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We accept a broad range of ideas in business, non-profit, and campus-focused areas. Whether your idea is a consumer businesses, food startup, non-profit organization, B2B business, technology app, or campus venture, you can find a place in TIA.

When you apply to TIA, you should have a business/non-profit idea, a sense of the problem you are trying to solve, and an idea of who your target customer/audience is.

If you're not certain about your idea, check out our for inspiration. We also encourage you to do some research online about how to develop a startup idea and check out our resources page.

Having a founding team instead of just a single founder has benefits for many reasons: you will have a wider variety of viewpoints, each member brings a unique skill set, you may make faster progress with more hands on deck, collaborating with others will help keep you motivated during tough times, and much more.

If you have an idea but don't have any teammates, we encourage you to think of creative ways to find collaborators. A classmate? Someone who lives on your floor? Fellow club member or teammate? You can also attend a TIA brown bag or information session and see if you meet a teammate there.

If you still believe that your venture would be better suited as a single-person team, please reach out to us, we're happy to discuss with you and consider your participation.

You can still participate in TIA if you will be abroad for a semester, as long as other members of your venture will be on campus during that semester.

In general, entrepreneurs are expected to be at each monthly venture. However, we understand that conflicts arise. Part of the benefit of having a team is that if one team member cannot make it to the workshop, the venture is still represented.

If your entire venture team is not able to make it to one of the workshops, you should notify the TIA director and alumni executive director prior to that workshop. Teams are allowed one absence when giving prior notification.

If the entire team misses more than one workshop or does not provide advance notice of an absence, it generally results in the team leaving the program.