NE Entrepreneurship Challenge
Program Timeline

From your school to the New England stage.

The Challenge unfolds in two phases — beginning with entrepreneurship learning and competition at participating schools and culminating in a residential championship at NEIA.

Learn
Build
Pitch
Advance
Championship
Phase 1 — At your school
November 5–20
November 5–20, 2026

School Entrepreneurship Challenge

During this period, participating schools complete their entrepreneurship training and school-level challenge.

  • Entrepreneurship workshops
  • Customer discovery
  • Opportunity identification
  • Business model development
  • Prototyping
  • Pitch preparation
  • School-level pitch competition
  • Selection of finalist teams
Advance
Phase 2 — NEIA Championship
Mid-January 2027 Date to be confirmed
Exact championship weekend will be announced soon.

NEIA Entrepreneurship Championship

Finalist teams come to New England Innovation Academy in Marlborough, Massachusetts for the residential entrepreneurship championship.

  • Residential experience at NEIA
  • Entrepreneurship boot camp
  • Customer discovery and validation
  • Prototyping and iteration
  • Mentorship
  • Babson-connected entrepreneurship learning
  • Final pitch
  • Judges and investors
  • Awards and celebration

Two phases. One extraordinary entrepreneurial journey.

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