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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…

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…

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.