Design-Led No-Code Hackathon

Design thinking, UX/UI research and design, and no-code/low code tech tools have the potential to converge and unleash unparalleled innovation. The problem is these skills are too often taught and practiced in silos. Imagine learning how to bring them together in a fast-paced weekend innovation sprint, led by leading thinkers in each field. We’re excited to…

Blackstone LaunchPad Ideas Competition

Do you have a brainstorm for a business hidden somewhere in your notebook? Have you and a friend plotted out a great idea but find yourself stuck on what to do next? The Blackstone LaunchPad Ideas Competition could give you the funding and support you need to see if you can turn that idea into something…

Impact Prize Competition

Applications due in late October, with the event held during Global Entrepreneurship Week. Open to Syracuse University students and SUNY ESF undergraduate and graduate students taking entrepreneurship courses at SU and working on ventures that create a social impact (such as energy, environment, employment, education and training, health and mental health, community and social networks,…

Impact Prize Competition

Blackstone LaunchPad, first floor, Bird Library 222 Waverly Ave, Syracuse, NY, United States

The LaunchPad is accepting applications through November 1 for the Impact Prize, a competition designed to catalyze social entrepreneurship. Open to Syracuse University students, as well as SUNY ESF students taking entrepreneurship classes at Syracuse University, the competition be held at Bird Library on Friday, November 11 from 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. and will feature $15,000…

ACC InVenture Prize

The LaunchPad is now accepting applications through Feb. 1 for the 2023 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) InVenture Prize. The ACC InVenture Prize is a televised student start-up pitch competition open to teams from the 15 colleges and universities in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Academic Consortium. The ACC InVenture finals feature a $30,000 prize package and are…

Hult Prize Competition

Blackstone LaunchPad, first floor, Bird Library 222 Waverly Ave, Syracuse, NY, United States

Applications are open for the Syracuse University Hult Prize, the campus qualifier for a $1 million global competition considered “The Nobel Prize” of student impact entrepreneurship. Sponsored through the Hult Foundation with the United Nations, The Hult Prize focuses on sustainable solutions to pressing global problems with a selected topic of focus each year. The Blackstone LaunchPad at…

Afropreneurship Celebration

Blackstone LaunchPad, first floor, Bird Library 222 Waverly Ave, Syracuse, NY, United States

Join Syracuse University’s Blackstone LaunchPad on Friday, February 24 from 1:00 to 3:00 PM in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, first floor of Bird Library, for Afropreneurship, a celebration of black entrepreneurs. Register now The event will include panel discussions. an open pitch competition, and a networking reception. It is being organized by Todd B.…

2023 RvD iPrize Pitch Competition

School of Information Studies’ (iSchool) Raymond von Dran (RvD) iPrize pitch competition and the Hunter Brooks Watson Spirit of Entrepreneurship Award. The concurrent competitions, coordinated by the Blackstone LaunchPad, are open to all full and part-time undergraduate and graduate students at Syracuse University. The joint event will be held on Friday March 24 at Bird…

Orange Tank Pitch Competition Application Deadline

Helaine and Marvin Lender Auditorium

The Whitman School of Management’s ninth annual Orange Tank business pitch competition will be held on Sept. 29, 2023, at 3 p.m. in the Helaine and Marvin Lender Auditorium. Current students and alumni entrepreneurs from the Whitman School will pitch their business venture to a panel of accomplished judges and vie for part of the…