Latest Past Events

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…

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?…

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,…