Nov. 14: Minnesota State Mankato’s Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship to Host 10th Year of Big Ideas Challenge

Thursday, November 14, 2024
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Ostrander Auditorium

Mankato, Minn. – Minnesota State University, Mankato’s Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship will host the final round of the Big Ideas Challenge new venture competition Thursday, Nov. 14 from 3:30-5 p.m. on campus in Centennial Student Union’s Ostrander Auditorium.

It’s the 10^th anniversary of the Big Ideas Challenge event, which is free and open to the public. As part of this year’s anniversary event, past winners and finalists will share their journeys and insights in a panel discussion.

Parking is free in the University’s visitor pay lot (lot 4), across from the Centennial Student Union. Register to attend in person or virtually at https://cob.mnsu.edu/bicrsbp. Attendees will have the opportunity to vote for the People’s Choice award.

Watch the YouTube livestream at https://www.youtube.com/live/ru4S9o0LRk4.

The Big Ideas Challenge is a new venture competition started by Minnesota State Mankato’s College of Business in 2015 to encourage and celebrate students’ innovative business ideas.

The Big Ideas Challenge gives Minnesota State Mankato students and alumni within two years of graduating the opportunity to compete for $12,500 in prizes to fund their business. The first-place winner automatically qualifies to be a semifinalist at the MN Cup.

To learn more about this year’s finalists and their big ideas, click here. To learn about past winners, click here.

For more information, please contact Ashley Niss by email at Ashley.niss.2@mnsu.edu or by phone at 507-389-1018.

Minnesota State Mankato, a comprehensive university with 15,251 students, is part of the Minnesota State system, which includes 26 colleges and seven universities.