LaunchPad Talent Recruitment Fair and Startup Showcase

Informal tabeling event on the first floor of Bird Library to promote student startups who are building teams and attracting talent to meet other SU students who want to be a part of something innovative that will help build their portfolio. These opportunities can lead to internships, paid contract work and equity based team roles.…

Thought to Action Bootcamp #3

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…

Strategies and Tools for Finding Investors

Join us in the LaunchPad to learn more about identifying and approaching potential investors. Blackstone LaunchPad Executive Director Linda Dickerson Hartsock will provide an overview of types of investors, how to determine whether you are investment ready, and which strategies you should use when approaching potential investors. Librarian for Business, Management, and Entrepreneurship Stephanie JH…

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…

Thought to Action Bootcamp #4

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 hour

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…

Steve VonDeak Alumni Entrepreneur in Residence Office Hours

Steve VonDeak L’08 will be joining the LaunchPad for Entrepreneur in Residence office hours every other Tuesday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., starting February 15.  VonDeak is the co-founder of Density, a high-tech company that uses powerful sensors, combined with state-of-the-art depth data, computer vision and deep learning in an autonomous system that can make…

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…

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…

Midwinter Mentor Matching Mixer

Join the Syracuse University LaunchPad's midwinter mentor matching mixer event. Come to mingle, pitch and network with our alumni mentors and entrepreneurs in residence. Email Launchpad@syr.edu to submit your one-pager.