Launch/Startup Challenges

Name: IDEA Institute
Start: 2026-03-25T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-03-25T23:59:59-05:00

April 2025
Startup Summit 2025

April 24, 2025 - April 25, 2025

Starkville, Mississippi

Join us at the MSU Center for Entrepreneurship & Outreach Startup Summit Pitch Competition for an action-packed 2-day event where bold founders will hit the stage to pitch their big […]
January 2026
MSU Startup Expedition

January 30 - January 31

Startup Weekend is now Startup Expedition! MSU's Startup Weekend is now a 3-part journey—Startup Expedition—designed to take ideas from spark to showcase. Startup Basecamp (Jan 30–31, 2026 @ MCITy, Vicksburg): A […]
March 2026
FoundersPlus Spring Cohort – Now Accepting Applications

March 11 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Applications Open: Monday, February 23 Applications Close: Friday, March 6 at 8:00 AM Program Kickoff: Wednesday, March 11 at 6:00 PM FoundersPlus will meet each Wednesday virtually at 6:00 PM from March […]
IDEA Institute

March 25

Got a startup idea—or ready to take your business to scale? Applications are now open for the Spring 2026 IDEAinstitute cohort at The Idea Village. IDEAinstitute is a 12-week hybrid accelerator for early-stage […]