Help Support Our Goal of Raising $20,000 for Tiger Cage!

UPDATE: We made it! The Harbert College is the FIRST academic unit on Auburn University’s campus to reach their Tiger Giving Day Goal!

Thank you to everyone who has donated. Now can we double the goal and make it before midnight?!

REMEMBER: Any size gift counts...Help us reach $20,000!

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We are seeking to raise at least $10,000 to support this important initiative and need your help! The Tiger Cage launched in the fall of 2014 as a partnership between the Harbert College of Business and the Auburn Research and Technology Foundation. This is an annual competition devoted to discovering and rewarding the best early-stage products, services, or business concepts that emerge from Auburn University students and entrepreneurs.

College is the perfect time to start your own company. With relatively few bills to pay, low overhead, and access to alumni networks, other entrepreneurs on campus, and faculty knowledge, many students today see launching their own company out of college as their preferred career choice. Adding to that, many schools and colleges around the country offer thriving incubators, accelerators, and other infrastructure to aspiring college-age entrepreneurs.

The Harbert College wants to spearhead that same type of entrepreneurial community for all Auburn students, but we need your help to grow the program!

We need your help to see The Tiger Cage become more than just an annual competition with limited prize money. Your support of our goal for The Tiger Cage will help the Harbert College “unlock the cage and unleash a tiger” by:

• Providing cash to deserving entrepreneurs to help develop minimum viable products and working prototypes
• Providing additional mentorship opportunities through visiting entrepreneurs and noted industry experts
• Developing a content resource library for all participants
• Increasing the number and amount of awards to deserving entrepreneurs
• Encouraging diversity by attracting more teams led by women and minorities
• Expanding the support services to include more legal, accounting, and design options

In our first year, The Tiger Cage produced three winning teams of young entrepreneurs. Two of those teams went on to compete and place in the finals for Alabama LaunchPad!

Please help “unlock the cage and unleash a tiger” by supporting the future of entrepreneurship at Auburn University through the Harbert College of Business and The Tiger Cage project.