THE CAMPUS ENTREPRENEURSHIP PLATFORM

LaunchPoint for High Schools & Colleges

One Platform. Two Stages. One Builder Pipeline.

LaunchPoint is designed to support entrepreneurship development at both the high school - and college levels — but not in the same way. LaunchPoint is the campus operating system—designed for student life, academic programs, employer partners, donors, and measurable outcomes leadership can defend.

High School LaunchPoint helps students build confidence, leadership, communication skills, and entrepreneurial awareness through chapters, workshops, mentor exposure, signature events, and challenge-based learning.

College LaunchPoint takes that momentum further with a more advanced operating system built for student founders, mentor and sponsor activation, measurable venture outcomes, signature events, and Entrepreneurship Center growth.

What LaunchPoint Delivers:

  • Entrepreneurship Center Building & Mentoring

  • Speaking and Keynotes

  • Campus Chapters (college + high school feeder chapters)

  • Signature Competition System

  • Mentor and Alumni Activation

  • Scholarships and Prize Pools (sponsor-friendly)

  • Sponsor and Advertising Inventory (renewable, measurable)

  • Impact Scoreboard (KPI dashboard + quarterly reporting)

LaunchPoint for HIGH SCHOOLS

Help students think bigger, lead earlier, and build real-world confidence. Designed to:

  • Early-stage development

  • Boost confidence, leadership, and exposure

  • Develop workshops, chapters, mentors, pitch events

  • Build workshops, chapters, mentors, pitch events

  • Prepare college and career readiness with builder mindset

“When built correctly, an Entrepreneurship Program becomes a flywheel for enrollment, outcomes, funding, and momentum.”

— Brian Hazelgren

LaunchPoint for COLLEGES

A great Entrepreneurship Center becomes a magnet for students, sponsors, and opportunity. Designed to:

  • Build student founders and campus leaders

  • Create execution, traction, and outcomes

  • Build chapters, mentor networks, competitions, venture support

  • Generate infrastructure for entrepreneurship programs and centers

  • Build venture pipeline, sponsor visibility, & measurable campus impact

"A well-built Entrepreneurship Center becomes a true campus magnet because it strengthens enrollment, career outcomes, external funding, and regional impact all at once." — Brian Hazelgren

WHY LAUNCHPOINT?

LaunchPoint turns student entrepreneurship into a campus-wide system—community for students, infrastructure for the university, and outcomes sponsors will fund. The purpose of LaunchPoint is:

1) Build the Student Founder Network
Create a high-trust community where students meet co-founders, mentors, and operators—and actually do the work.

2) Create an Investor-Ready Pipeline
Turn interest into traction through pitch practice, mentorship, and real execution—so students become decision-ready founders and teams.

3) Activate Mentors and Sponsors (the “fuel”)
Bring in business leaders as mentors, judges, and sponsors—opening doors to capital, internships, partnerships, and scholarships.

4) Install a Repeatable Campus Entrepreneurship Engine
Give the university a plug-and-play chapter operating system that makes entrepreneurship a measurable campus capability (not a one-off event).

5) De-Risk and Accelerate the Entrepreneurship Center Buildout
LaunchPoint is the front-end “proof + pipeline” that helps justify, fund, and scale a full Entrepreneurship Center the school can invest in with confidence.

LAUNCHPOINT NATION

Where ideas meet opportunity. LaunchPoint extends campus activity into a curated investor network.

Students build entrepreneur profiles that flow into an investor-facing platform—giving accredited investors and venture partners an early look at emerging teams and traction.

The backbone? Proven systems that have helped launch 1,100+ companies.

+ For students: training, mentors, and a real stage to pitch.

+ For investors: vetted, early deal flow.

+ For universities: a visible pipeline from classroom to company.

+ For sponsors: authentic reach into a builder community.

STUDENTS - START A CHAPTER

LaunchPoint chapters turn a campus into a builder ecosystem—fast. This is not another club. It’s not a once-a-semester speaker series. This is a repeatable operating system that helps students validate ideas, build confidence, find mentors, earn visibility, and produce real outcomes your institution and sponsors can point to.

When you start a chapter, you’re not “buying access.” You’re installing infrastructure: programming, playbooks, templates, sponsor packaging, and KPI reporting—so your team can execute like a high-performance platform from Day 1.

WHAT EVERY CHAPTER GETS

A proven, campus-friendly framework that helps you run consistent programming and build credibility quickly:

  • A clear 30/60/90-day launch plan

  • Scripted events and execution checklists

  • Mentor and speaker playbooks

  • Brand and sponsorship guardrails

  • KPI tracking and reporting tools

  • Access to the broader LaunchPoint ecosystem and chapter community

CAMPUS ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTER

Want us to help you build or grow your Entrepreneurship Center? Some campuses want the operating system and playbook to build it internally.

