Campbell University

Campbell University is a private Baptist university in Buies Creek, North Carolina, with a satellite campus in downtown Raleigh. Its entrepreneurship ecosystem is centered in the Lundy-Fetterman School of Business's Lewis & Emma Hubbard Family Center for Entrepreneurship, led by Director Scott Kelly. The ecosystem emphasizes social entrepreneurship, community engagement, and experiential learning.

• Central hub: Lewis & Emma Hubbard Family Center for Entrepreneurship (Lundy-Fetterman School of Business)
• Director: Scott A. Kelly
• Entrepreneur-in-Residence: Jenny Nicholson (AI strategy)
• Accelerator: Camel Accelerator (10-week, NC IDEA funded, free for NC founders)
• Pitch competition: Presidential Innovation Challenge ($1,000 top prize)
• Co-working: Raleigh Founded partnership (downtown Raleigh)
• Legal clinic: Hutchens Business Law Clinic (free startup legal services)
• MBA consulting: Business Consulting Practicum (8-week SBTDC partnership)

Tier 3 — Small emerging ecosystem centered in the School of Business with a growing community-facing accelerator (Camel Accelerator), modest pitch competition, and strong regional partnerships (Raleigh Founded, SBTDC, NC IDEA). Notable for its social entrepreneurship focus, AI Entrepreneur-in-Residence, and law school business clinic. However, the ecosystem lacks dedicated on-campus incubator space, venture fund, formal technology transfer office, and large-scale pitch competition. Limited entrepreneurship programming outside the School of Business.