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Sandra Appiah Babu-Boateng ’10, Techstars Boston, partners with the Syracuse LaunchPad to beta test her mentor matching platform, LegacyShift

Hours of studying, networking, writing cover letters, and practicing interviews is something college students work tirelessly at for one purpose: getting their first job after graduation. However, when that offer letter comes in and that first day of work arrives after graduation; it can be hard to adjust from the world of classrooms and papers to offices and project reports. Full-time jobs, particularly corporate jobs, often throw one into a completely foreign world with different language, workflows, and expectations. 

Sandra Appiah Babu-Boateng, 2010 graduate from the S.I. Newhouse School of Communications hopes to prepare students and graduates to thrive in their newfound professional world. Through LegacyShift, a network platform that smart-matches members for skills training, mentorship, and career support, she is attempting to change the system so that entering the workforce is a smooth transition, not a jarring adjustment. 

Babu-Boateng’s drive for starting LegacyShift comes from her own experience entering the workforce after she graduated from Syracuse University. As she grew up in a family of immigrants, working tirelessly to pursue her dreams and create a rewarding and enriching career for herself was at the center of her drive to succeed while in college. However, thriving in her career was not as straightforward as she believed it to be. “This was my American dream, but I got there and realized that hard work was not enough,” said Appiah Babu-Boateng. 

Once in her job, she found that much of success in the workplace wasn’t related to simply hard work and focus, as much of success in school is. Instead, she found that successful careers demand excellent communication skills, navigating and collaborating with teams, and consistent networking and widening your support and professional circle. However, all these skills were not taught to Babu-Boateng through her college education, and she began to feel lost and burnt out navigating an unfamiliar professional system. “I felt more and more invisible and there wasn’t an easy way for me to find support internally,” she said of her time in her first job. 

Babu-Boateng didn’t just see this struggle in herself, but also realized that many young professionals around her were struggling with the same feelings of skills gap, confusion, and inadequacy. Particularly for young people of color, professional workplaces can often be predominantly white and do not create welcoming and supportive spaces for individuals from diverse backgrounds. Babu-Boateng decided she wanted to change this harsh environment. 

Babu-Boateng recognized the importance of mentorship and coaching as a catalyst for life and career success but saw inefficiencies and biases around how organizations run and manage these programs. She built LegacyShift to help organizations automate and streamline these programs so they can operate them at scale and more democratically. Organizations can use the platform to set up internal mentorship networks, create professional development courses, and use data analytics to understand skill gaps and how they can improve these programs. What excites Babu-Boateng the most is how LegacyShift is helping universities engage their alumni network to provide mentorship and coaching to students so they can be better prepared for the next stage of their life. Reflecting on her early experience in corporate world, “this is something that would have been a life changer for me,” she says. 

The core of LegacyShift’s work is helping professionals to not only succeed in their careers but helping companies to support their workers. Appiah references that lack of growth and opportunity are the leading reasons people are switching jobs or searching for different industries post-pandemic. This is not the same thing as individuals truly hating their jobs, but searching for spaces where they can continue to grow, learn new skills, and advance. “The Great Resignation is turning into the Great Regret- the grass is not greener on the other side,” said Babu-Boateng of the current marketplace shifts. She hopes that LegacyShift will help companies and organizations effectively leverage their own internal talent to hone new skills, elevate and inspire their members at scale. She currently invites organizations to join LegacyShift’s waitlist here.

In thinking about the success of companies and organizations, Babu-Boateng highlights that at the end of the day, all success stems directly from humans. People are the driving force and visionaries behind all work and accomplishment. To create successful businesses and meaningful careers, companies and individuals need to invest in professional development and creating systems of support. “It’s critical to have people who are sharing experiences with you, teaching you, and helping you navigate specific experiences. We will be the #1 solution for human centered learning and development which will become critical for organizations, particularly those who want to win the “war” for talent,” said Babu-Boateng of LegacyShift’s impact on the professional world. 


Babu-Boateng recently completed Techstars Boston. She invites any investors, organizations, or companies interested in learning more to reach out at contact@legacyshift.com.

