Jam Bingo For Career Buzz: Entrepreneurship

6 prompts. Fast, light-hearted prompts. People find a match, laugh, and move on.

• Find a student with a business idea and ask for the one-line pitch+
• Find someone who runs a side hustle and ask what it is+
• Find someone who started a business in college and ask its name+
• Find someone with a startup book or podcast to recommend and write it down+
• Find someone looking for a co-founder and ask what skills they need+
• Find someone who has raised money and ask how many pitches it took+

10 prompts. Each prompt asks for a story, a tip, or an opinion.

• Ask a founder how they found their first customer+
• Ask someone who left a job to start a business what made them leap+
• Ask an alumnus who mentors startups what mistake they see most+
• Ask a student founder what's blocking them right now+
• Ask someone how they validated their idea before building it+
• Ask someone what they'd spend their first $1,000 on+
• Ask someone how they balance a side hustle with work or school+
• Ask a founder what they wish they'd known on day one+
• Ask someone what the panel got right and what they'd add+
• Ask someone which founder they admire and why+

20 prompts. Ask-and-challenge prompts for longer conversations people remember.

• Ask a founder about the time they failed and what came next+
• Challenge a student to pitch their idea in 30 seconds and give them one question to answer+
• Ask someone what made them keep going when it wasn't working+
• Ask an alumnus who they'd introduce a student founder to first+
• Challenge someone to find the biggest risk in your idea in one minute+
• Ask a founder how they decided what to give up to start their business+
• Ask someone how they'd test your idea this week for under $50+
• Ask someone about a co-founder conflict and how they solved it+
• Challenge someone to name three possible first customers for your idea+
• Ask a founder what success looks like to them now compared to when they started+
• Ask a founder how they found their first customer+
• Ask someone who left a job to start a business what made them leap+
• Ask an alumnus who mentors startups what mistake they see most+
• Ask a student founder what's blocking them right now+
• Ask someone how they validated their idea before building it+
• Ask someone what they'd spend their first $1,000 on+
• Ask someone how they balance a side hustle with work or school+
• Ask a founder what they wish they'd known on day one+
• Ask someone what the panel got right and what they'd add+
• Ask someone which founder they admire and why+