collegiate entrepreneurship league
Stay. Build. Win.
A season, not a pitch night. Student founders at Ohio's ten founding universities build in public from September to May, are scored on what they actually do, and compete for $575,000 in non-dilutive capital. The League never takes equity.
Register once. Report real numbers every week. Climb five stages. Compete for the prize. No equity taken, no fees.
Students, faculty, staff, and alumni pick five ventures and score the points those ventures earn. No money involved. Ten percent of League Scoring.
Ten founding universities, each with a campus lead who registers, reaches out, and nominates the strongest ventures for the Regional Championships by February 26, 2027.
- Founders are placed at a stage, 0 to 4, from what they have already built, and ranked against ventures that started at the same stage.
- Founders report real numbers. Challenges, actions, and verified Final Challenges become a Traction Score.
- Season One League begins January 15, 2027, with weekly reporting for the full field. Campus leads nominate for the Regional Championships by February 26: 12 per region, 36 in all.
- Three Regional Championships in March ($25,000 each), Selection Sunday, and a State Championship on May 19 ($500,000).
- League Scoring at live events: Judges 60%, Traction 30%, Scouts 10%.
The Ohio State University · Case Western Reserve University · University of Cincinnati · University of Dayton · Miami University · University of Akron · Baldwin Wallace University · Bowling Green State University · Youngstown State University · Tiffin University
