Student Resources

Academic Courses / Entrepreneurship Training

Business Services

Coach / Mentor / Advisor

Competitions

  • Aging Innovation Challenge
    4/22/19
    The Aging Innovation Challenge invites students and faculty to generate innovative solutions to assist older adults and their caregivers in completing activities of daily living.
  • Bulls Launch
    4/22/19
    In the Bulls Launch  business idea competition, students give a 90-second elevator pitch for a chance to win up to $1,500. 
  • Entrepreneurs Festival
    4/22/19
    The Entrepreneurs Festival offers product demos, networking opportunities and a pitch competition.
  • Erie Hack
    4/22/19
    Erie Hack is a data and engineering competition designed to find innovative solutions to Lake Erie's biggest challenges. 
  • Panasci Technology Entrepreneurship Competition
    8/19/21
    This annual competition connects innovative students with coaching and entrepreneurial resources that can help launch a future business.
  • Three Minute Thesis (3MT)
    4/22/19
    The Three Minute Thesis competition trains PhD students to present their research to a non-specialist audience in just three minutes.
  • Toolbox
    4/22/19
    Toolbox offers pitch deck and business plan templates, articles and videos, and other resources to support student and faculty entrepreneurs at various stages in the process of starting a business. 
  • WNY Student 2 Biz Challenge
    8/19/21
    Organized by the Western New York area’s higher education institutions, the Student 2 Biz Challenge's goal is to help launch student businesses grounded in innovation, research and strong mentorship while providing an economic boost to the the WNY economy.

Events / Clubs / Networking

  • Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars
    8/7/24
    Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars offers resources and tools for students, faculty, staff and alumni that help them consider and jumpstart a career as an entrepreneur.
  • Buffalo Startup Weekend
    4/22/19
    Buffalo Startup Weekend brings together entrepreneurial students, faculty and alumni to share business ideas, form teams, create prototypes and receive feedback from experienced entrepreneurs over the course of three days.
  • Entrepreneurs Festival
    4/22/19
    The Entrepreneurs Festival offers product demos, networking opportunities and a pitch competition.
  • Genome Day
    4/22/19
    Genome Day is an annual event that introduces Buffalo Public School eighth grade students to genomics and provides an opportunity to learn about genomic-related careers.
  • How I Built This
    4/22/19
    How I Built This is a monthly fireside interview with a successful local entrepreneur. 
  • Inve[n|s]t
    4/22/19
    UB Inve[n|s]t is a club for innovators at UB that provides a space for team formation, brainstorming, mentoring and connections. 
  • Matchboard
    4/22/19
    Matchboard helps connect individuals for the purpose of building teams with the diverse talent needed to be successful. 
  • Networking Events
    4/22/19
    Networking events help entrepreneurs connect with like-minded individuals to support development of ideas and ventures. 
  • She Started IT
    4/22/19
    She Started IT is an event that engages 6th to 10th grade female students from across the WNY community, along with UB students, faculty and alumni, to inspire girls to explore careers in computers, technology and entrepreneurship. 
  • Startup Series
    8/19/21
    UB Business and Entrepreneur Partnerships hosts this series of events to provide information sharing and networking opportunities for technology and life science startup companies.

Funding / Venture Capital / Tax Incentives

Incubator / Coworking Space / Makerspace

  • Co-working Memberships
    8/7/24
    Co-working space at the UB Incubators offer entrepreneurs a chance to share ideas and get advice in a nurturing environment, in a shared environment.
  • UB Incubator @ Baird
    8/7/24
    The UB Incubator @ Baird, located near UB’s North Campus, is a 40,000-square-foot, FDA-compliant facility that provides incubator space, laboratory facilities, educational programs, mentors, and a network of experts to support early-stage companies with scalable potential.

Opportunities to Speak, Mentor or Invest

  • Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars
    8/7/24
    Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars offers resources and tools for students, faculty, staff and alumni that help them consider and jumpstart a career as an entrepreneur.
  • Entrepreneurs Festival
    4/22/19
    The Entrepreneurs Festival offers product demos, networking opportunities and a pitch competition.
  • External Expert Network
    11/26/19
    There are many opportunities to get connected and involved with startups and growing the economy. Developing ideas and commercializing from lab to market is our mission. We are actively seeking experts to help support our goals. From Entrepreneurs in Residence (EIRs), Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and mentors, you can make a difference for startups looking for help from experts, like you. 
  • How I Built This
    4/22/19
    How I Built This is a monthly fireside interview with a successful local entrepreneur. 
  • I-Corps Site Program
    8/7/24
    Transition your technology idea from the lab to the marketplace
  • Inclusive Launch Foundry Program
    2/27/24
    Inclusive Launch Foundry is an accelerated training and internship program to help students from diverse backgrounds refine business ideas and gain practical experience in a start-up. 
  • She Started IT
    4/22/19
    She Started IT is an event that engages 6th to 10th grade female students from across the WNY community, along with UB students, faculty and alumni, to inspire girls to explore careers in computers, technology and entrepreneurship. 
  • Techstars
    4/22/19
    Techstars offers a worldwide network, events, and start-up services to help student entrepreneurs connect with mentors, potential investors and others who can help them successfully launch and grow their business.

Programs

Research and Equipment

Startup Services

Talent / Careers / Internships

  • Ambassadors for Student Engagement and Recruitment
    4/22/19
    BLASERs work across UB campuses to increase awareness of programs under Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars. 
  • BizLink
    8/19/21
    School of Management students can use Bizlink to find jobs and internships and register for career events like fairs, workshops and employer sessions.
  • Bullseye powered by Handshake
    4/22/19
    Bullseye powered by Handshake connects students and alumni to jobs and internship opportunities while connecting hiring employers to the talent they need. 
  • Career Experience Program
    8/7/24
    Leverage UB’s talented pool of students to solve your business challenges
  • Entrepreneurs Festival
    4/22/19
    The Entrepreneurs Festival offers product demos, networking opportunities and a pitch competition.
  • Inclusive Launch Foundry Program
    2/27/24
    Inclusive Launch Foundry is an accelerated training and internship program to help students from diverse backgrounds refine business ideas and gain practical experience in a start-up. 
  • Innovation Assistant
    5/1/19
    Innovation Assistants are paid graduate students that work in the Technology Transfer Office conducting intellectual property and market opportunity assessments with the objective of commercializing UB innovations.
  • Law Externship
    5/1/19
    A Law Externship offers law students a for-credit opportunity to get practical experience in drafting and negotiating contracts or conducting intellectual property assessments in a university-based technology transfer office.
  • Matchboard
    4/22/19
    Matchboard helps connect individuals for the purpose of building teams with the diverse talent needed to be successful. 
  • Social Impact Fellows
    8/17/21
    Collaborating across disciplines to solve today’s most pressing social challenges.
  • WNY Prosperity Fellowship Program
    4/22/19
    The Western New York Prosperity Fellowship Program offers financial assistance and professional development opportunities for entrepreneurial-minded students with a commitment to advancing economic development in the Western New York region.

Technology Licensing / Commercialization