Early Exposure

Via a comprehensive multi-stacked methodology, OHUB fuels early exposure and engagement, accelerated technology, technical sales and entrepreneurship bootcamps and courses, talent placement, ground up startup ecosystem building and early stage investment programs from the ground up on college and university campuses across America and beyond.

For many socially disadvantaged communities, early exposure to the opportunities of the future are the difference makers that shifts their economic trajectory of their lives and their ability to generate wealth.

Today, thousands of college students and growing have joined OHUB to level up their technical (coding) and non-technical (sales, marketing, business) skills, access STEM careers, build their startup, access capital and learn about exclusive investment opportunities reserved for the affluent.

Our current college programs are OHUBxSXSW (HBCU@SXSW) and OHUB@Campus.

HBCU@SXSW

OHUBxSXSW is a program of Opportunity Hub and SXSW.

Each year, major corporations, tech companies, startups, ecosystem builders, influencers and foundations sponsor OHUBxSXSW and its HBCU@SXSW programming for top African American and Latinx technical and non-technical talent from our nation's Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU’s), Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI’s), Tribal Colleges and Predominantly White Institutions (PWI’s) with intentional diversity and inclusion initiatives can gain the necessary immersive exposure, interactive learning opportunities and direct access to paid summer internships or permanent jobs in the innovation economy that are afforded by attending SXSW.

OHUB@SXSW is apart of South by SouthWest (SXSW), the largest interactive technology conference and festival on the planet. In 2018, nearly 500,000 attendees experienced amazing keynotes, thousands of sessions and exclusive high level networking opportunities that provide buzz-generating exposure and opportunities to engage with decision makers in the innovation economy.

In 2016, we sponsored 50 college students to go to SXSW. In 2017, 100 students from 41 colleges and universities attended. In 2018, 125 students form 60 colleges and universities attended. In 2019, 252 students from over 100 colleges and universities attended. Ninety (90%) of the students that attend are placed in paid summer internships or full time roles. OHUB works year round with its hiring partners and the Act-1 Group of Companies to hire all students, including the total pool of members.

OHUB is working diligently to increase this number to 500 students at a budget of $3,500 per student. Please request to review our 2020 partnership playbook. Past hiring partners and sponsors include Facebook, Oculus, Deloitte, Mailchimp, Capital One, Comcast, Chick-fil-A, Microsoft, Spotify, Booz Allen Hamilton, Google, Twitter, Uber, Lyft, Accenture, Southwire, Amazon, You Tube and more. Influencers, corporate professionals looking for innovative corporate development, small business owners, schools, foundations, fraternities, sororities and civil rights groups are welcome to sponsor students and attend as well.

HBCUSXSW19 by OHUB

OHUB@CAMPUS

THE PROBLEM

Less than 2% of African Americans, Latinx Americans, and American Indians are represented in tech today. Less than 1% of the $85+ billion in angel and venture capital that many high growth technology companies access to startup and grow goes to founders from these communities.

The average net worth of an African American family is less than $17,000 compared to $171,000 of the average white American family. Additionally, most Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU’s), Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI's), Tribal Colleges and Predominately White Institutions (PWI's) are located in cities that don’t have growing technology companies that are hiring or a thriving startup community that is creating jobs and multi-generational wealth for its stakeholders.

Even for those schools that are located in cities that have growing innovation economies, their access to these tech hubs is nascent or non-existent.

WE HAVE DEFINITIVE SOLUTIONS

To address these systemic challenges, Opportunity Hub has launched OHUB@CAMPUS as a branded platform to provide colleges and universities and their respective administrators, faculty and students with the exposure, knowledge, opportunities, connections and tools to effective launch a technology and startup ecosystem from the ground up, thereby connecting them to the global innovation, entrepreneurship and investment economy.

SOLUTIONS

Campus License & Branding. OHUB will license its globally respected brand to the school for the purpose of launching a technology and startup entrepreneurship ecosystem on campus for students, alumni and the surrounding community.

Listing. Campus listing on our website and ecosystem mobile application as a trusted safe space to learn, engage and connect in the innovation economy regardless of age, race, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexual orientation.

Monthly Programming. Delivery of a quality live webcast event each month to include exclusive presentations and conversations from diverse and inclusive technologists, recruiters, innovators, entrepreneurs, and investors on high demand technology careers, high growth startup entrepreneurship and multi-generational wealth creation.

Campus Chapter. Ability to establish and operate an official student chapter of Opportunity Hub on campus.

Technology Recruiter Network. Access to a global network of recruiters at technology and funded startup companies.

Startup Entrepreneurship Network. Access to a global network of startup ecosystem ecosystems, entrepreneurship support programs and funding.

Campus Lab. Partnership on the launch of a physical tech, entrepreneurship & investment (blockchain) lab on campus. Includes full-time program manager, student office hours, recruitment events, hacks & demo days.

Campus Academy. Collaboration on launching an end to end industry staffed coding, technical sales and entrepreneurship bootcamp as apart of school's accredited curriculum, continuing education programs or in partnership with your workforce development board.

Joint Venture. Joint venture on offering OHUB’s African American Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Investment textbook and college course (available Summer 2019).

Investor Syndicate. Opportunity to invest as a Limited Partner in our partner seed stage venture funds and portfolio companies.

FUNDING STRATEGY

-The school pays from existing grants or funds such as Title III, Career Pathways, LSAMP, etc.

- Via institutional advancement, the school raises funds from corporations, family offices and foundations looking to authentically diversity the tech, startup and venture ecosystems by training and hiring new software developers, technical sales persons, and an entrepreneurially minded future workforce

-School asks successful alumni to sponsor the chapter, lab or academy on an annual basis and provide ongoing mentorship to students

-Student chapter sells memberships to community organizations and new startups. 100 members x $300 is a fully funded and active chapter.

-Student alumni association and students run crowdfunding campaign to fund the chapter, lab or academy

-School funds venture fund or direct company investment from its endowment investments

OUTCOMES

-Attract new students to your school because of your visible commitment to technology, startup entrepreneurship, investment and new wealth creation

-Retain students in the STEAM fields to increase graduation and graduate school enrollment

-Increase career pathways to place students as interns and new hires at technology companies, innovative Fortune 500 companies and high growth venture backed startups

-Increase connections with the hyperlocal and global innovation, entrepreneurship and investment ecosystem

-Generate new revenues to support your technology and startup entrepreneurial ecosystem building work

-Increase your college and university's funding opportunities in the area of inclusive entrepreneurship and STEAM

-Increase commercialization of research, products and services developed by students and faculty

-Longterm, increase school's endowment via the philanthropy of economically successful alumni and the companies they build

Learn More About OHUB@Campus Below.

OHUB@ Campus 2018-19 by RodneySampson