LaunchPad Blog Posts
List of blog posts
Visit Popcyle in the LaunchPad this fall
Posted on Sept. 10, 2020, 3:28 p.m.
POPCYCLE is bringing style and creative energy to the Blackstone LaunchPad and Techstars in the glass cube on the main floor of Bird Library this semester, with regular hours several days a week.
Chris Appello ’21 on social media
Posted on Sept. 7, 2020, 3:47 p.m.
Social media have always been my outlets for self-expression and creativity.
Maxim Glagolev on making a difference in the world
Posted on Sept. 4, 2020, 4:03 p.m.
Entrepreneurship looks glamorous. The rewards and fulfillment of creating a successful enterprise often attract many people, but what we often overlook are the efforts and hard work that go into becoming successful at it.
Lucas Kosmynka ’23 on creativity as a means for influence
Posted on Sept. 4, 2020, 4:01 p.m.
On a little hamlet of Long Island, NY stands a man with a camera, peering into the screen as his actors bring their vision to life.
Kennedy Patlan ’18 lives for social entrepreneurship
Posted on Sept. 4, 2020, 4 p.m.
The dream of making the world a better place is often an elusive one.
Kayla Simon ’19 on reaching the stars
Posted on Sept. 4, 2020, 3:58 p.m.
Entrepreneurship is a word often reserved for business majors who have always aspired to work in startups, or geniuses who have started a massively successful tech company.
Research your customers, competition and market with help from Stephanie McReynolds
Posted on Sept. 4, 2020, 3:52 p.m.
Work with Syracuse University’s business, management, and entrepreneurship librarian, Stephanie McReynolds, to learn how to research your customers, competition, and market.
Ellen Jorgensen ’23 balcony perspective
Posted on Sept. 4, 2020, 3:50 p.m.
Ever since she was a child, Ellen Jorgensen ’23 has been intrigued by the power of perspective.
Marcus Cook ’19 has The Success Bug
Posted on Sept. 4, 2020, 3:48 p.m.
The well-planned life is not always the successful life.
James Rudman ’21 explores the crossroads of tech and creativity
Posted on Sept. 3, 2020, 4:05 p.m.
James Rudman ‘21 grew up in the town with the highest concentration of log cabins in the world.
Chris Hosmer ’99 creates a new COVID-19 mask
Posted on Sept. 1, 2020, 4:15 p.m.
Chris Hosmer ’99, (VPA Industrial and Interaction Design), co-founded an air wearables company dedicated to innovating consumer respiratory protection because his own children were suffering health reactions due to pervasive air pollution.
Jacob deHahn ’19 using creative entrepreneurial spirit to make masks more accessible
Posted on Sept. 1, 2020, 4:13 p.m.
Jacob deHahn ‘19, is an energetic and bubbly New England native who is determined to make the world a more accessible place.
Student band NONEWFRIENDS
Posted on Aug. 30, 2020, 4:39 p.m.
On a Saturday morning this August, a soul-full sound emanates from the second floor of a dilapidated house on Ackerman Avenue.
Rubin Family Innovation Mentor Sam Hollander ’22 featured by Future Founders
Posted on Aug. 30, 2020, 4:37 p.m.
Rubin Family Innovation Mentor Sam Holland ’22 was featured recently in an article by Future Founders on his plan to help make education more accessible.
Dave Fox ’19, Nick Barba ’20 and Sam Hollander ’22 complete Blackstone LaunchPad Techstars Fellowship
Posted on Aug. 30, 2020, 4:35 p.m.
Syracuse LaunchPad founders Dave Fox ’19 iSchool and Nick Barba ’20 Whitman (co-founders of Smarta) and Sam Hollander ’22 Whitman and Newhouse (founder of FSCL) recently completed the first-ever LaunchPad Fellowship.
LaunchPad Orange Ambassador Sasha Temerte ’23 seeks to understand
Posted on Aug. 30, 2020, 4:33 p.m.
Somewhere, in a library, a woman lounges with a notebook and a pen.
Density raises $51M to safely reopen buildings with AI occupancy tracking sensors
Posted on Aug. 30, 2020, 4:25 p.m.
This fall, buildings around the country are facing the challenge of re-opening in a pandemic.
Make a LaunchPad peer mentor match online
Posted on Aug. 30, 2020, noon
Easily request a mentor through this simple form or on our new “request a mentor” page on the LaunchPad website.
Venture Summit Virtual Connect 3.0 early discount offer
Posted on Aug. 28, 2020, noon
Venture Summit Virtual Connect 3.0 includes a discount for Syracuse University LaunchPad members who can register early.
Tyra Jean joins the LaunchPad as an inaugural Todd B. Rubin Diversity and Inclusion Scholar
Posted on Aug. 26, 2020, noon
Tyra Jean joins the LaunchPad as an inaugural Todd B. Rubin Diversity and Inclusion Scholar.