The Syracuse University Blackstone LaunchPad is currently one of the first beta users of the platform, with peer mentors on the system. Students interested in trying out the platform to match with a Syracuse LaunchPad mentor should reach out to the LaunchPad by e-mailing LaunchPad@syr.edu

Story by LaunchPad Global Fellow Claire Howard ’23; photo supplied 

LaunchPad alum Sam Hollander ’21 and James LePage ’22 selected for prestigious XRC Labs Accelerator

Sam Hollander, left, with James LePage

Sam Hollander ’21 and James LePage ’22, co-founders of ShareClub, have been selected to be part of retail technology and consumer goods venture firm and startup accelerator, XRC Labs. They will join 12 other pre-seed startups spanning healthcare, beauty, sustainability, physical goods and more. As part of the accelerator program, each startup receives one to three hundred thousand dollars in startup capital from XRC’s Accelerator Fund and participates in a three-month-long bootcamp aimed to help grow their businesses. The startups are paired with mentors from XRC’s 330+ mentorship network and are provided access to XRC’s world-class partners.

Hollander (Whitman/Newhouse) and LePage (Whitman) created their company while serving as Rubin Family Innovation Mentors and team members of the Blackstone LaunchPad at Syracuse. They most recently won grand prize in Whitman’s Orange Tank competition. Hollander was program manager for the Syracuse LaunchPad before moving to work full-time developing ShareClub.

ShareClub is a platform for public, consumer-focused companies that leverages shareholder rewards to tighten the connection between loyal customers and retail shareholders. On average a retail shareholder will direct 74% more of their wallet toward their invested brands.

“The momentum and excitement at XRC are palpable with our growth this year in both our team and record number startup investments,” says XRC Partner, Diana Melencio, who joined XRC in 2021 to lead investments and was recently named a 2022 New York Business Journal Woman of Influence. “We remain committed to our investment philosophy by investing in incredible retail tech and consumer founders, while expanding our digital health portfolio, as we see this sector as exciting and ripe for innovation.”

XRC Labs is a New York based accelerator for the next generation of disruptors in the retail and consumer goods sectors. The venture capital firm and accelerator seek out the next generation of disruptors in the retail technology, consumer goods and consumerization of healthcare sectors. With support from our world-class retailer and brand sponsors including The Estée Lauder Companies, Mastercard, The TJX Companies and GS1 US, and our distinguished university and eco-system partners, XRC Labs has become the first design-centric retail innovation ecosystem of its kind.

With two Accelerator programs each year, XRC invests has invested in more than 130 companies since its inception in 2016.

Syracuse LaunchPad director authors best practices playbook and speaks at Blackstone annual conference

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Linda Dickerson-Hartsock, executive director of the Syracuse University Blackstone LaunchPad, is a featured speaker at this year’s Blackstone LaunchPad annual conference, hosted by the Blackstone Charitable Foundation. The event brings together the 50+ universities from across the Blackstone LaunchPad entrepreneurial network to share ideas around programming, governance, stakeholder engagement, venture development, student career pathways in innovation, and more.

Linda authored a playbook of best practices for the network, which is being published and shared with all the campuses that are part of the event. The publication is based on her experiences leading the Syracuse LaunchPad over the past seven years, as well as primary and secondary research, surveys, and interviews. She’ll be sharing the findings and her insight as part of the annual conference.

The playbook is intended as a user manual for new campuses and program directors, as the network is expected to expand to 75 campuses over the next few years, and as a refresher with imaginative and innovative new ideas for existing campuses and program staff.

She will also be representing Syracuse University at The Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC) annual conference, hosted this year by The UNLV Troesh Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

GCED was established in 1997 for the purpose of becoming the key junction for university-based entrepreneurship centers across the U.S. and internationally to collaborate, communicate, and jointly advance excellence in entrepreneurship through the unique role and position of the centers in the academic and business communities. GCEC is considered the premier leadership organization addressing the emerging topics of importance to university-based centers for entrepreneurship. It has become the industry vehicle by which the top, established entrepreneurship centers, as well as emerging centers, can work together to share information, develop programs and initiatives, and collaborate and assist each other in advancing, strengthening, and celebrating the contributions and impact of individual centers–as well as the overall role of university-based entrepreneurship center.

 The consortium, comprised of over 200 university member centers, hosts an annual conference and is home to the 21st Century Entrepreneurship Research Fellows. The Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship in the Jones School of Business at Rice University, Houston, has been chosen to be the administrative office for the global consortium.

This is the first in-person conference since the pandemic, with more than 600 attendees at this year’s conference, with more than 100 break-out sessions. The event features opportunities to reenergize through professional development experience

Two LaunchPad alum selected for LinkedIn Creator Accelerator

Congratulations to LaunchPad alum Jason Kuperberg ’18, co-founder of Otherside AI and Kelsey Davis ’19 G’20, co-founder of CLLCTVE, on being accepted to the prestigious LinkedIn Creator Accelerator.  The program is an initiative designed to support creators on LinkedIn through coaching, recognition, and resources.

