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<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9ae986e7-7fff-619e-f1e2-6edf10bff0da"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Ohio State University is a flagship in forward-thinking and innovation in the Midwest. Being next to Columbus, one of the fastest growing startup cities in the country, students are becoming more aware of the entrepreneurial community around them thus leading them to take more interest in entrepreneurship. This progress in student endeavours related to innovation is complemented by institutional and organizational transitions on campus. The Keenan Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship(CIEKCE) , a university-wide center is supporting and establishing more programming directed towards students from every discipline who are interested in entrepreneurship and establishing connections between students and mentors, providing the resources they need to pursue their ventures.</span></span></span></span>Additionally, the Center for Innovative Studies (CIS), within the Fisher College of Business, is a center for innovative thinking on campus.

<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9ae986e7-7fff-619e-f1e2-6edf10bff0da"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Best Of Student Startup Competition (BOSS) is CIE's one of KCE’s signature event events that brings together the best startup ideas on campus in a competition setting where the top team wins money and direct connection to industry expertise.. Another growing KCE event is rewarded with $1LaunchpadOSU, an accessible,000on-campus startup weekend event designed to bring students from every major together around entrepreneurship. Student Several student organizations on campus are also focusing on entrepreneurship in order to foster more student innovation.</span></span></span></span>

<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:verdanaOHI/O hosts a variety of competitions on campus that target computer science,genevadata analytics,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9ae986e7-7fff-619e-f1e2-6edf10bff0da"><span style="color: rgb(102and engineering majors. Through events like HackOHI/O, 102MakeOHI/O, 102); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and Data AI, students are able to brainstorm and develop prototypes that spark impactful and creative projects that often reach beyond the tech industry. These events provide opportunities for networking, teamwork, and innovation. The Business Builders Club hosts pitch competitions like IdeaPitch and signature speaker events like the Entrepreneurial Spectacular The Startup Career Fair in order to provide a foundation for innovation on campus and connect current founders to the resources they need. Over all there Business Builders Club has been a grown significantly over the past two years, indicating an overall rise in student entrepreneurship initiatives at Ohio State . This increased interest and this entrepreneurship will continue to be the case grow and evolve as students become continuously successful in their ventures more alumni founders come back to campus and attract attention from more venture capital firms from around enter into Columbus and beyondlooking for early stage startups.</span></span></span></span><div><br/></div>