Bearcat Launchpad Accelerator

The Bearcat Launchpad is an opportunity for all undergraduate students to come together at the University of Cincinnati and work on interdisciplinary teams to turn an idea into a viable business concept. In the Fall, students from every college at UC submit applications for individual membership in the Bearcat Launchpad. Students can have an idea that they want to bring into the program or just offer a skillset that caters to their interest in entrepreneurship. Students are placed into interdisciplinary teams and then go through a semester long program that has them taking an idea that is developed together and advancing it on a weekly basis through various sessions related to getting a business off the ground. Students have the opportunity to hear some of the brightest minds in Cincinnati’s entrepreneurial community speak and learn about what their path to success looked like.