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New Inclusive Entrepreneurship Program Launching through Gift from Intelligence++ Foundation
An innovative, interdisciplinary program focused on inclusive entrepreneurship and design is being offered for the 2020-21 academic year in a partnership of the Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars (LaunchPad) at Syracuse University Libraries, the Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education…
Student Entrepreneurs Successful at Techstars Startup Weekend Remote USA and Hult Prize Regional Competitions
A group of five Syracuse University students and one alumni, all active members of the Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars at Syracuse University Libraries (LaunchPad), were selected as a top ten team in the east division at the Techstars Startup…
Winners Announced for Entrepreneur Student Competitions
Winners of the School of Information Studies’ (iSchool) Raymond von Dran (RvD) Fund for Student Entrepreneurship competition, the Hunter Brooks Watson Spirit of Entrepreneurship Award, and the Compete CNY regional qualifier for the New York Business Plan Competition (NYBPC) were…
2020 Spring Student Competitions Reinvented Online
The School of Information Studies’ (iSchool) Raymond von Dran (RvD) Fund for Student Entrepreneurship pitch competition, the Hunter Brooks Watson Spirit of Entrepreneurship Award and the Compete CNY regional qualifier for the New York Business Plan Competition (NYBPC) have been…
Bobbi Brown, Serial Entrepreneur, and Bruce Teitelbaum, CEO of RPG, to Speak at LaunchPad
Bobbi Brown, beauty industry titan and serial entrepreneur, and her business colleague, Bruce Teitelbaum ’86, CEO of RPG, will be discussing “Creative Entrepreneurship and Building a Brand” at the Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars at Syracuse University Libraries (LaunchPad) on…
Jeff Rich ’67 Contributes to LaunchPad Innovation Fund
Jeffrey Rich ’67, partner at Rich Michaelson Magaliff LLP, and a member of the Syracuse University Libraries Advisory Board, has made a multi-year pledge of $25,000 per year for five years to Syracuse University Libraries. The total pledge of $125,000,…
Shumer Wins Campuswide InVenture Prize
Matthew Shumer ’22, founder of Visos, the first virtual reality (VR) headset specifically designed for health care applications, has won Syracuse University’s InVenture Prize campus qualifier competition, sponsored by the Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars at Syracuse University Libraries. He received…
Applications Now Open for ACC InVenture Prize Competition
Applications are being accepted now through Feb. 7 for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) InVenture Prize 2020. The InVenture Prize is a televised “shark tank” competition open to student startup teams from the 15 colleges and universities in the ACC…
Syracuse University Startup CLLCTVE Selected for LaunchPad Lift Cohort Program
Kelsey Davis ’19, G’20 and CLLCTVE, a team of student entrepreneurs from Syracuse University, have been selected to participate in the spring 2020 cohort of LaunchPad Lift. The program takes 10 college student business ventures from the United States and…
LaunchPad at Syracuse University Libraries Hosting International Startup Workshop
The Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars at Syracuse University Libraries is hosting a free International Startup Workshop for the international and innovation community on Jan. 22 from 3-5 p.m., in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons in Bird Library. The workshop…