Startup Legal 101 Workshop

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

Jared Sorin, a partner with McCarter & English, will host a workshop “Startup Legal 101” for members of the Syracuse University Blackstone LaunchPad at 4 p.m. on Tuesday November 2.  The conversation will cover topics of importance to all ventures and startup founding teams, including picking the right legal entity, founder equity and vesting, equitizing…

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,…

Legal Info Office Hours

Jared Sorin, a partner with McCarter & English, will host legal info office hours for members of the Syracuse University Blackstone LaunchPad. It will be a chance to ask questions specifically related to your venture about topics such as picking the right legal entity, founder equity and vesting, equitizing employees and consultants, protecting your idea,…

EmpowerU Meeting

Women hold just 10.9% of leadership positions in the world’s 500 largest companies. In companies across the U.S. they hold only 21% of leadership positions across all companies. When women make up half the population and nearly half the workforce, why do we still see stagnation in equality of opportunity and professional growth for women?…

Impact Prize Business Competition

The Impact Prize is open to Syracuse University and State University of New York Environmental Science and Forestry students taking entrepreneurship classes at the University and working on ventures that create a social impact. Impact Prize competing companies are practical, innovative, and sustainable solutions to societal problems anywhere around the world.  Some solutions have touched…

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,…

LaunchPad and Enactus Holiday Tabling

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

Join the Blackstone LaunchPad and Syracuse Enactus for a holiday tabling event on November 30, 2021.   The event on "Giving Tuesday" celebrates social entrepreneurship and supports the work of the Syracuse University Enactus student organization which creates opportunities to positively impact local and international communities. The mutually beneficial relationships formed by students provide valuable real-world…

Startup accounting, tax and finance

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

Join us December 3 at 3 p.m. over pizza in the LaunchPad for our last Startup Social conversation of the season. Syracuse University alum Michael Steinmetz CPA will join us to chat about what startups need to know to wrap up their financial year and plan for the next one. What’s deductible and what isn’t? …

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…