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🌎 Global Entrepreneurship Week – Central MissouriEntrepreneurship in Education Day
Join us as we celebrate entrepreneurship, student innovation, mentorship, and the people and organizations helping our local economy thrive!
📍 Event 1: Mentor Match Up
🕗 Time: 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
📌 Location: MU Student Center, Room 1209
901 Rollins St, Columbia, MO 65211
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Start Entrepreneurship in Education Day with coffee, bagels, and a room full of people worth meeting!
Mentor Match Up brings college students from across Columbia together with business owners, entrepreneurs, and professionals for ten quick, three-minute conversations. After each conversation, participants rotate and meet someone new.
📍 Event 2: Experiential Innovation: Where Learning Meets Entrepreneurship
🕤 Time: 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
📌 Location: Nourish Café & Market
1201 E Broadway, Suite B, Columbia, MO 65201
Join Stephens College at Nourish Café & Market for a special Global Entrepreneurship Week event exploring how experiential learning can spark innovation, entrepreneurship, and community impact.
Discover how Stephens College connects students with real businesses, community partners, and entrepreneurial opportunities through initiatives such as Nourish Café & Market, Susie's Campus Store, The Agency student consulting experience, internships, apprenticeships, and community partnerships.
Students, faculty, entrepreneurs, business leaders, and community partners will come together to discuss how hands-on learning helps students test ideas, solve real-world business challenges, develop professional skills, and contribute to growing enterprises.
Rather than simply teaching entrepreneurship, Stephens College is creating opportunities for students to experience it, contribute to it, and help shape what comes next.
📍 Event 3: Student Entrepreneurship Showcase
🕦 Time: 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
📌 Location: Robert W. Plaster School of Business, New Hall Event Center
1001 Rogers St, Columbia, MO 65216
Join us for the Student Entrepreneurship Showcase at Columbia College!
This special event serves as the culminating experience for students in Columbia College's Intro to Entrepreneurship class. Students will deliver short pitches showcasing the innovative ideas and ventures they've developed throughout the course.
Come support emerging student entrepreneurs, hear their pitches, and be inspired by the next generation of innovators!
Hosted by Columbia College as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week and Entrepreneurship in Education Day, a collaborative celebration organized by Columbia College, Stephens College, and the University of Missouri.
📍 Event 4: Entrepreneurship Panel
🕑 Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
📌 Location: Mizzou, Cornell Hall, Room 205
Join us for a panel discussion on Mid-Missouri entrepreneurship, featuring local entrepreneurs sharing their experiences, challenges, and insights from their entrepreneurial journeys.
Panelists will explore the importance of an entrepreneurial mindset, the impact of mentorship and community, and how entrepreneurship in Missouri continues to evolve.
Attendees will gain valuable perspectives on building a business, navigating unexpected challenges, and fostering a stronger entrepreneurial ecosystem throughout Mid-Missouri.
📍 Event 5: Entrepreneur Quest Final Pitch Competition
🕓 Time: 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
📌 Location: Monsanto Auditorium, Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri
Ten Mizzou student teams. Three minutes to make their case. A $30,000 prize pool on the line!
Join us for the Entrepreneur Quest (EQ) Final Pitch Competition, where Mizzou's top ten student teams will present their business ideas to a panel of community leaders and compete for seed funding to turn those ideas into businesses.
Three teams will receive investments, with opportunities to earn additional funding by reaching jointly agreed-upon milestones by May 2027.
🥇 First place: $10,000, plus a potential $5,000 earnout
🥈 Second place: $6,000, plus a potential $4,000 earnout
🥉 Third place: $3,000, plus a potential $2,000 earnout
The Entrepreneur Quest program, part of the Griggs Innovators Nexus, empowers Mizzou students to launch and grow their own businesses while they're still in college.
Sponsored by Hawthorn Bank, the U.S. Bank Foundation, and the employees of Veterans United Home Loans.
📍 Event 6: Farmers Market Vendor Resource Fair
🕠 Time: 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
📌 Location: MU Health Care Pavilion, Columbia's Agriculture Park
1769 W. Ash St, Columbia, MO 65203
Are you a farmer, processor, artisan, or prepared food business operating within 50 miles of the Columbia Farmers Market and interested in becoming a vendor?
Join us for a free Vendor Resource Fair to learn about the requirements for joining our producer-only market and connect one-on-one with local businesses and agencies that can provide information and resources to help you prepare for success.
For more information about becoming a vendor, visit: https://columbiafarmersmarket.org/how-to/become-a-vendor/
For questions about the event, or if you're a local business or agency interested in participating, email [email protected].
We look forward to celebrating entrepreneurship, connecting our community, and supporting the next generation of innovators across Central Missouri!
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