President's Buckeye Accelerator

If the impossible became possible, what would you attempt to do?

The President’s Buckeye Accelerator supports student founders prepare a startup for launch. The accelerator combines entrepreneurship skill building, deep mentorship, community building and funding with a structured process. Accelerator applicants first must complete a six-week Boost Camp. Six student ventures from the camp will then be selected for the year-long accelerator.

The highly anticipated 2024 President's Buckeye Accelerator at The Ohio State University will take place on May 1st! Stay tuned for news about the student ventures joining and for further information.

Watch 2023's finale below.

Program Support

1 Funding

Access to capital and additional funding upon graduation from the program.

2 Skill Building

Commercial excellence, customer centricity, leadership, team building, lifestyle coaching, financial acumen (budgets, forecast, proformas), governance, and controls.

3 Deep Mentorship

Intentional access to coaches, champions and domain expertise.

4 Structured Process

Validate, build, test and commercialize in parallel to pursuing degree.

5 Community

Connecting cohort to fellow students, faculty, and staff, the local start up ecosystem and global community of Ohio State founders.

6 Exposure

Digital, market and communication support to promote idea to investors and potential partners.