Founders Day 2023 & MVP Challenge Demo Day

117 Pleasant St SE,Minneapolis MN 55455

10 May, 2023

Description

Join us for presentations from students participating in a broad range of experiential entrepreneurship courses to learn how they’re applying their education to creatively solve real problems.  Learn about innovative projects to develop new products, test new business concepts and launch and operate real businesses. This year will feature an expanded MVP Challenge demo day with 20 projects from classes, clubs and labs across the University of Minnesota sharing their prototypes to solve significant social, medical/health, environmental and manufacturing problems. Carlson School Dean Sri Zaheer and Libraries Dean Lisa German will welcome everyone to Walter Library and the Toaster Innovation Hub. Students from 6 experiential entrepreneurship courses will share their progress alongside MBA Fellows. Atland Ventures will once again welcome their investors and alumni founders, as they share their progress with their student-owned venture capital firm. The event will also announce entrepreneurship student/faculty awards and recognize the 2023 University of Minnesota Entrepreneur of the Year. Joy Lindsay will share remarks from her career investing in many of Minnesota's leading startups. Agenda: 4:30 - 5:30          MVP Challenge @ Walter Library View MVP Challenge Prototype Demos 5:30 - 6:00          Program & Speakers @ Walter Library Carlson School Dean Sri Zaheer & Libraries Dean Lisa German 2023 Entrepreneurs of Year - Alumnus, Student & Teacher 6:00 - 7:00          Student Presentations @ Toaster Innovation Hub Experiential Courses Sands Fellows Atland Ventures Deluxe E-ternships BizPitch Winners