DePauw Entrepreneurship Group, 408 South Locust Street, Greencastle, IN (2026)

04/27/2025

Last Thursday we had our first ever “Build a Business in 1HR” event & it was a huge success Wecwere thrilled to witness so many amazing ideas come to life in just one hour! Shoutout to our winning team “TigerPark” and all other teams who came out.

04/08/2025

🌟Last week members of our club attended the Venture Club of Indianapolis monthly luncheon where our members had the opportunity to network with CEOs, CFOs, Investors, and Venture Club Board Members. Connections were formed with the CEO of Trek Partner’s Investment Bank, CFO of High Alpha, and more! This was an amazing opportunity to learn all about the experiences of successful individuals and ask questions!
🌟Additionally, we had the privilege of listening to Jon Gilman speak all about market timing and exit strategy, the pivotal role that investors, bankers and lawyers play in M&A, aling with the unexpected challenges he faced along the way.
🌟Finally, we connected with IU, Purdue, and Marian University’s entrepreneurship groups to learn more about the initiatives they are implementing within their campus!

📣Stay tuned for upcoming events and to follow along with everything our group has planned for the future!

12/01/2022

[ PRECAP OUR 2022 PITCH COMPETITION YESTERDAY]
Thank you so much for your participation! We hope you all enjoyed it. 🥰

11/02/2022

FALL ENTREPRENEURSHIP PITCH COMPETITION 4:30 PM at UB 230 A & B

03/14/2022

Hi there!! 👋 Welcome to our coffee talk! We got hot coffee for you all ☕️☕️

03/14/2022

HI THERE!! 👋 👋👋👋👋 Let join us tomorrow at Steward Plaza from 11pm to 1pm. We got hot coffee ☕️ for you all.

04/23/2021

🏆 24 HOURS LEFT TO BECOME THE CHAMPION - PITCH COMPETITION 🏆

>> Are YOUR IDEAS for start-ups ready to BLOSSOM?
>> Are YOU ready to be named as a CHAMPION and receive a reward of $2,500?

💥 DATE & TIME: Saturday, April 24, 2021.
💥 LINK:

Please come and join us to know how a pitching process is organized and to show respect, admiration, and support for our attendees with their wonderful start-up ideas!

Your attendance is an important part to make this competition a success with the nearest vibe if this competition can be held offline! It also makes our attendees become much more confident, and YES, their performances can also become much BETTER!

Thank you so much and see you at the competition!

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📍 Register for upcoming personal meetings with guest speakers here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13MOXs7bZ51v_6Ef8LkzPhxo_wb4QRNZaeOsQY4EvtsE/edit?usp=sharing

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>>> For further questions, please feel free to contact us by email: [email protected] or inbox us.

04/22/2021

🔥💥 ONLY… 3 DAYS LEFT TO OUR PITCH COMPETITION 🔥💥

The bootcamp is over! And finally, it’s time for our PITCH COMPETITION!

Our deadline for registration of this competition is over, and we have to say, we received really potential ideas that are going to blossom REAL SOON!

If you are interested in this competition, enjoy watching business competition, or simply, just want to show support for your friends, please come and join with us!

💥 DATE & TIME: 9 a.m - 3 p.m Saturday, April 24, 2021.

This is the most notable tradition taking place annually at DePauw University – the Pitch Competition – where you do not only leap at opportunities to perform but also to network.

Successfully marking your name as the champion of this race, you will conquer:
🎉 Monetary Prize for winners:
>> First Prize: $2000
>> Second Prize: $1000
>> Third Prize: $500

If you are the winners and you have fully attended the Bootcamp’s four training sessions, you are able to get:
>> First Prize: $2500
>> Second Prize: $1500
>> Third Prize: $750

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📍 Register for upcoming personal meetings with guest speakers here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13MOXs7bZ51v_6Ef8LkzPhxo_wb4QRNZaeOsQY4EvtsE/edit?usp=sharing

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>>> For further questions, please feel free to contact us by email: [email protected] or inbox us.

04/13/2021

“PRESENTING YOUR IDEA AND ASKING FOR SUPPORT” WORKSHOP

Now, after the preparation stage of your idea, your “shining time” finally comes! ☀️ Here are some useful and realistic tips that you can use to make your business idea a total success!

🌟 TELL A STORY
You will have to hold the attention of the room throughout your presentation, let’s become a storyteller and frame your business idea and statistical numbers as a story, creating more of an impact with your ideas and passion for your business.
Starting off with the problems, which shows how well you understand the need that's in the market today, and then tell a meaningful storyline of your products.

🌟 ADDRESS WEAKNESSES
If there are possible weaknesses in your business idea, don’t hesitate to address them openly and show that you have a plan in advance, showing that you’ve anticipated possible pitfalls and making you a safer prospect for investment.

🌟 VISUALIZE PRESENTATION WITH FIGURES
Most of us are visual learners. Presenting your idea and data with figures, along with less characters in the presentation, will make your pitch become much more engaging and interesting!

“ASKING FOR SUPPORT”?...
Let’s come and join our last workshop to know how to ask for “helping hands” and then it’s time for your showcase! Let’s burn the stage with your innovative ideas and attractive presentations! 🔥

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📍 Register for upcoming personal meetings with guest speakers here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13MOXs7bZ51v_6Ef8LkzPhxo_wb4QRNZaeOsQY4EvtsE/edit?usp=sharing

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>>> Register for the Competition: https://forms.gle/zJhodMVPsunBp2Q96
>>> For further questions, please feel free to contact us by email: [email protected] or inbox us.

