BizInnovator Startup Professional Development is an online program for educators interested in infusing the entrepreneurial startup process into their classroom or program. BizInnovator Startup PD is a companion to the BizInnovator Startup Curriculum. Participants gain content knowledge in entrepreneurship, learn the latest strategies and methods used by colleges and universities to teach entrepreneurship, form a community of practice with educators nationwide, and have the ability to offer their HS students the option to earn transferable college credit from the University of Iowa upon completion. BizInnovator Startup PD brings Design Thinking and the Lean Startup Methodology to high school, helping educators turn their classroom into an interactive, problem-based, student-centric entrepreneurial learning environment.

(Note: Participants in BizInnovator Startup PD must also have an active BizInnovator Startup Curriculum license)



BizInnovator Startup is an entrepreneurship education program, including professional development and curriculum resources, developed by the University of Iowa and approved for use in all 50 states and internationally. This program is delivered by the Jacobson Institute at the University's John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center.