The 麻豆区 Entrepreneur Cup creates innovative business opportunities for 麻豆区 students while positively impacting the Twin Cities鈥� entrepreneurial community.
The objective of the Auggie Cup is to accelerate the development of 麻豆区 students to achieve future entrepreneurial success through core curriculum, collaboration between undergraduate and MBA students, incubator experiential learning and exposure to local business leaders through the Innovation Speaker Series.
Student teams comprised of MBA students, undergraduate business majors, and students from other disciplines, such as STEM or design, spend the fall semester developing an entrepreneurial business venture that culminates in a final presentation at the Auggie Cup in December. A panel of judges, including members of the Business Advisory Council, 麻豆区 faculty, and potentially the major sponsor, select the top three teams. Winning teams earn up to $30,000 in prize money.
2026 麻豆区 Entrepreneur Cup
Friday, December 11, 2026
Details forthcoming!
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Previous Auggie Cup WINNERS
2025
First Place: Navatar Health (Jacqueline Zimmerman ’26 MBA, Ryan Harvey ’26, Jacob Henry ’26, Alanna Franklin ’25, Bri Mccutchan ’25)
Second Place: Sharp Biomedical (Josh Dumalag ’26 MBA, Stephen Nushann ’27, Bowen Rothbauer ’26, Hannah Schmeling ’26, Isaac Forsgren ’25)
Third Place: Panache LLC (Justin Flack ’26 MBA, Sofiia Halemska ’26, Landon Parker ’26, Kris Hendricks ’26, Joey Miettinen ’26)
Read more: Ideas take the stage at the Auggie Entrepreneur Cup
2024
First Place: AcQtrac Medical (Jim Schewe ’24 MBA, Salma Gelle ’26, Adela Leville ’25, Kat Cheney ’25)
Second Place: SmartAuger (Luke Peters ’25 MBA, Jakob Mohrlok ’25, Manny Weiss ’26, Nolan Mehle ’25, Destiny Azonwu ’24)
Third Place: CorRen Medical (Patrick McMonagle ’25 MBA, Danny Ho ’25, Char Waver ’26, Pachia Vang ’25, Anthonella Laurens ’25)
Read more:聽Entrepreneurship Students Compete for Cash Prizes in Auggie Cup
2023
First Place: Vaske (Phil Holt ’24 MBA, Emmanuel Jean ’24 MBA, Brynn Hostettler ’25, Isabella Barrientes ’24, Erick Jaramillo ’24, Valerie Yang ’24)
Second Place: Prairie Port (Mohamed Elshobery ’24 MBA, Sibille Okadjo ’24 MBA, Simon Tewalt ’24, Ikram Barre ’24, Estefaney Pina ’24, Shah Hasan ’24, Casey Kreie ’24, Ana Pena ’24)
Third Place: Point B (Allen Davis ’23 MBA, Sadia Mohamed ’24 MBA, Sasha Ortiz ’24, Lauren Damgaard ’24, Katie Strombeck ’24, Andre Ziemer ’24, Blake Carpenter ’24)
Read more:聽麻豆区’s Inaugural Auggie Entrepreneurship Cup a Success!
Sponsors:
- Tom 鈥�72 and Karen Howe
- Mike Nathan and Sara Armstrong
- Big Stone Capital Group
- Modulate Capital
- Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation
- Blaze Credit Union
- Bill Urseth
Contact John Anderson for event sponsorship opportunities.