UC Entrepreneurship Partners & Resources

Partners & Resouces

The Center's activities include: (1) a award winning faculty-guided, student-based field case study program which provides consulting services for local businesses (Small Business Institute Program), (2) the Young Entrepreneurs Seminar (YES), a day-long event for high school seniors to meet and exchange ideas with local entrepreneurs, (3) the UC MBA New Venture Competition (internal) and the UC Spirit of Enterprise MBA Business Plan Competition (invitational), (4) CEO Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization, and (5) the Cecil Boatright Business Plan Case Competition for best Field Case of the Year.

The University is also affiliated with two local incubators, The Hamilton County Business Development Center and BioStart Technology Incubator. Dr. Matthews is the co-founder of Cincinnati Creates Companies, an NSF funded technology entrepreneurship program. Over 40 nascent technology ventures and 100 entrepreneurs have completed the program in its first four years.

You can learn more about each of the programs above using the links to the left.

Future Directions

The University of Cincinnati Center for Entrepreneurship Education and Research is actively engaged in continuing a collaborative effort with other colleges of the University, such as Engineering, Medicine, Law, and Design, Art, Architecture, and Planning in order to advance the role of technology and entrepreneurship across the campus.

For More Information

Dr. Charles H. Matthews, Executive Director, UC Center for Entrepreneurship Education & Research, Carl H. Lindner Hall, College of Business, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0165.
Phone: 513-556-7133
Fax: 513-556-5499
Email: ecenter@uc.edu