# Entrepreneur's Cup

Program · [Tulsa and Oklahoma ecosystem](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa)

Also called: Love's Entrepreneur's Cup, Entrepreneurs Cup, Love's Cup, MidAmerica Cup, i2E pitch competition

A statewide [business plan competition](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/pitch-competition) for Oklahoma college students, run by [i2E](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/i2e). Love's Travel Stops is its title sponsor. i2E also runs the MidAmerica Cup for high school students in northeast Oklahoma.

**For example:** A team of university students enters the Entrepreneur's Cup with a plan for a farm sensor company and gets [coaching](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/mentor) on its [pitch](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/pitch-deck).

## Funding

- Awarded more than $260,000 in cash prizes and scholarships to student entrepreneurs in April 2026. [Source: i2e.org](https://i2e.org/entrepreneurs-cup-awards-260000-to-oklahomas-top-student-entrepreneurs/)

Figures are as published by the linked source.

## Applying



Upcoming applications

Applications open January 2027.

Undergraduate and graduate students at eligible Oklahoma colleges need a faculty or mentor advisor; students who graduated the previous December are also eligible.

Award: Share of over $260,000 in cash prizes and scholarships

[Official application page](https://i2e.org/entrepreneurs-cup/)

Checked 2026-11-15.
Official site: <https://i2e.org/entrepreneurs-cup/>

## Connects to (10)

- [i2E](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/i2e): An Oklahoma nonprofit, with offices in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, that helps founders turn early ideas into scalable companies.
- [Pitch competition](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/pitch-competition): An event where founders present their companies to judges, who pick winners.
- [Pitch deck](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/pitch-deck): A short slide presentation that explains your business to investors: the problem, your solution, who it is for, your traction and what you…
- [Business model](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/business-model): How your company makes money: who pays, what they pay for and how often.
- [Riata Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/riata-center): Oklahoma State University's entrepreneurship center, part of its business school in Stillwater.
- [Plains Ventures](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/plains-ventures): A venture capital firm with offices in Oklahoma City and Tulsa that invests at the seed and Series A stages.
- [TEDC Creative Capital](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tedc-creative-capital): A Tulsa small business lender, founded in 1979 as Tulsa Economic Development Corporation.
- [REI Oklahoma](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/rei-oklahoma): A statewide nonprofit that offers flexible financing and business development help to Oklahomans with limited access to resources.
- [Tulsa Regional Chamber](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa-regional-chamber): The Tulsa region's chamber of commerce.
- [Startup ecosystem](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/startup-ecosystem): The people, money and organizations in one place that help new companies start and grow.

## Follow

- [Events](https://luma.com/calendar/cal-FbAigNAI52H7kHP)

## Sources

- <https://i2e.org/entrepreneurs-cup/>
- <https://i2e.org/entrepreneurs-cup-awards-260000-to-oklahomas-top-student-entrepreneurs/>


Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/entrepreneurs-cup