Last year the program announced a $25 million investment in creators with the launch of its first-ever U.S. Creator Accelerator Program, and has since expanded to India, Brazil, the U.K., and to a second U.S. Creator Accelerator Program, focused on creators who are passionate about Technology & Innovation.

The Creator Accelerator Program is a 6-week incubator-style program, where participants bring new concepts and visions to life, helping to grow their audience and engage the LinkedIn community. Accepted program participants receive support from our LinkedIn team, a financial award and early access to LinkedIn tools to start conversations, build engaged communities, and connect to meaningful opportunities on the platform.

Workshops on developing a winning business model and pitch presentation: November 3 and 7

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Winning student team, PAANI, at recent Impact Prize Competition, with David Seaman, Dean of SU Libraries

Competition season is heating up at Syracuse, and not just on the football field. Each year, the most innovative minds on campus come together to pitch their ideas for products, services, technologies, and social impact projects for a combined prizes of more than $150,000 from the Blackstone LaunchPad at SU Libraries, Whitman School of Management and the iSchool, as well as state, national and global student competitions.

Syracuse University has a reputation for being among the most competitive in the country, with LaunchPad students winning more than $4 million in these kinds of events over the past seven years.

To help this year’s cohort of contestants prepare, the LaunchPad is offering two workshops:

  • Thursday, November 3 at 2 p.m.
  • Monday, November 7 at 2 p.m.

Both workshops will be in the LaunchPad and will include an overview of the “recipe” for success, along with tips by seasoned student entrepreneurs who have won previous competitions.

In addition to the workshop, campus teams will receive important updates and information about upcoming competitions, as well as other tools to help them prepare for the 2022 – 2023 season which kicks off with the Impact Prize on November 11 at Bird Library.

To register for the workshops,, e-mail:  LaunchPad@syr.edu

Hunter’s Fund accepting applications through November 15 for student innovation grants

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Syracuse University student innovators are invited to apply before November 15 to the Hunter’s Fund grant program which helps young people use their talents and passions to find ways to improve the world.  Hunter’s Fund invests in young people, ages 16-25, who have demonstrated talent, experience, and passion. The grant program rewards innovation and reflects the talents and passions that Hunter Brooks Watson, a Syracuse University iSchool student, brought to his life. The grants honor his legacy and provide support for young people who also approach life with powerful ideas.

Preference is given to applications in the areas of music, performing arts, computer science and entrepreneurship. (See this newsletter archive for past winners or watch grant winner interviews on the Hunter’s Fund YouTube Channel.)

All awards range from $500 to $5,000 based on submitted budgets. All grantees are partnered with an appropriate mentor to encourage their progress and growth as they move towards their goals. Previous Syracuse University student winners included Taylor Lotte ’19, Nick Barba ’20 and Justin Gluska ’23.

Applications are reviewed and accepted twice a year.  The next deadline is November 15 with grantees announced in January 2022.

Visit the LaunchPad at Bird Library to learn more about Hunter Brooks Watson, Hunter’s Fund and this grant program.

Apply here.

About Hunter’s Fund:

Hunter’s Fund seeks out young people who dream of something they are deeply curious and passionate about, then provides them with financial resources to explore that passion. It also works to reduce deaths and injuries from distracted driving accidents by sponsoring programs that encourage young people to drive distraction-free. Hunter’s Fund supports young men and women of diverse interests and talents, so they can let their passions shine. Its inspiration and our mission come from Hunter himself.

Hunter Brooks Watson was a rising junior in the iSchool at Syracuse when his promising life was abruptly and tragically ended on June 18, 2016 as he was fatally injured as a passenger in an automobile collision.

In the months following Hunter’s death, his family and friends and the communities in which he was nurtured, including The Potomac School, Syracuse University and Mustique Island, among others, — all searched for a way to continue his presence and ideals.

The Hunter Brooks Watson Memorial Fund (Hunter’s Fund) was founded as a result and is the realization of his family’s and his communities’ desire to celebrate his life and interests.

The Fund aims to keep Hunter’s insatiable energy and optimism alive by giving grants to help young people’s involvement in the fields of performing arts, music, computer science and entrepreneurship, those areas that inspired Hunter, and the fund is unique in that it provides financial assistance for projects of their own choosing. And just as important the Fund works to raise awareness about distracted driving and ensure the safety of young drivers behind the wheel!

