# Tulsa StartUp Series

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

Also called: Tulsa Startup Series, StartUp Series, TCC StartUp Cup, Tulsa Entrepreneurial Spirit Award

A [startup competition](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/pitch-competition) that [Tulsa Community College](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa-community-college) and the [Lobeck Taylor Family Foundation](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/lobeck-taylor-family-foundation) ran in the 2010s, with themed [pitch](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/pitch-deck) rounds that led to a [demo day](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/demo-day). It grew out of earlier contests called the Tulsa Entrepreneurial Spirit Award and the TCC StartUp Cup. No current edition was found, so treat it as part of Tulsa's startup history.

**For example:** A longtime Tulsa [founder](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/founder) mentions winning [a round](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/series-a) of the StartUp Series years ago. It was one of the city's early [pitch competitions](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/pitch-competition).

## Connects to (4)

- [Pitch competition](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/pitch-competition): An event where founders present their companies to judges, who pick winners.
- [Tulsa Community College](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa-community-college): Tulsa's public community college.
- [Lobeck Taylor Family Foundation](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/lobeck-taylor-family-foundation): A Tulsa family foundation that supports entrepreneurs.
- [Demo day](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/demo-day): The event at the end of an accelerator where each company in the cohort presents to an audience of investors.

Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa-startup-series