LaunchPad Blog Posts

Jalen Nash, chief storyteller for Blackstone LaunchPad

Posted on Dec. 5, 2018, 12:55 p.m.

Jalen Nash has joined the Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars at Syracuse University as a Global Media Fellow for Spring 2019.

Ryan Williams on holistic entrepreneurship and the wisdom of experience

Posted on Dec. 5, 2018, 12:53 p.m.

“No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.”- Matthew 12:11

LaunchPad Experts for fall 2018 “Launch Hours”

Posted on Dec. 5, 2018, 12:52 p.m.

The Blackstone LaunchPad is powered by volunteer experts who give their time each month for “Ask the Experts Launch Hours” with students.

Innovation and entrepreneurship faculty among new cluster hires

Posted on Nov. 27, 2018, 1:54 p.m.

Syracuse University has approved the creation of seven multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary themes for the first round of its Cluster Hires Initiative, along with funding for 53 faculty positions.

Learn about entrepreneurial deal making in NYC over winter break

Posted on Nov. 27, 2018, 1:52 p.m.

Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management is offering an exciting new course, EEE 600, M002 – Entrepreneurial Deal Making, in New York City (NYC) during winter break.

Zine-in at SU Libraries and the Blackstone LaunchPad

Posted on Nov. 27, 2018, 1:24 p.m.

Make a zine, take a zine! Led by Patrick Williams and Stephen Singer, the Syracuse University Libraries will be hosting a zine-making event on Wednesday, December 5.

LaunchPad expands its innovation and entrepreneurship book collection

Posted on Nov. 26, 2018, 1:38 p.m.

Looking for some good reads over winter break?

Founders Circle builds a connected innovation ecosystem

Posted on Oct. 5, 2018, 9:14 a.m.

While SU alum Josh Aviv was pitching for a million dollars this week on the stage of the sold-out 3,000 seat Shea’s Buffalo Theater, he had a SU alum fan club watching around the country and the world.

Angelica O’Hara is making patients a priority with Prioritage

Posted on Sept. 25, 2018, 11:26 a.m.

When Angelica O’Hara decided to take part in the Invent@SU accelerator program at Syracuse University this past summer at the New York City campus, she had no idea that she would walk out with an award-winning invention.

Malkiel Asher and Caleigh Casey want to save lives with Emergi-CAN

Posted on Sept. 24, 2018, 12:23 p.m.

When most people ride on the New York City subways, they are usually not thinking of their next big invention.

A perfect pairing of tech and design

Posted on Aug. 20, 2018, 2:28 p.m.

Quinn King ’20 and Alec Gillinder ’20 of the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design saw a need for a portable, lightweight device that could deliver intravenous (IV) fluids.

VPA student Michael Paris ’20 talks about user-centered design and joining Techstars Atlanta

Posted on Aug. 13, 2018, 2:38 p.m.

Michael Paris ’20 VPA, Communications Design (CMD), and co-founder of PowerSpike, the leading influencer marketing and analytics platform for live streaming, had a memorable summer.

Jacob deHahn, making the world accessible by design

Posted on May 17, 2018, 3:03 p.m.

Jacob deHahn, an energetic and bubbly New England native with a never-ending Netflix queue, is determined to make the world a more accessible place.

Ibnul Rafi on becoming a public health entrepreneur

Posted on May 10, 2018, 3:08 p.m.

Most students take at least a couple of days off after graduation, but Ibnul Rafi ’18 won’t be one of them.

Get organized with Michael Leffler and The Paint Crate

Posted on May 9, 2018, 3:13 p.m.

An entrepreneur is someone who finds an opportunity in the market and creates a solution for it through innovation, passion and design.

Meet Nikita Kuckian, startup enthusiast and global thinker

Posted on May 9, 2018, 3:10 p.m.

When Nikita Kuckian decided to fly thousands of miles away from Mumbai to New York, she was uncertain of what industry she wanted to be and what she wanted to do professionally.

Victoria Lawson, a light of her own

Posted on May 9, 2018, 3:09 p.m.

Victoria Lawson, or as she’s known by the baristas at Starbucks, “VPositivity,” is a light of her own.

Stay in touch this summer

Posted on May 7, 2018, 3:18 p.m.

Where in the world you are this summer, stay in touch.

Summer reading collection at the LaunchPad

Posted on May 5, 2018, 3:20 p.m.

Getting ready for summer? May we suggest some great summer reading.

Words of wisdom: What I learned about entrepreneurship

Posted on May 3, 2018, 3:22 p.m.

We asked our students to sum up what they learned about entrepreneurship this year. What they said will inspire you.