Resource Providers

The mission of the Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurial Studies is to ignite the entrepreneurial spirit of the students, Faculty, University, Alumni and greater Ashland community.

The Office for Educational Outreach offers a diverse range of educational programs designed to serve the businesses and citizens of our area community.

The Center for Innovation & Growth (CIG) prepares tomorrow’s leaders to change their world as students learn — and practice — skills in creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship. The CIG infuses a spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship campus-wide and contributes to the regional economy.

Powered by the Burton D. Morgan Foundation, NEOLaunchNET is a co-curricular program providing free and confidential venture coaching, idea contests, pitch competitions, networking opportunities, in-class presentations, and a host of visiting entrepreneurs and activities that complement BW’s innovation and entrepreneurship courses.

Today’s ever-changing business environment needs idea-generators. People who are strategic thinkers with a creative mindset and passion for problem solving. BW’s major in innovation & entrepreneurship can help you develop the skills to succeed. It is designed as a second major to complement a primary program of study-humanities, business, music and social, physical and health sciences.

CWRU NEOLaunchNet serves students and alumni of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Institute of Art, and Cleveland Institute of Music. Since 2012, CWRU NEOLaunchNet has helped more than 500 students and alumni to research and establish enterprises. NEOLaunchNet supported ventures have raised millions of dollars through competitions, public sources, and private investors. CWRU NEOLaunchNet is a member of the Burton D. Morgan NEOLaunchNet community.

The Career Center at CIA provides services to students, alumni, and employers. The Career Center is there for students as they work to build their own studio practice, join established businesses, become entrepreneurs, or continue towards an advanced degree.

The Center for Economic Development provides research and technical assistance to governments, nonprofits, and businesses. The Center is dedicated to help measure policy performance, assess economic impacts and inform on growth of businesses, industries, regions and cities. The Center can help develop a compelling argument for funding your next project or illustrating how programs bring positive community and regional economic results. The Center serves as a designated U.S. Economic Development Administration University Center.

Regarded in high esteem for their strategic development and delivery of programs that address current needs and future business challenges, the Centers for Outreach & Engagement help to position organizations for economic success. The Centers partner with the Northeast Ohio business community, government agencies, and academic institutions worldwide to deliver courses, seminars, research, and other outreach initiatives.

The Sustainable Business Center at the Monte Ahuja College of Business offers current and future business leaders a multidisciplinary approach to learning and implementing sustainability initiatives. Real and immediate value is added through connections to cutting-edge research, graduate students and other opportunities for Northeast Ohio businesses to initiate service-learning projects with our business students.

The Center for Entrepreneurship offers a wide variety of programs and activities that support the entrepreneurial sprit of students from all majors. Any student with an interest in creating solutions, products or services can find opportunities to complement and enhance their professional development and academic experience.

The Metropolitan (Metro) Campus opened in 1969 as Tri-C’s first campus. Located near downtown Cleveland in the Campus District, the Metro Campus offers state-of-the-art health careers labs, is home to the nationally-renowned Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland, and features industry-standard learning laboratories in programs such as Recording Arts and Technology, Hospitality Management and Electronic/Electrical Engineering.

Integrated Entrepreneurship at Hiram integrates the concepts of entrepreneurship into the liberal arts through curricular and extra-curricular activities to help students develop skills such as – critical thinking, curiosity, ethical awareness, ability to write and speak clearly, ability to draw and synthesize knowledge from diverse sources and apply to diverse uses, insight into the human experience, and a life-long love of learning.

The Edward M. Muldoon Center for Entrepreneurship and its partners host, attract and support a range of entrepreneurial activity, interests and people across John Carroll University and the Boler School of Business. The Edward M. Muldoon Center for Entrepreneurship is the headquarters for entrepreneurship at John Carroll University.

The Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship offers a variety of programs designed to meet your needs. With three majors and two minors, there are combinations to suit your interests whether you want to start your own business, work in a corporation or small business, go into sales, product development or brand management.

Through its cutting edge collaborative research, the Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation at Kent State University advances current understanding of entrepreneurship to guide and engage students, community members, academic researchers and policy makers thus making a positive difference in the entrepreneurial eco-system in Northeast Ohio and the world beyond our network of campuses.

