Features on student ventures, standout chapters, alumni success stories and partner highlights from across the CEO network. Published bi-weekly on Fridays.
Bolu Ojo was welding when she realized standard caps leave long and thick hair exposed to sparks. She designed a fire-resistant cap with a full-coverage pouch, took it to patent-pending with pitch competition winnings, and won the 2025 CEO Global Pitch Competition along the way. Continue Reading
Nathan Wallace bought $38 clippers at Walmart during lockdown, learned to cut hair on YouTube and practiced on his own head. Five years later, Nate Cutzzz is a mobile barbershop run out of a 1999 Toyota Solara, booked through Instagram DMs and built without a dollar of outside funding. Continue Reading
Meet Lamont Joynes, UMES CEO Treasurer who founded Remember the Struggle clothing and interns at Wells Fargo in Corporate Risk. Continue Reading
Roz Burgess, a rising junior at East Carolina University, was named 2025 CEO Chapter President of the Year out of 250+ chapters worldwide. He grew ECU's chapter membership by 40%, brought in speakers from across the country and internationally, drew 100+ attendees to the Blueprint to Success Panel a Continue Reading
Harrison Nastasi and Justin Iannelli won first place at the 2023 CEO Global Pitch Competition with Bobica Bars, their superfood-glazed granola bar company. Three years later, they have been featured in Entrepreneur magazine and are targeting $1 million in annual revenue. Their story shows what happe Continue Reading
On Saturday, November 1, former CYstarters participant and College of Design student Boluwarin (Bolu) Ojo took 1st place at the 42nd Annual Global CEO Conference and Pitch Competition, hosted by the Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization in Tampa Bay, Florida. Continue Reading
