Two stages. One journey from your classroom to the New England stage.
Every team starts at their school. The finalists earn a place at the NEIA Championship weekend.
Train and Compete at Your School
NEIA entrepreneurship educators visit your school or deliver an approved training experience. Students receive one or two days of hands-on entrepreneurship training, then form teams of up to three and compete in a school-level pitch competition. Each school selects its top three teams to advance.
- Entrepreneurial mindset
- Opportunity identification
- Customer discovery
- Creative problem-solving
- Business-model development
- Prototyping
- MVP development
- Storytelling
- Pitching
The Championship at NEIA
The top three teams from each school travel to the NEIA campus in Marlborough for a 56-hour entrepreneurship boot camp and final competition. Teams receive a live innovation prompt, build an MVP, develop a business model, and pitch to judges on Sunday.
- Understand a real-world problem
- Conduct rapid research
- Identify users and customers
- Generate & select ideas
- Build an MVP or prototype
- Develop a business model
- Test and iterate
- Prepare & deliver the final pitch
School Training → Pitch Competition → Top 3 → NEIA Championship
1–2 day boot camp at your school
Teams present at your school
Each school selects finalists
56-hour weekend at NEIA
2026–27 Challenge Timeline
Give your students a shot at the New England championship.
Register your school, request the program guide, or explore partnership. We'll follow up with eligibility, dates, and next steps.