Application
Start your entrepreneurial journey with the Pava Marie LaPere Center for Entrepreneurship.
Spark Program Details
- Offered every semester (online in the fall and in-person in the spring)
- Early-stage track for teams (or solo entrepreneurs!) to explore and validate their ideas.
- Teams should budget 10+ hours a week for their accelerator involvement
- Asynchronous online curriculum focuses on early venture basics, market research, customer discovery, and more.
- Live, weekly MasterMind check-ins for brainstorming and feedback hour.
- Teams who complete the experience are eligible for a $500 grant stipend and up to $2,000 in additional prize money after completing the end of semester Showcase.
- Successfully completing Spark makes many teams ready for Fuel.