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The Entrepreneur Innovation Center
Has a smorgasbord of sponsorship opportunities available. We are seeking organizations and individuals who desire to give back and support entrepreneurship in our West of Boston (MetroWest) community and State university.
We are able to name programs after major sponsors in any category where gifts are provided. Alternatively, we can also receive anonymous gifts and will guard the name of the donor(s) as requested.
Accelerators & Training Programs
Migrating Entrepreneur Accelerator
A 12-week accelerator for local aspiring entrepreneurs. The cohort sessions will BE led by a local female entrepreneur and delivered in Portuguese.
E-commerce Student Startup Program and Social Media Training
Workshops on social media and e-commerce for FSU students
Social Enterprise Accelerator
Grants of up to $5,000 for each new social enterprise that emerges.
Fashion Design Accelerator
The fashion design accelerator provides entrepreneurial training and a small grant to each student.
Student Summer Accelerator
Each student receives a $5,000 grant for their startup so that they may focus on it
full-time over the summer.
Signature Events & Innovation Experiences
Hospitality Hackathon
In collaboration with the College of Business and its hospitality in particular, we will host one Hospitality Hackathon per year, ideally in the Fall. Teams of students and external participants, including local interested entrepreneurs, will address particular problems and opportunities in the hospitality space, to be determined by a committee with input from the sponsor.
Venture Dinner and Lunch Series
The Venture Dinner and Lunch series will feature entrepreneurs, angel investors, and venture capital speakers.
Over the three years, we will hold 12 lunches, 9 dinners, and 3 holiday parties.
Makeathon
In collaboration with the College of Arts and Humanities, and the fashion design program in particular, we will host one “Makeathon” per year, planned for the Spring. Teams of students and external participants, including local interested entrepreneurs, team together, express creativity, and make things over a long weekend.
Food Hackathon
A Food hackathon weekend will enable students and community members to experiment with food and invent new products in teams.
Food Entrepreneurship Annual Event
The EIC plans to hold the 2nd Annual Food Entrepreneurship Event in the Fall of 2026.
Startup Week MetroWest
We are seeking sponsorships for Startup Week MetroWest which is schedule for the week of April 27th, 2026.
TechStars Startup Weekend
The TechStars Startup Weekend[i] is a long-established event held at different locations in the world, often being organized by university teams, business schools, and entrepreneurship centers. We plan to follow the established model, which entails 54 hours of activity over a long weekend, starting on Friday and ending on Sunday night.There will be a small fee that we charge for the event.
We would host the event at the EIC over a weekend, and have the use of our conference room, with breakout rooms in the EIC, such as the lobby, intern room, coworking space room, and three meeting rooms, plus the podcast room that could be used for meetings too.
Engineering and Mathematics will be an important campus collaborator, as we would want to attract FSU students from these areas. However, the event will be open to students and external members of the wider community, too. We plan to partner with other local universities for this event, including WPI.
Professional Growth & Hands on-learning
Entrepreneurship Practicum 495 Course
This course offers paid internships of 120 hours per student.
Micro internship Program
To provide FSU students with more opportunities to gain experience and learn about the world of startups, the EIC strives to launch a micro internship program.
Mentorship Program
We are looking to build a mentorship program for student and community entrepreneurs.
International Partnerships & Learning
Global Entrepreneurship Certificate Program
Planned as an online entrepreneurship certificate program for adults that is distributed internationally. This will be focused on immigrant entrepreneurs, and we plan for courses in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Future Incubators
The EIC would like to expand its footprint and operate a network of incubators in the region. Sponsorship and Grants are thus sought to support this vision. Real Estate (office buildings and other properties that can be developed) are also sought.
Kitchen Incubator
Join the future vision of the EIC and help it expand through the development of a Kitchen Incubator – a shared community kitchen space for startup food companies in the MetroWest region.
Makerspace
In the long term, the EIC strives to develop a makerspace for textile, hardware, and woodworking projects.
Student Venture Capital Fund
This entity will be managed by students and allow them how to learn to invest in university-borne, local, and Boston-based startups. The Student Venture Capital Fund will be housed within the Foundation of FSU.
Field Trips
The EIC seeks to provide more field trip opportunities to its students, including interstate, intrastate, and international.
Thus far, the EIC has organized 5 field trips for university students over the past year. Local university events in entrepreneurship at BC, BU, Harvard, MIT and Babson were visited.
International University Collaborations
The EIC seeks to build on its international university collaborations, leveraging the relationship and programming that it has with Chile Mass. Student cultural exchanges and faculty education in entrepreneurship will be goals of the collaboration.
Collaborations in Colombia, Ecuador, and Brazil are Sought
Center Enhacing
Naming of the Entrepreneur Innovation Center
We are seeking an individual, family, corporation or other organization for naming rights to the EIC. An agreement can span 5 to 30 years depending on the size of the philanthropic donation or corporate sponsorship. Contact our Director for more information and to discuss this opportunity.