LaunchPad Blog Posts
List of blog posts
Celebrating women’s voices and #FemaleFounders
Posted on March 6, 2019, 3:44 p.m.
The Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars at Syracuse University boasts some pretty impressive stats.
Take a break and read a book
Posted on March 5, 2019, 4:02 p.m.
Looking for some good reading over spring break? We’ve got you covered.
What’s your co-working style?
Posted on March 5, 2019, 3:55 p.m.
VPA alum Chris Cooley recently visited the LaunchPad for a fun Fireside Chat to talk about his experiences studying and designing co-working spaces.
What’s your innovation style?
Posted on March 5, 2019, 3:53 p.m.
What’s your innovation style? Bold? Creative? Collaborative? Tactical?
Ivy Christensen, the modern Renaissance woman
Posted on March 4, 2019, 4:09 p.m.
Ivy Christensen 19’, a mechanical engineering student in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, is ready for graduation this May.
Dorothy Deng on the importance of looking at the smaller picture
Posted on March 4, 2019, 4:07 p.m.
Dorothy Deng is a multifarious junior pursuing a triple major in entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises, finance and accounting and a minor in Chinese, in the Whitman School of Management and College of Arts and Sciences.
Bobby Manning on never losing touch with what you love
Posted on Feb. 28, 2019, 4:11 p.m.
It’s a cold Wednesday morning when Bobby Manning, a junior in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, walks into the Blackstone LaunchPad for an interview with Jalen Nash.
David Fox on leading by empowering others
Posted on Feb. 27, 2019, 4:19 p.m.
“If I had to point out one thing that stands out about David Fox, it’s his energy,” says Jalen Nash, who works with David in many student organizations.
Matthew Peng Harwit is looking to accelerate
Posted on Feb. 27, 2019, 4:18 p.m.
Matthew Harwit is a junior from Boulder, Colorado and an undergraduate student dueling in biology and psychology in The College of Arts and Sciences.
Alden Morris and the drive for success
Posted on Feb. 25, 2019, 4:25 p.m.
Alden Morris ‘18, is an alumnus of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry with a degree in Landscape Architecture and a focus on transportation networks.
Zeus Rocancourt on finding happiness and rewards follow
Posted on Feb. 25, 2019, 4:24 p.m.
Zeus Rocancourt is a fun loving, creative, senior in the Whitman School of Management from Manhattan studying Entrepreneurship and Fashion Merchandising (Retail Management).
Geena Matuson on how art inspires
Posted on Feb. 25, 2019, 4:22 p.m.
Spend only a few minutes with Geena Matuson, and you can tell she is a powerful and creative person.
Josh Jackson on customer discovery to build a tech platform
Posted on Feb. 25, 2019, 4:21 p.m.
If you can’t find Josh Jackson at the gym or with his Siberian Husky, Juneau, you can find him in the Blackstone LaunchPad working on his company, Promptous.
School of Information Studies podcast series, Patrick Ambron, BrandYourself
Posted on Feb. 19, 2019, 2:11 p.m.
To celebrate 10 years of the Information Technology, Design, and Startups program at Syracuse University, the School of Information Studies is featuring 10 weeks of podcasts with successful entrepreneurs who participated in the program.
Jose Javier Garcia Rovira is focused on a better world
Posted on Feb. 18, 2019, 2:26 p.m.
Jose Javier Garcia Rovira ‘19 is a finance major at the Martin J. Whitman School of Management and working on his latest venture — one that that is bound to shake up the gaming industry.
Jessica McGhee, using art to create a higher good
Posted on Feb. 18, 2019, 2:25 p.m.
A fine artist, painter, and Los Angeles native, Jessica McGhee ’19, is a College of Visual and Performing Arts major specializing in studio arts who is trying to create spaces that allow those who have experienced trauma to find community using art.
Phil McKnight, disrupting one industry at a time
Posted on Feb. 14, 2019, 2:27 p.m.
Phil McKnight, a junior studying Information Management at the School of Information Studies, is working on a big idea: Promptous, a student startup building a blockchain insurance claims processing platform.
Anthony Obas: speak it into existence
Posted on Feb. 12, 2019, 2:52 p.m.
Anthony Obas has always aspired to make a difference.
Alec Gillinder, fabricating solutions while looking into the user experience
Posted on Feb. 12, 2019, 2:50 p.m.
Industrial and interaction design major, and New Jersey native Alec Gillinder ’20, grew up with a passion for taking things apart, figuring out how they work, and putting them back together again.
The buoyant unstoppable entrepreneur, Cole Singer
Posted on Feb. 12, 2019, 2:49 p.m.
Cole Singer is an ambitious senior, majoring in entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises, and marketing, at the Whitman School of Management.