Organizations in the SX network
We bring together student leaders and organizations from universities across the country to centralize a network of builders, investors, startups, and mentors.
Fostering, growing, & supporting communities
We partner with existing college entrepreneurship organizations, or start new ones on campuses that don't have them.
Organizations that align with our goals and values are invited to be SX-affiliated organizations. They receive support, resources, and access to the SX network.
Participating campuses
Startup Exchange at Georgia Tech
GEORGIA TECH
A space for Georgia Tech makers, builders, & creators to exchange their ideas.
buildIllinois
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
The community for artists, founders, and creatives at UIUC.
V1 @ Michigan
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
V1 is UMich's community for ambitious student builders — engineers, artists, designers, founders, scientists, and more.
rev at Northeastern
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
rev is Northeastern's space where students collaborate to work on side projects and take any idea from inception to reality.
Coming this fall
Our process
1. We identify campuses with promising activity of active builders on campus.
(i.e folks that build + share side projects, or decide to go full-time on their ideas)
We usually source this through social media, or through inbound of success stories on a given campus.
2. Once identified, we either reach out to a school or act upon received inbound from a school
We have an “exploratory” call where we jam on:
3. If a viable fit, we jam on hosting a "Ship-It" event on their campus.
"Ship-It" is an event that our campuses host every week to regularly bring student makers, builders, and creators together. It’s three hours set aside to work on a side project, and to get feedback from others on your idea.
Organizers are not confined to solely hosting "Ship-It", but it’s our strongly recommended starting point for bringing builders together.
We prioritize organizers who we feel:
4. We follow up 1/2x and wait.
We want a school/organizer to show initiative. Building community is hard and requires passion. So even if a campus has potential, we don’t force it too much.
5. The first "Ship-It" / campus event is hosted!
We help host, and do a retro afterwards.
6. We check in week to week and check for consistency with community growth.
An implicit tracker is:
7. We propose next steps through programming or campus collaboration
When deciding to propose additional programs, hackathons, demo days, or other events, we’re looking to answer the following:
We also jam on potential ways to improve the community's experience at "Ship-It."
Members are walked through tips for improving the event experience including: