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How to position, sell, and grow your startup.
In an effort to promote experiential opportunities for education, innovation, and student-owned businesses, the Riata Center for Entrepreneurship launched an initiative that will provide OSU students a public venue through which they will be able to test, grow, and operate their unique startups.
The White Box is designed on a module and at a scale to make efficient use of materials and space. Lightweight and durable, it is designed to be easily opened, closed, moved and rotated. The store provides the technology to create a comprehensive shopping experience, including signage, lighting, music and point-of-sale systems.
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Eligibility requirements

The White Box is meant for those students who are serious about starting or growing their business and have demonstrated measures taken to launch or develop said business.

  • OSU students currently enrolled at time of application (full or part-time) and will maintain enrollment status and good standing for the duration of the semester to which they apply for WhiteBox tenancy.
  • Accepted member of the Riata Startup Experience.

Students who meet the above qualifications are eligible to apply for the White Box at any time during the academic semester. Further qualifying interviews are scheduled on a rolling basis via the Riata Center for Entrepreneurship in coordination with the Oklahoma State University Student Union.

Application requirements

To apply to the White Box, provide the following information and attachments with your application.

  • Interested parties must complete the White Box application.
  • Submit a completed Lean Model Canvas.
  • Submit a proposed activities plan for the utilization of the White Box.
  • Applicants applying for the Business Operations & Sales track must submit a detailed inventory list at the time of their application submission to be pre-approved by the Student Union.
  • Submit marketing materials to be pre-approved by the Student Union before acceptance into the White Box.
  • Submit a proposed schedule of operations (candidates must be open no less than three days a week and during a two-hour window of time on any operating days)
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