UCF Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership

The Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership helps UCF students and recent alumni learn, connect, create, and succeed as entrepreneurial leaders.

About

The Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership helps UCF students succeed by empowering them with entrepreneurial mindsets and skillsets. Entrepreneurial leadership capabilities are essential to creating value, making a difference, and experiencing personal and professional fulfillment. Entrepreneurial leaders make things better by creating and leading innovative startups, corporate ventures, and government initiatives that enrich our lives, our economy, and our society.

Our belief is grounded in considering entrepreneurship as a method, analogous to the scientific method, that empowers our students to address uncertainty and change with creative solutions. Consistent with popular definitions of entrepreneurship, we teach students how to pursue opportunities that look beyond established job descriptions, practices, and accepted wisdom. These essential, modern capabilities allow our students and alumni to create value and thrive in a changing world.

 

We encourage ALL UCF STUDENTS to become entrepreneurial leaders who solve problems and make things better!

Services Provided

Buying or Selling a Business

  • Valuation

Business Planning

  • Business Plan Consulting
  • Demographic and Census Data
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Forming a Business
  • Market Plan Development
  • Market Research

Financial Resources and Assistance

  • Angel Investment Providers
  • Crowdfunding Preparation
  • Debt Funding Preparation
  • Equity Funding Preparation
  • Loan Providers
  • Matching Fund Providers
  • Research & Development Grants

Human Resources, Workforce and Talent

  • Leadership/Professional Development

Internship Programs and Student Services

  • Business Degree Program (Specialty)
  • Internship Program
  • Student Placement
  • Student Research Projects
  • Student Training (Specialty)

Legal Services

  • Intellectual Property Resources

Libraries and Research

  • Business Research Resources (Specialty)
  • Company Data/Prospect Lists
  • Competitive Data
  • Demographic/Census Data
  • Industry Data
  • Lifestyle Data

Management Issues

  • Human Resources
  • Insurance Requirements
  • Leadership/Professional Development
  • Strategic Planning

Marketing and Sales

  • Branding Resources and Expertise
  • Competitive Analysis
  • Demographics/Census Data
  • E-Commerce/Internet Marketing
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Market Plan Development and Training
  • Market Research
  • Sales
  • Social Media Consulting
  • Student Marketing Projects

Mentoring

  • Formal Mentoring Programs (Specialty)
  • One-on-One Counseling (Specialty)
  • Peer Mentoring

Nonprofit and Social Enterprise

  • Start-up Assistance

Space

  • Coworking

Product Development

  • Intellectual Property Protection Resources & Expertise
  • Product Design and Development
  • Prototype Development

Public Policy and Government Relations

  • Women’s Business Issues

Starting a Business

  • Business Research Resources (Specialty)
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Forming a Business
  • Registration, Licenses and Permits
  • Startup Business Counseling (Specialty)
  • Startup Classes (Specialty)

Training

  • Business Management Training
  • Business Plan Training and Assistance
  • E-Commerce/Internet Marketing
  • Human Resources Training
  • Marketing Training
  • Startup Classes (Specialty)

Accelerators and Incubators

  • Incubator

Events and Community Building

  • Business Matchmaking Events
  • Global Entrepreneurship Week
  • Meetups
  • Pitch Events
  • Specialty Events
Contact Information
Cameron Ford
Address
University of Central Florida
4000 Central Florida Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32816