{"id":49123,"date":"2024-02-02T14:42:26","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T14:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/?p=49123"},"modified":"2024-04-17T17:56:41","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T17:56:41","slug":"augsburgs-inaugural-auggie-entrepreneurship-cup-a-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/2024\/02\/02\/augsburgs-inaugural-auggie-entrepreneurship-cup-a-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Augsburg\u2019s Inaugural Auggie Entrepreneurship Cup a Success!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"George<\/a>On December 6, 2023, Augsburg held its inaugural Auggie Entrepreneurship Cup. The goal of the Auggie Cup is to help students develop their entrepreneurial skills and prepare them for a successful future. This is done through core curriculum, collaboration between undergrad and MBA students, incubator experiential learning, and mentorship with successful local business leaders.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A total of 21 students were divided into three groups of undergraduate business, MBA, and graphic design students. The graphic design students developed the branding, logo, and marketing materials. Each group presented their projects in front of a panel of judges. They were graded on 5 criteria: mission\/vision\/value\/situation analysis, graphic design, marketing plan, financial plan, and overall presentation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After a \u201cshark tank\u201d style day of presentations, the judges determined first, second, and third place winners and awarded cash prizes. Around 100 students, parents, faculty, staff, regents, business advisory board members, and donors attended the award ceremony and reception. \u201cThe event exceeded everyone\u2019s expectations and there was wonderful synergy and teamwork!\u201d shared George Dierberger, MBA Director, and Thomas and Karen Howe Endowed Professor for Entrepreneurship.<\/span><\/p>\n

Learn more about the student projects below!<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Picture<\/a>1st Place Winners<\/b><\/p>\n

Vaske<\/b><\/p>\n

A proposed AI Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for business owners to use to boost their brand visibility and online presence.<\/span>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Team Members<\/b><\/p>\n

Phil Holt, MBA, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n

Emmanuel Jean, MBA, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n

Brynn Hostettler Marketing, 2025<\/span><\/p>\n

Isabella Barrientes, Graphic Design, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n

Erick Jaramillo, Graphic Design, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n

Valerie Yang, Graphic Design, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Second<\/a>Second Place Winners<\/b><\/p>\n

Prairie Port<\/b><\/p>\n

A proposed product to provide accessible electronic vehicle (EV) charging solutions to underserved communities.<\/span><\/p>\n

Team Members<\/b><\/p>\n

Mohamed Elshobery, MBA, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n

Sibille Okadjo, MBA, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n

Simon Tewalt, Business, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n

Ikram Barre, Business, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n

Estefaney Pina, Graphic Design, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n

Shah Hasan, Graphic Design, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n

Casey Kreie, Graphic Design, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n

Ana Pena, Graphic Design, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Third<\/a>Third Place Winners<\/b><\/p>\n

Point B<\/b><\/p>\n

A proposed service that provides a unique array of sustainable and accessible outdoor experiences for adventure lovers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Team Members:<\/b><\/p>\n

Allen Davis, MBA, 2023<\/span><\/p>\n

Sadia Mohamed, MBA, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n

Sasha Ortiz International business, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n

Lauren Damgaard, Graphic Design, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n

Katie Strombeck, Graphic Design, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n

Andre Ziemer, Graphic Design, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n

Blake Carpenter, Graphic Design, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n

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Thank you to the 2023 sponsors of the Auggie Cup:<\/b><\/p>\n

Tom \u201972 and Karen Howe<\/span><\/p>\n

Mike Nathan<\/span><\/p>\n

Modulate Capital<\/span><\/p>\n

Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation<\/span><\/p>\n

SPIRE Credit Union, as of January 1, 2024 it is now known as Blaze Credit Union<\/span><\/p>\n

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For more information on sponsorship opportunities, please contact Director of Corporate Partnership and Engagement Catherine Hurley at hurleyc@augsburg.edu<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On December 6, 2023, Augsburg held its inaugural Auggie Entrepreneurship Cup. The goal of the Auggie Cup is to help students develop their entrepreneurial skills and prepare them for a successful future. This is done through core curriculum, collaboration between undergrad and MBA students, incubator experiential learning, and mentorship with successful local business leaders.\u00a0 A …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":470,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[14,178,232,231],"class_list":["post-49123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-giving","tag-business","tag-entrepreneurship","tag-events","tag-mba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/470"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49123"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49155,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49123\/revisions\/49155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}