Who is the top founder on campus? A team of celebrity LaunchPad alumni judges, led by Josh Aviv ’15 G’17, Shark Tank million-dollar prize winner and founder of SparkCharge, will award the Founders Cup trophy, along with a $5,000 grand prize. It’s all part of Orange Central Weekend. As the LaunchPad celebrates its 5th year,…
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…
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,…
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,…
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?…
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…
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,…
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…
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? …
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…
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 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…