Collegiate BizLaunch Week Powered by: Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization

401 W. Kennedy Blvd Tampa, FL 33606

bizlaunchweek.com (813) 258-7CEO

Announcing the Inaugural Collegiate Biz Launch Week

When: March 30 – April 3, 2020

Overview: Entrepreneurship is a vibrant movement empowering founders and their employees to live a freedom filled lifestyle. On March 30 – April 3, 2020 join hundreds of Universities and Colleges globally as they celebrate and honor entrepreneurs on their campus. While programs will vary across campuses the irrepressible spirit of the collegiate entrepreneurs will not. Participating campuses will host New Venture Expo’s, Idea Mentoring Sessions, Masterminds, Field Trips, Boot Camps, Workshops, Accelerators, Speaker Series and community events to further cultivate the entrepreneurial ecosystem within their on-campus community.

Who Participates? Universities/Colleges and their student bodies across the United States. Corporate partnerships are welcomed to provide mentoring, speakers, judges and sponsorship support to each campus for their efforts to develop a strong and vibrant student entrepreneurial ecosystem. How do I participate? Sign the Pledge! There is no cost to participate, simply complete the pledge indicating that your campus deeply supports entrepreneurs and the necessity of co-curricular entrepreneurship experiences. In the pledge, identify the events you plan to host along the week -and- provide brief operating plans for each. What types of events will campuses host? New Venture Expo featuring student ventures, business concepts and products in a tradeshow style for campus and local community members to connect with nascent entrepreneurs. Idea Mentoring Sessions for budding or established founders, to discuss their idea for 5 minutes and receive 10 minutes of actionable feedback from successful alumni or business founders. Group Mastermind powered by Future Founders expands upon the supportive community built between student founders and entrepreneurs in residence. These events promote a safe space to build, fail and grow your venture. Field Trips to local start-ups, powered by Future Founders, create intimate meetings with the founding team to inspire and motivate collegiate entrepreneurs. Venture Valley is an e-sports tournament challenge developed by the Singleton Foundation for Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship that helps to teach skills of new venture launch and money management. This program is a kick-start to a summer/fall competition. Women in Business Speaker Series, helps to increase the impact of female entrepreneurship and the advent of female founders.

Guides on event planning and operation are available via the above links. If you already have events planned during this week, it is not required that you host any of the suggested events.

These pre-planned events can count towards your participation as well.