Others want speed, alignment, and reduced execution risk. Choose the path that matches your bandwidth and timeline.
Blueprint → Launch → Flagship. Less “committee-itis,” more building.

Tier 1: Foundation Blueprint - 6-8 weeks using LaunchPoint and Entrepreneurs Game Plan tools. Self Implemented program.

  • You build it. You run it. We give you the operating system and mentoring.

  • Best for: Campuses with internal capacity and a clear champion that need a dean-ready plan.

  • What it delivers: A complete, leadership-ready launch plan and operating model.

Tier 2: Launch Ready Accelerator 120-day build sprint. Done With You.

  • We build it together, then your team runs it.

  • Best for: Campuses that need speed + clarity + stakeholder alignment, but can execute once the plan is built.

  • What it delivers: A center that’s not just announced — it’s operational, teachable, and measurable.

Tier 3: Launch Ready Accelerator - A full 12 months working with your team to build a custom Entrepreneurship Center. Done For You.

  • We install it, launch it, and prove it with outcomes. The EGP team installs the system, builds the assets, and supports execution (with Flagship being the highest-touch).

  • Best for: Campuses that want results fast and don’t want execution risk - and may not have the team to build, launch and implement.

  • What it delivers: Year-1 results plus a scalable model your institution can sustain and expand.

A FEW SUCCESS STORIES

DAVID ECCLES SCHOOL OF BUSINESS - More than 3,500 MBA students trained, 1,100+ businesses launched, and over 15,000 jobs created. We even helped the University achieve a top national ranking for Entrepreneurship Centers + business plan competitions.

KT TAPE - By plugging into the university entrepreneurship ecosystem (mentors, visibility, real-world feedback) we helped the founders build the business model, pressure-test the go-to-market strategy, and KT Tape scaled from a start up launch into a global sports performance leader.

KODIAK CAKES - We watched a legacy family recipe evolve into a national breakfast powerhouse through disciplined execution, distribution strategy, and brand positioning. Revenue grew from $3.6M to $200M+, followed by a majority acquisition that set the stage for continued category expansion.

EVENT ESPRESSO - Starting at the Entrepreneurship Center we helped validate a simple “solve a real problem” idea that scaled into a category-defining platform. Matured from an early plugin into a robust event management engine—powering a massive network of event sites. Event Espresso powers 40,000+ event websites and facilitates $100M+ in ticket sales annually for users.

UTAH ENTREPRENEUR CHALLENGE - A statewide, student business plan competition. Teams from universities across Utah compete for the best student business and a chance to win cash and prizes. This signature event builds an investor-ready founder pipeline through feedback and refinement, activates mentors, sponsors, judges, and community partners, and institutionalizes entrepreneurship on campus.

TECH TITANS - Hosted annually at the University of Utah, Tech Titans brings together student teams from across the state for a structured competition and rigorous, multi-round judging. The event inspires and equips students to pressure-test ideas in a real arena, and allows them to compete for additional prizes. Another signature event with a repeatable model that produces visibility and measurable outcomes year after year.

LAUNCHPOINT FOR HIGH SCHOOLS

LaunchPoint for High Schools gives campus leaders a practical way to introduce students to entrepreneurship through chapters, workshops, mentor exposure, and challenge-based learning.

This is not about pushing students to become fully formed startup founders overnight. It is about helping them develop the mindset, communication skills, leadership habits, and builder confidence that will serve them in college, business, and life. With LaunchPoint, high schools can create a visible student experience that helps young people:

  • explore ideas and opportunities

  • strengthen leadership and teamwork

  • learn how business really works

  • practice problem-solving and communication

  • engage with mentors and community leaders

  • participate in pitch events and entrepreneur challenges

  • prepare for college, careers, and future innovation pathways

LaunchPoint is designed to be flexible enough for high schools to implement without needing a full Entrepreneurship Center, while still giving students a meaningful and energizing builder experience.

The result: A high-impact entrepreneurship experience that helps students grow in confidence, think more strategically, and begin seeing themselves as builders.

