LaunchPad and Enactus Holiday Bazaar

Join the Blackstone LaunchPad and Syracuse Enactus for a holiday bazaar tabling event on Wednesday, December 8 at 4:00 p.m. featuring handcrafted projects by local and global social entrepreneurs.  The event supports the work of the Syracuse University Enactus student organization which creates opportunities to positively impact local and international communities. The mutually beneficial relationships…

Innovation Law Center Office Hours

ILC Zoom

The Syracuse University Innovation Law Center + New York State Science & Technology Law Center (NYS STLC) is partnering again with the LaunchPad to host office hours for innovators and inventors interested in commercializing their ideas. Need help with how to protect ideas or creative works by understanding the basics of patents, trademarks and copyrights,…

Phil McKnight Entrepreneur in Residence office hours

Phil McKnight is an entrepreneur who specializes in furthering the adoption of new technologies. His background is in IoT, renewable energy, InsurTech, blockchain, and cryptocurrencies, and has a unique skill for helping people to chart the path between where they are and where they want to go.  His current business, Ghostfruit, is a hosted bitcoin…

Lunar New Year popup at the LaunchPad

Join our international students and Syracuse innovators for an informal popup celebrating Lunar New Year / Chinese New Year of the Tiger with some Asian sweets and treats, and a "Tea Chat" with We Media Lab Founder Ze Zeng about the cultural traditions associated with the holiday.  Those attending will receive "Launch Dollars" -- fun…

Patrick Prioletti, LaunchPad Alumni Entrepreneur in Residence Technology Office Hours

Prioletti has a master’s degree in applied data science from Syracuse University.  He is the founder of Psily, a mobile app based on-going psilocybin studies at MAPS, that is designed for convenient and robust wellness management and supplement therapy tracking personalized for the user’s lifestyle.  He is also the chief technology officer at Your Perfect Dose…

Innovation Law Center Office Hours

ILC Zoom

The Syracuse University Innovation Law Center + New York State Science & Technology Law Center (NYS STLC) is partnering again with the LaunchPad to host office hours for innovators and inventors interested in commercializing their ideas. Need help with how to protect ideas or creative works by understanding the basics of patents, trademarks and copyrights,…

Media + Marketing for Startups

Need help understanding content marketing and how to effectively use all forms of media to take your brand to the next level?  Want help with building audience and engagement?  Here’s your chance to learn from Sean Branagan, executive director of the Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship at Newhouse.  Branagan is a serial entrepreneur, interactive marketer and evangelist…

Thought To Action Bootcamp Session 1

Want to jumpstart your idea this spring semester?  LaunchPad is pleased to host “Thought to Action,” a bootcamp offered each Saturday afternoon in February by serial entrepreneur Phil McKnight, founder of Ghostfruit, co-founder of Promptous and LaunchPad Entrepreneur in Residence.

Phil McKnight Entrepreneur in Residence office hours

Phil McKnight is an entrepreneur who specializes in furthering the adoption of new technologies. His background is in IoT, renewable energy, InsurTech, blockchain, and cryptocurrencies, and has a unique skill for helping people to chart the path between where they are and where they want to go.  His current business, Ghostfruit, is a hosted bitcoin…

Patrick Prioletti, LaunchPad Alumni Entrepreneur in Residence Tech office hours

Prioletti has a master’s degree in applied data science from Syracuse University.  He is the founder of Psily, a mobile app based on-going psilocybin studies at MAPS, that is designed for convenient and robust wellness management and supplement therapy tracking personalized for the user’s lifestyle.  He is also the chief technology officer at Your Perfect Dose…

ACC InVenture Prize campus competition

Syracuse students can apply here through February 1 for the campus qualifier for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) InVenture Prize.  The competition features the top student startup teams from the 15 colleges and universities in the ACC Academic Consortium vying for more than $30,000 in prizes in live finals at Florida State University to be televised by PBS.…

Thought To Action Bootcamp #2

Want to jumpstart your idea this spring semester?  LaunchPad is pleased to host “Thought to Action,” a bootcamp offered each Saturday afternoon in February by serial entrepreneur Phil McKnight, founder of Ghostfruit, co-founder of Promptous and LaunchPad Entrepreneur in Residence.