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 seven-week Boost Camp. Six student ventures from the camp will then be selected for the year-long accelerator.

New this year, Boost Camp offers academic credit toward an entrepreneurship minor. This is optional. To take advantage of the opportunity, students should apply as a venture and schedule individually to BUSMHR 3535 (37424).

Watch the 2023 President's Buckeye Accelerator 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.