Jones Idea Challenge

This entrepreneurial competition is designed just for undergraduate students: Solve a real company problem, work with a team coach, and compete for cash prizes. How it works:

1. Companies pitch an "intra-preneurial" problem.
2. Teams of two to three students select a problem to solve and then work closely with a business coach to create an innovative solution.
3. Teams will pitch back their solutions to the companies.
4. Company judges will award first, second, and third place prizes with cash prizes

Students benefit from learning to work in a team and pitch their ideas, and can also network and form relationships with business professionals. Some companies have even hired students as interns and employees!

Companies get the opportunity to give back to the community. By working with entrepreneurially driven students, companies gain insight into how the next generation of students think and can form relationships with potential future business leaders.