# University of Tulsa Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship

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

Also called: TU CIE, Jolt, JOLT@TU, Jolt Fellowship, Hurricane Pitch Competition

[The University of Tulsa](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/university-of-tulsa)'s center for student and faculty entrepreneurship. Its programs include Jolt, a student entrepreneurship community with a fellowship, the Hurricane Pitch Competition, the [Cherokee Women's AcceleratHER](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cherokee-accelerather) Fellowship for women [founders](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/founder), and the [Hurricane Ventures](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/hurricane-ventures) fund.

**For example:** A [University of Tulsa](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/university-of-tulsa) student with an app idea joins Jolt, enters the [pitch competition](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/pitch-competition) and meets local [founders](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/founder) on a visit to [Gradient](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/gradient).

Official site: <https://sites.utulsa.edu/cie>

## Connects to (18)

- [Hurricane Ventures](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/hurricane-ventures): The University of Tulsa's venture fund.
- [Oklahoma Cyber Innovation Institute](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/oklahoma-cyber-innovation-institute): A cybersecurity research institute led by the University of Tulsa.
- [Pitch competition](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/pitch-competition): An event where founders present their companies to judges, who pick winners.
- [Talent](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/terms/talent): The skilled people a company can hire or work with, such as software engineers and designers.
- [Gradient](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/gradient): A nonprofit entrepreneur hub and coworking space in downtown Tulsa, formerly called 36 Degrees North.
- [ACT House](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/act-house): A Tulsa accelerator with an investing arm.
- [Black Tech Street](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/black-tech-street): A Tulsa organization that works to revitalize historic Black Wall Street, the Greenwood district, through technology and innovation.
- [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.
- [PartnerTulsa](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/partner-tulsa): The City of Tulsa's economic development organization, formally the Tulsa Authority for Economic Opportunity.
- [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.
- [Tulsa Innovation Labs](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa-innovation-labs): A tech-led economic development organization in Tulsa.
- [FortySix Venture Capital](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/fortysix-venture-capital): A venture capital firm with offices in Tulsa and Bentonville, Arkansas.
- [StitchCrew](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/stitchcrew): A nonprofit that runs programs to help business owners grow, with a focus on a more equitable economy.
- [Lobeck Taylor Family Foundation](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/lobeck-taylor-family-foundation): A Tulsa family foundation that supports entrepreneurs.
- [Build in Tulsa](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/build-in-tulsa): A Tulsa organization that gives entrepreneurs accelerators, pre-accelerators, coaching, free coworking, pitch events and a network.
- [The University of Tulsa](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/university-of-tulsa): A private research university in Tulsa.
- [Cherokee AcceleratHER Fellowship](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cherokee-accelerather): A fellowship co-created by the University of Tulsa's Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship and the Cherokee Nation.
- [Regent Bank](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/regent-bank): A business bank with branches in Tulsa, Oklahoma City and Nowata that is an SBA Preferred Lender.

## Sources

- <https://sites.utulsa.edu/cie/about-us/>
- <https://calendar.utulsa.edu/event/4th-annual-regent-bank-hurricane-pitch-competition/>
- <https://sites.utulsa.edu/cie>
- <https://sites.utulsa.edu/cie/accelerather/>


Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/university-of-tulsa-cie