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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.

Quinn King, mad inventor

Posted on Feb. 11, 2019, 3:03 p.m.

Growing up in a small town in Maine, Quinn King looked up to his grandfather, a serial entrepreneur who was always working with his hands to build something new.

Meet Will DeVito, the LaunchPad’s digital storyteller

Posted on Feb. 11, 2019, 3:01 p.m.

Will DeVito, a junior television, radio and film major at the S.I. Newhouse School of Communications, and marketing minor from Long Island, New York, is the Blackstone LaunchPad’s new Global Media Fellow and Digital Storyteller.

Shelby Smith, a serial entrepreneur and passionate innovator

Posted on Feb. 11, 2019, 3 p.m.

Shelby Smith, a communication and rhetorical studies major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts and a Chinese studies minor always knew that she wanted to be involved in making something impactful and purposeful.

Teodoro Delellis and the next big idea

Posted on Feb. 11, 2019, 2:58 p.m.

From the time Teodoro Delellis was a child, he was always working on the next big idea.

The adventures of DJ ZEL

Posted on Feb. 11, 2019, 2:57 p.m.

As we pack up the last of his equipment, in comes Jack, an employee at Upoint Syracuse.

10 tips for young entrepreneurs from successful entrepreneurs

Posted on Feb. 6, 2019, 3:10 p.m.

Spring 2019 marks the tenth anniversary of the IDS (Information Technology, Design, and Startups) program at the iSchool.

Take Indulo’s survey and help shape the future of on-line shopping

Posted on Feb. 6, 2019, 3:07 p.m.

Attila Melegh, founder of Syracuse University student startup Indulo, is doing some customer discovery, and is looking for your help.

The LaunchPad Toolkit 2.0 designed by Jacob deHahn

Posted on Feb. 6, 2019, 3:05 p.m.

The Blackstone LaunchPad at Bird Library is adding new tools to its Toolkit to help guide innovators, inventors and creatives on the roadmap to bring an idea to life.

Emily Pearson on creativity and innovation

Posted on Feb. 4, 2019, 3:20 p.m.

Emily Pearson ’21 is a sophomore Environmental + Interior Design major in the School of Visual and Performing Arts, and a new Blackstone LaunchPad Global Media Fellow.