MEASURING SUCCESS

What gets measured, gets attention. Leaders want measurability. Students want credibility. We help you track success, one student - or event at a time. Whether it's enrollment, events, mentor hours or pitch teams, or revenue, we know how important it is to measure progress. Here are few items that we help you track:

  • Members, internships, scholarship dollars

  • Events, mentor hours, and pitch teams

  • Customer interviews, prototypes, scholarships funded

  • Revenue, new enrollment, retention

  • Momentum, buy-in, culture improvement

The Campus Entrepreneurship Advantage Report

Education is in a new era of competition. Students and families are asking a simple question: “Will this campus help me build a real future?” The fastest way to answer that question is not another brochure—it’s a visible, active, student-led entrepreneurship ecosystem.

This report outlines why entrepreneurship works as a campus growth strategy, how chapters create the grassroots flywheel, how an Entrepreneurship Center becomes the institutional backbone, and how LaunchPoint serves as the catalyst to build both—quickly and sustainably.

Entrepreneurship is not just about starting companies. It’s a platform for builder identity—and builder identity is magnetic.

1) Recruiting: Entrepreneurship is a Differentiator Families Can See

2) Retention: Entrepreneurship Creates Belonging, Purpose, and Identity

3) Momentum: Consistency Beats Occasional “Big Events”

4) Marketing: Success Stories Become Your Most Valuable Content Asset

5) Community Activation: Mentors, Sponsors, Alumni, and Families Become Participants

To learn more about how your campus can have a distinct recruiting advantage, retention lift, sponsor engagement, marketing assets, community pride, and long-term economic impact, download the free report.

FAQs

What is LaunchPoint?

LaunchPoint is a campus entrepreneurship operating system—built to help students meet co-founders, mentors, and sponsors, pressure-test ideas, and create real outcomes. It also gives campus leaders a repeatable framework to build a measurable founder pipeline and strengthen (or build) an Entrepreneurship Center.

Who is LaunchPoint for?

LaunchPoint serves two groups:

Students who want to learn entrepreneurship, build projects, find mentors, and join a builder community.

Campus leaders who want a consistent, outcomes-driven system that improves recruiting, retention, visibility, and community activation.

How soon can we get started building or reviewing our Entrepreneurship Center?

Immediately. Most campuses can begin with a 30–60 minute kickoff call to assess where you are today and where you want to go. From there, we typically run a fast, structured review that produces clear next steps:

Week 1: Discovery + current-state assessment (programs, staffing, sponsors, events, student pipeline)

Weeks 2–3: Recommendations + build roadmap (90-day priorities and a 12-month plan)

Week 4: Implementation launch (roles, calendar cadence, sponsor activation plan, and metrics scoreboard)

If you’re already running entrepreneurship programming, we can move even faster—often getting you actionable improvements and a campus-ready plan within 10–14 days.

Is LaunchPoint a club?

It can live inside a student organization, but it’s designed to be more than a club. LaunchPoint provides a structured cadence, playbooks, templates, and reporting so the chapter runs like a platform—not a once-in-a-while meeting.

What does a chapter do each month?

Most chapters run a simple rhythm:

One skills workshop (validation, pitching, customer discovery, etc.)

One community event (Founder Fireside, Mentor Match, Pitch Night, Demo Night, or Entrepreneurs Challenge)

Consistency creates momentum, which creates outcomes.

What does every chapter receive?

Chapters receive a Chapter-in-a-Box toolkit that includes onboarding materials, event playbooks, recruiting and marketing templates, a launch plan, and KPI tracking tools. Higher tiers add sponsor systems, mentor systems, and higher-touch support.

How does LaunchPoint help students?

Students get:

Experience through 35+ years of building companies and industries

A builder community (co-founders + teams)

Mentors and real-world feedback

Pitch practice and visibility

A pathway to opportunities (internships, sponsors, potential investors)

Skill-building through action, not just theory

How does LaunchPoint help campus leaders?

LaunchPoint helps leaders:

Build stronger student engagement and belonging

Improve recruiting and retention

Create a measurable entrepreneurship pipeline

Generate success stories for marketing and recruiting

Activate mentors, sponsors, alumni, and community partners

How is a Chapter different from an Entrepreneurship Center?

Think of it as a system:

LaunchPoint Chapters create the grassroots activation layer (high-frequency engagement).

The Entrepreneurship Center is the institutional backbone (scale, continuity, partnerships).
LaunchPoint often becomes the fastest way to build the proof and pipeline that strengthens or justifies a Center.

How much time does it take to run a chapter?

Most leadership teams operate with a manageable cadence:

Weekly coordination (30–60 minutes)

Two events per month

Optional mentor/sponsor outreach time (varies by tier and ambition)

Do students have to be business majors?

No. LaunchPoint is designed for builders across the entire campus—engineering, health, arts, sciences, trades, and everything in between.

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