Cuse Tank Competition

Cuse Tank sponsored by the LaunchPad as part of Family Weekend that features parent entrepreneurs as judges with $10,000 in prizes. Applications closed.

Josh Aviv on Shark Tank Watch Party

Join the LaunchPad family in cheering on alumnus,  Josh Aviv ’15 G’17 , and his business partner in the season premiere of ABC's Shark Tank, at 8pm EST. Aviv will be pitching SparkCharge that night to Kevin O’Leary, Barbara Corcoran, Daymond John, Robert Herjavec, Mark Cuban, Lori Greiner and a celebrity guest entrepreneur. Aviv developed…

Orange Tank Competition

Orange Tank, Whitman student and recent alumni competition, featuring distinguished alumni as judges, $20,000 in prizes. Applications closed. Event link: https://whitman.syr.edu/programs-and-academics/centers-and-institutes/falcone/for-students/orangetank.aspx

Fireside Chat: Kenneth Williams ’87, Product Marketing and Senior Manager, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and Matt Shumer, Co-founder of Otherside AI

ILC Zoom

Kenneth Williams holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and BA in Economics from Syracuse University, class of ’87.  He also holds a MS in Electrical Engineering from the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ.  He has been the Business Development & Product Marketing Manager for Qualcomm Inc.  since 2017 where is responsible for wireless…

Virtual LaunchPad Startup Weekend

Syracuse University is participating in a virtual LaunchPad Startup Weekend co-sponsored by the LaunchPads at SUNY Buffalo, Syracuse University and Cornell University, sponsored by The Blackstone Charitable Foundation and Techstars. Startup weekend is an amazing weekend where students form into teams, and see how far they can develop their business idea in under 72 hours.…

Techstars NYC: We Help you Grow and Scale! Meet the Team and Learn More

Applications for Techstars NYC 2020 are open now! Hear from Jenny Fielding, Managing Director, Techstars NYC - about the benefits of the Accelerator Program and ways that Techstars offers support to help your company grow and scale! We also have a limited number of office hour appointments available before and after the event. To request office…

Innovation Law Center Virtual Office Hours

LaunchPad Discord

The Syracuse University Innovation Law Center + New York State Science & Technology Law Center (NYS STLC) is partnering again with the Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars at Syracuse University Libraries to hold office hours for innovators and inventors this academic year. Law students will lend their technical expertise to SU innovators working to commercialize…

Projecting Finances for your Business

LaunchPad Discord

LaunchPad Thursday Technical Workshops are 3 p.m. weekly, coordinated by the Syracuse University LaunchPad at SU Libraries, with subject matter experts offering practical advice on the most common questions asked by those exploring the startup world. Open to faculty, staff, students, alumni and the community. Dates:  September 4, 10, 17, 24: October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29;…

Fireside Chat: Todd B. Rubin ’04, Minister of Evolution and President of the Republic of Tea

ILC Zoom

Todd B. Rubin ’04, Minister of Evolution (President) for The Republic of Tea, will be our featured speaker for Orange Central Weekend.  A graduate of the Syracuse University School of Architecture, Rubin is dedicated to preserving a legacy that fosters The Republic of Tea’s “Sip by Sip Rather than Gulp by Gulp” lifestyle, He strives…

Orange Central LaunchPad Alumni Reunion

Orange Reunion

It’s Orange Central Weekend and we miss you. Wear your orange and bring your favorite pumpkin to our first ever LaunchPad alumni reunion.  See your old friends from across the country and around the world. BYOBO (bring your favorite own orange beverage) for a quick hello Friday, October 30 from 7:30 to 8 p.m. ‘Cuse…

Impact Prize Pitch Workshop

LaunchPad Discord

LaunchPad Thursday Technical Workshops are 3 p.m. weekly, coordinated by the Syracuse University LaunchPad at SU Libraries, with subject matter experts offering practical advice on the most common questions asked by those exploring the startup world. Open to faculty, staff, students, alumni and the community. Dates:  September 4, 10, 17, 24: October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29;…

Fireside Chat: George Dawson ’08, Techstars Fund Controller

ILC Zoom

Dawson is based at Techstars headquarters in Boulder, Colorado, where he leads the organization’s fund and investment finance team which oversees 50+ venture capital funds and internal investment vehicles and a portfolio of approximately 4,000+ investments.  Dawson is responsible for all aspects of portfolio company valuations, accounting, investor reporting, operations and fund structuring, and plays…