May
14
Founder's Day
Walter Library
Science and Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship
MIN-Corps empowers you to take your academic research beyond the lab and into the market. We provide educational programming and coaching which offer insights into customer discovery, market assessment, funding, mentorship, and more. By connecting you with a network of experienced professionals and resources, we help transform your intellectual property into viable products and enterprise.
Recent News
Celebrating the 2024 MVP Challenge
MIN-Corps is proud to support student innovators through the MVP Challenge.
An MVP or “Minimum Viable Product” is a tool to show customers and key stakeholders how your innovative idea could work, capture feedback, and bring your concept one step closer to reality.
Each year, the MVP Challenge awards up to 25 grants from $100 to $3,000 in three divisions: Physical, Social, and Digital.
2024 MVP Winners:
Best overall: Omega Bugs, Nathan Feltman
Social division: School Support for Deployed and Relocated Veterans, Logan Grayson
Digital division: Vertex 360, Mo Hicks
Physical division: Live On Minnesota, Erik Halaas
Overall crowd favorite: Canopy, Aditya Prabhu, Lucas Payne, and Chase Anderson