If you’re interested in starting a business with the technology you’ve discovered in your research, the good news is that there are a lot of people who want to help you!

Startup City

This is a Des Moines based company that helps new businesses get started by providing them with an office. If you are in the area, need some mentoring from seasoned businessmen, and plan to use an office on a regular basis, this might just be a great place for you.

http://www.startupcitydsm.com/

ISU Pappajohn center

The Pappajohn Center provides a diverse array of resources for new startups, including access to market research, office space, and mentoring.

http://www.isupjcenter.org/

BR C 507X course

This course is taught by Dr. Peter Keeling, and covers many of the practical aspects of taking a new technology to market. There are also several guest speakers who can later become excellent contacts when you are ready to start. Anyone from a CBiRC partner institution can take the class, and students will also have an opportunity to present their business idea to CBiRC leaders at the end of the course.

CBiRC Graduate Minor

Iowa State Course Listing

This post is the first of a series of posts meant to engage the entrepreneurial students of CBiRC. If you are a CBiRC member and would like to share more resources for entrepreneurs at any of our universities (including a list of resources focused on a specific university), please send an email to the CBiRC Web Chair, currently mnolan@iastate.edu.