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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.

Adjusting the Lens

Posted on Sept. 1, 2020, 2:37 p.m.

Images in the Syracuse University Photograph Collection.

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.

August 2020 Wrap Up

Posted on Aug. 28, 2020, 2:25 p.m.

Working through several digital description and transcription projects.

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.

Sam Hollander ’22, founder of FSCL, accepted into The Tech Garden

Posted on Aug. 26, 2020, noon

Student startup FSCL, founded by Sam Hollander ’22 was accepted by The Tech Garden in downtown Syracuse as a new member.

Hanna Seraji and Gabbi Holliman-Lopez create Tableau Media

Posted on Aug. 21, 2020, noon

Hanna Seraji and Gabbi Holliman-Lopez create Tableau Media as a powerful voice for marginalized identities.