NEOLaunchNET KSU helps KSU students, faculty/staff, and alumni transform their ideas into thriving businesses, successful projects, or innovative collaborations. Through meetings, mentoring, workshops, and events NEOLaunchNET promotes entrepreneurship and innovation, as well as helping clients create new businesses or grow existing start-ups. NEOLaunchNET Kent State is a member of NEOLaunchNET, powered by the Burton D. Morgan Foundation.

Kent State University at Stark is Kent State’s largest regional campus, serving Stark County and the surrounding area for more than 70 years. As Stark County’s only public university, Kent State Stark plays a vital role in generating a more educated workforce, attracting and retaining qualified individuals to the area and contributing to the positive economic development of the region.

Kent State University at Tuscarawas works closely with the business community to provide educational programs relevant to the workforce of today and tomorrow. Through Business and Community Services, students are linked to the resources and expertise of a major metropolitan university that is staffed by award-winning faculty, as well as leading experts from business, industry and the professions.

Established in 2007, the Center for Entrepreneurship (CFE) is a collaborative effort reaching across all the Learning Communities at Lake Erie College and throughout the Northeast Ohio business community. CFE seeks to prepare and inspire the students of Lake Erie College to act entrepreneurially by positively influencing their ability, confidence, and willingness to start and grow successful new ventures.

Lakeland’s Entrepreneurship Center supports existing businesses and encourages the creation of new businesses. The Center works in partnership with the Lake/Geauga Small Business Development Center at Lakeland Community College. Together, the programs provide quality learning opportunities for small businesses in the community and our students.

NEOLaunchNET at Lorain County Community College is a co-curricular program that serves students, alumni, staff and faculty to encourage entrepreneurial thinking, innovative mindset, creative collaboration, and venture creation through coaching, events, and connections in Northeast Ohio. NEO NEOLaunchNET is supported by the Burton D. Morgan Foundation.

The Department of Economics, Accounting, and Business Administration prepares students for professional lives in business and related fields. Mount Union’s minor in entrepreneurship is administered through the Department of Economics, Accounting, and Business Administration.

The Enterprise Development Center at Notre Dame College (EDC@NDC) represents an innovative approach to creating academic and experiential learning opportunities for students, while supporting Northeast Ohio’s startups and small businesses. By partnering with community and funding partners, the EDC@NDC promotes entrepreneurial thinking—a tenent of Notre Dame’s president, among others—and provides an interdisciplinary internship program

Creativity & Leadership: Entrepreneurship at Oberlin is a multi-disciplinary effort designed to encourage students to put their innovative ideas into practice. The program reflects Oberlin’s artistic excellence, academic rigor, and longstanding commitment to preparing students for leadership and civic engagement.

Stark State College provides quality, high-value associate degrees, certificates, and professional development in diverse, student-centered learning environments. The College is dedicated to lifelong learning; affordable, transferable higher education; and career success. Stark State College advances quality of life through access, academic success, stewardship, and business and community partnerships.

The vision of the Fitzgerald Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies is to promote entrepreneurship throughout the University of Akron, community, region, U.S. and the world through the dissemination of practical “experiential” and theoretical knowledge, which will benefit society as a whole.

When it is formally created, the Innovation Practice Center (IPC) will offer the vision and leadership to effectively launch innovative ideas and promising research into successful entrepreneurial ventures by engaging students, faculty and community in the process of innovation, invention and entrepreneurship. Housed within the IPC will be the Proof of Concept (POC) initiative.

In this transactional clinic, law students provide low-cost legal and business assistance to small and emerging businesses in the local community. The SEED Clinic helps with business planning, operating agreements, employment law questions, contract/lease issues, entity selection, and nonprofit assistance.

The DeVille School of Business offers a quality business education that prepares our graduates for success in today’s competitive, global economic marketplace. A unique interdisciplinary approach provides students access to a broad range of up-to-date business courses providing for a well-rounded education. Experiential learning opportunities and internships are readily available for students and are often a stepping stone to a graduate’s first full-time job.

The primary goal of The Entrepreneurship Center, which resides in The Williamson College of Business Administration at Youngstown State University, is the development of entrepreneurship initiatives and programs. A 12 S.H. Certificate in Entrepreneurship and an 18 S.H. Minor are offered. YSU students of all majors may pursue both the Certificate and the Minor and learn how to transform their idea, product or service into a new business.