LaunchPad Blog Posts

Kelsey Davis, a powerful transmedia storyteller

Posted on March 29, 2018, 9:42 a.m.

On March 6, 2018, Kelsey Davis, known as “Kels” to her friends, family and followers, dropped her biggest project to date: THESIS:XXI.

Tobe Attah creates bite-sized journalism for school aged students

Posted on March 29, 2018, 9:41 a.m.

Keeping up with the news in today’s digital age can be difficult to navigate. Often times, the news can be hard to digest with all of the noise surrounding it.

Dylan Gans pays it forward for future entrepreneurs

Posted on March 26, 2018, 10:13 a.m.

No matter what time or day it is, if you ask Dylan Gans ’18 how he is doing, he will always respond, “I’m so good. How about you?”

RvD iPrize photo highlights

Posted on March 26, 2018, 10:09 a.m.

We’re still basking in the glow of the 2018 RvD iPrize and the amazing ideas, hard work and terrific pitches by our student startups.

#WeAreEntrepreneurs team photo gallery

Posted on March 26, 2018, 10:05 a.m.

This week is the culmination of the monthlong #WeAreEntrepreneurs campaign and we took the opportunity to celebrate at the Blackstone LaunchPad Arb Bird Library.

Barbara Jones builds community through travel app StayBillety

Posted on March 26, 2018, 9:58 a.m.

SU alumna Barbara Jones has big plans to revolutionize the way we travel and strengthen community bonds.

The Gursha Brothers on Rookie Road

Posted on March 7, 2018, 10:35 a.m.

As a computer science and engineering student at the University of Michigan, Doug Gursha felt left out of a large part of his school’s culture because he didn’t understand the rules of football.

Luc Chanren on doing what you love

Posted on March 7, 2018, 10:33 a.m.

Luc Chanren stands out in a crowd. When he walks into the cafe at the Whitman School of Management, he happily greeted by many people before he even has a chance to sit down.

Interdisciplinary student team develops “Farm to Flame” plan

Posted on March 5, 2018, 2:39 p.m.

When Will McKnight’s grandfather and uncle devised a process for converting farm waste to power, their goal was a simple one.

Kevin Rieck to bring travel business to South by Southwest

Posted on March 4, 2018, 2:41 p.m.

Kevin Rieck used to tell his mother he was going to go to college, start a company and then drop out.

Julia Haber is about to make a big WAYV

Posted on March 1, 2018, 2:50 p.m.

Julia Haber ’18 embodies entrepreneurship. She is not only a learner and a connector, she is a doer. And she’s making waves. In fact, a very big WAYV.

Daniel Simoni, the producer

Posted on March 1, 2018, 2:46 p.m.

Daniel Simoni ‘19 knows how to produce.

Amanda Chou on how to #ThriveTogether

Posted on March 1, 2018, 2:45 p.m.

If you ask Amanda Chou where she is from, you’ll get a complicated answer.

Kelly Benini ’14 is always pivoting

Posted on March 1, 2018, 2:43 p.m.

After graduating from the Bandier Program for Music Business and the Entertainment Industries at Syracuse University in 2014, Kelly Benini was set on going straight into the corporate leagues of the music industry.

Amos Cohen, the strategist entrepreneur

Posted on Feb. 28, 2018, 2:54 p.m.

Entrepreneurship is more than the steps involved in setting up a business.

David Fox gets your startup thinking going each week

Posted on Feb. 21, 2018, 3:40 p.m.

David Fox had a milestone this week. He published the 50th issue of Startup Thinking, that awesome newsletter you receive each Tuesday about all things innovative at SU.

Meet the influencer, Kate Beckman, founder of Fresh U

Posted on Feb. 21, 2018, 3:38 p.m.

Without a doubt, Kate Beckman is one of the most influential women entrepreneurs at Syracuse University.

Community builder and social entrepreneur Audrey Miller

Posted on Feb. 21, 2018, 3:35 p.m.

Born and raised just outside Toledo in the small town of Maumee, Ohio, Audrey Miller ’20 knew that being engaged in community development was always going to be her top priority.

Will McKnight is on a mission to end energy poverty

Posted on Feb. 15, 2018, 4:43 p.m.

William Lee Mendes McKnight ‘18, Arts and Sciences major and founder of Farm to Flame Energy, is working to empower rural farmers by providing them with sustainable energy through a biomass combustion system that can be used to power micro-grids.

Jason Kuperberg on finding entrepreneurial inspiration

Posted on Feb. 15, 2018, 4:42 p.m.

Jason Kuperberg, ‘18, a biotechnology major in Arts And Sciences may have a hard sciences academic background and extensive resume in the field, but he is an entrepreneur to the core.