Speed Up  is a summer program to encourage and assist UofL including Speed School students into taking their ideas into a product with a business proposition at a level that attracts investors. It is a summer program free for all UofL students provided the team leader is a Speed Student. The program takes place from mid- May through mid-July.

Students with ideas and those searching to join teams will be invited at a "Team Up" event. During this event ideas will be presented followed by a networking period and a panel selection of teams to be admitted. For this inaugural year, we plan on accepting 6-8 teams with 2-5 persons each. The program is free and open to all UofL students and they can recruit additional members from the community.

The target for each team is to complete a Minimum Viable Product (MVP), a Mini-business plan and a preliminary marketing pitch and customer potential. At the culmination of the program, teams will present their product and compete for awards and for attention of investors. Teams that completes the program objectives will be eligible for different awards. Details of awards are going to be anounced soon!

Participants in the SpeedUp 2024 will be enrolled in a Kauffman Foundation FASTTRAC course offred the HIVE in a hybrid mode. They will have a certificate of completion when they succesfully complete the training.

Tentative Schedule with all sessions at 4-6 pm on Wednesdays at Hive as follows:

  • Bring your Ideas for a Kickoff meeting and recruiting team members - May 8, 2024
  • Present Team ideas and finalize team members - May 15, 2024
  • Meeting and Progress updates - May 22, 2024
  • Meeting and Progress updates - May 29, 2024
  • Meeting and Progress updates - June 5, 2024
  • Meeting and Progress updates - June 12, 2024
  • Meeting and Progress updates - June 19, 2024
  • Meeting and Progress updates - June 26, 2024
  • HOLIDAY (No Meeting)- July 3, 2024
  • Meeting and Progress updates - July 10, 2024
  • Meeting and Pre-Final Reviews - July 17, 2024
  • Final presentations and Awards - July 24, 2024

If you are interested in gaining entrepreneurial knowledge without joining a team you are welcome to join as an attendee. Those who attend all scheduled sessions will be eligible to request a ceritificate of attendance and FASTRAC Certicate. All are welcome !!

For registering or additional information contact us at adel at louisville.edu
Send us your team member names, your tentative idea description and any special needs to help us plan on mentors and support. Please have the email subject line as SpeedUp 2024

The Speed Up program is administered by Hive AI Innovation Studio>