April 13: Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship to Hold 2021 Big Ideas Challenge Finals

Tuesday, April 13, 2021
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Virtual event

Mankato, Minn. – Minnesota State University, Mankato’s Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship will hold the final round of the 2021 Big Ideas Challenge venture competition virtually on Tuesday, April 13 from 2-3:30 p.m.

Registration is required. Click here to RSVP and learn more about the finalists. The event will be held live on YouTube at https://youtu.be/n-n8VKVmGog.

The Big Ideas Challenge is a venture competition started by Minnesota State Mankato’s College of Business in 2015. The competition encourages students and recent alumni to pursue the “entrepreneurial path,” according to Yvonne Cariveau, director of the Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship.

This year a total of $19,000 in prizes will be awarded. Prizes for the Big Ideas Challenge were provided by Lloyd Companies, All American Foods, Daren & Sarah Cotter, Jones Metal, BankVista and promotional sponsorship was provided by MN Valley Business Magazine and Launch Minnesota Southwest (part of the statewide Launch Minnesota efforts to foster entrepreneurship across Minnesota).

More information about the Big Ideas Challenge is available here. Those with questions may contact Yvonne Cariveau from the Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship by email at yvonne.cariveau@mnsu.edu or by phone at 507-389-1018.

Minnesota State Mankato’s Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship is part of the University’s College of Business, but it serves the entire University as well as alumni and private and public businesses and organizations. The Center’s mission is to facilitate the launch of the next generation of entrepreneurs, innovators and dynamic organizations through education, research and outreach.

Minnesota State Mankato, a comprehensive university with 14,604 students, is part of the Minnesota State system, which includes 30 colleges and seven universities.