
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ZinnStarter exists to ignite the next generation of entrepreneurs. This includes giving themencouragement and mentoring as well as cash.
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The Ross Seed Fund provides seed-stage financing to UVU students starting a business who need funds for early development of a new product or service.
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As a venture capital group sponsored by the UVU Foundation, the UVU Wolverine Fund offers limited equity financing to young, high-growth companies. To learn more, please visit <A HREF="http://www.uvu.edu/wolverinefund" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.uvu.edu/wolverinefund</A>
 
Contact 
Please contact Meagan Sanders at <A HREF="mailto:msanders@uvu.edu" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">msanders@uvu.edu</A> or (801) 863-5354 with any questions.

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