04/05/2021

PREPARING YOUR PITCH DECK TO PRESENT TO INVESTORS AND OTHERS

Your idea is becoming clearer, firmer, and much more complete. So,... what’s next?

After “Creating a Lean Canvas for your idea” and going through tons of “Market Validation”, your idea now is really amazing with practical and technology-savvy solutions. Your product or service is truly outstanding and will certainly meet the current needs of the world.

⁉️ However, how to PITCH YOUR IDEA for investors to see how they can trust in your product and for customers to see why they have to buy it? ⁉️

For any start-up business, if you want to successfully run and sell your product, you have to know how to pitch your business idea to attract investors into funding your company. When investors consider funding new businesses, rather than a brilliant and innovative business idea with the potential to make millions, they prefer potential and realistic one. HOW to make it sound like that?

📌 ELEVATOR PITCH
This is about summing up your business idea into something easy-to-understand. If you only have 30 seconds “in an elevator” with your investors to introduce your business, you have to make sure you sum up what it does, why it exists and what’s unique about it. If business investors cannot easily understand your business idea, how can they believe that your customers will get it either?
🌟 SHOW EXPERIENCE
Remember to prove to them how you have experienced this industry or working in similar businesses, as well as how well you and your team know the market!

📈 FORECASTS
Knowing how to forecast the future market and preparing for it also enhance the confidence of investors investing in your business!

… ANYTHING ELSE?
Let’s come to our third workshop “Preparing your Pitch Deck to Present to Investors and Others” and explore it yourself!

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>>> Register for the Competition: https://forms.gle/zJhodMVPsunBp2Q96
>>> For further questions, please feel free to contact us by email: [email protected] or inbox us.

03/24/2021

Market Validation for your idea and discovering if people will pay for it

Your product is so good that cash ‘unconsciously’ flows into your pocket.
What are methods, which are unknown to many people but employed by the unicorn start-ups daily, to instill commercial values into your idea and turn it into a best-seller?

It all first starts from working on the concept. Before entering the rigorous production process, you need to ensure customers like what you are going to invest in. Ask them about the problems they encounter with the existing items having similar identification with yours, then ponder the question ‘if’ to see how they react to the solution you propose. Now, you can figure out the predominant preferences acting as a guideline for further development.

Business analytics issues various aspects of marketability, such as finance, sales, operation,.., that accounts for the validation of the product. In many cases, excellent ideas jeopardize the pricing process as companies ignore the target customers’ buying power. Their demographics play an integral role in deciding people’s willingness to consume. Therefore, try interviewing, surveying, observing to acquire insights into your market population.

Accomplishing the two above stages, you seem to perfect the idea as well as the business model. Your product is ready to kick start the fierce competition in reality. Build your ambition from small into massive, from simple to remarkable. Keep learning in every phase of the business and think of failure as a test of success.

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📍 Register for upcoming personal meetings with guest speakers here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13MOXs7bZ51v_6Ef8LkzPhxo_wb4QRNZaeOsQY4EvtsE/edit?usp=sharing
📍 Check out McDermond Center Spring 2021 events here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wxNanWVxlE0MIuX03IIRF4Z85BaSvUed/view?usp=sharing

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>>> For detailed information about the Competition: https://www.depauw.edu/academics/centers/mcdermond/student-groups/entrepreneurship/
>>> For further questions, please feel free to contact us by email: [email protected] or inbox us.

03/18/2021

Tips that are more valuable than money!!!

How good is your ability to sell a product? Your pitch is inevitable proof.

Firms can share great stories about themselves beyond the commercial values of their products or services. Pitch presentation should also be an appealing portrait of the entrepreneurial team as well as the vision they hold for the company’s future.
There is no such a fixed design for creating a good pitch but there is a secret formula that can help enhance a pitch from good to great. So please keep in mind the key takeaway tips we are going to share with you now.

Pithy.

Don’t try to lengthen your speech. The more you speak of your values, the less engaged and curious your listeners turn out to be.
Preparing yourself with a well-planned list of bullets effectively boosts your confidence on stage. Visual aids such as infographics or animation stimulate the audience to be attracted by the ideas being sold.

Truthful.

Overstated market potentials are easy to be perceived as lie-tellings.
Investors usually make up their minds when seeing transparent business reports. For many of them, numbers speak louder than words. Even though this might seem intimidating for young entrepreneurs, facing the fear is the only way for them and their business to grow simultaneously.

Straightforward.

A common mistake you should avoid at any price is to be overly passionate about promoting what you sell to the customers but not what you sell to the investors. Remember, your announcement of a fund-raising request should be made clear as well as down-to-earth.

We hope this post inspires you to join and to make the first step into achieving your ambition

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📍 Check out McDermond Center Spring 2021 events here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wxNanWVxlE0MIuX03IIRF4Z85BaSvUed/view?usp=sharing

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>>> For detailed information about the Competition: https://www.depauw.edu/academics/centers/mcdermond/student-groups/entrepreneurship/
>>> For further questions, please feel free to contact us by email: [email protected] or inbox us.

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