Memories of Hunter’s spirit, interests and love will always remain with his family and friends, but it is gratifying how many people his life touched and to see the good things that are being accomplished in his memory.

And while his life was too short, and the hurt that those who loved him feel will never fully heal, there is a peace that comes from knowing that Hunter succeeded in getting the most out of every day he lived.

Hunter’s closest friends formed a Founders Committee, now known as Hunter’s Team. The group moves Hunter’s Fund forward through fundraising efforts, grant application evaluations, awarding of grants, mentoring the winners and organizing safe driving programs on school campuses.

They were the people who were behind the start of the Hunter’s Fund, and they were the ones who insisted on its grants being focused on the variety of interests and passions that Hunter had displayed in his all too short life.

Kai Patricio G’23 takes on a graduate degree and creating Design Led No Code

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Kai Patricio is an extraordinary thinker who has taken a small idea and turned it into an idea that may be untouchable. Working towards his dream and ambitions, Kai is currently a graduate student in his second year in the Masters of Fine Arts program (MFA) at Syracuse University. He has pursued his passion for design with a background in product design but considers himself a multidisciplinary designer who works in a variety of mediums.

Last year, Kai made an app in one of his classes but soon realized this idea was brighter than any app. With an ambition to expand, Kai met with designers over the summer and began building off his design training. He then utilized the design research he had throughout his graduate program. After countless hours of dedication, thought, and hard work, Kai began Design Led No Code. He believes Design Led No Code is a great way to approach UX research and is the benchmark for an even more powerful idea he’s developing.

Design Led No Code is an intersection of UX research/design and no-code tools to create human-centered user experiences that drive innovation. It’s a multistage process that takes an idea and creates it into a prototype for design research or market. This year’s, Design Led No Code Hackathon event took place on September 23rd- 25th, 2022, and allowed students and individuals around the Syracuse community to apply their knowledge and skills to innovate and compete with peers. Competitors use the tools they have and combined them with no-code tools to create a product; they can then use it in the future for themselves and others who can benefit from the product. As a result of students and individuals building these prototypes, it’s progressively improving the potential user’s experiences.

At Hackathon, LaunchPad had a small group of motivated and dedicated students who had a wonderful panel of judges from the Intelligence ++ Program, Newhouse, Whitman, and LaunchPad. These participants were evaluated on their work and the efforts to create their prototype which challenged their presenting skills, and commitment to their idea.

Kai stated, “The competition went well, and the participants enjoyed the opportunity to build connections, use new tools and code, and the interview process.” Moreover, Kai was very pleased with the group’s great work as well as the support and collaboration with one another. Furthermore, the only limitation that the competition may have had was only having a few days to complete such an amazing experience and environment for competitors. Kai is taking into account all the feedback he’s received, along with his personal experience with the competition, to improve and make for the best experience at the next Design Led No Code event.

The countless hours Kai had spent building and executing the program, have brought him great success. He is thrilled with a new ambition to expand Design Led No Code into the spring and hopes to provide another opportunity for students to build off their ideas and for Kai to incorporate more fantastic features to enhance digital interface development.

Kai is one of the most driven and aspiring creators with an ambition to take his ideas further. With this, he is developing a website for the Design Led No Code approach, and he wants to be the author of this methodology, and implement more design into the no-code space. He believes that no code and design together can create a brighter future for students, users, and workers. The next steps include continuing innovation, applying the process to real-world applications, and reaching higher goals to use in the world.

Moving forward with his methodology, he’s hoping to take this idea further than just software development and make it a new approach for designers. In the coming years, Kai is planning on patenting his idea and is hopeful that Design Led No Code can enhance the role of other designers everywhere.

Story by Sydney Gross ’23, Blackstone LaunchPad Global Fellow

Announcing winners of the Intelligence ++ Design Led No Code Hackathon

Kai Patricio speaking in front of Gianfranco Zaccai who was the funder and keynote speaker at the recent Design Led No Code Hackathon

Kai Patricio G’23 led a first of its kind Design Led No Code Hackathon this month, funded through the Intelligence ++ program and a gift from Gianfranco Zaccai and the Zaccair Foundation for Augmented Intelligence. The Intelligence ++ program is a collaboration between VPA’s School of Design, the School of Education’s InclusiveU program and SU Libraries’ Blackstone LaunchPad.

Winners were:

1st Place: Northstar 

Group Members: Naiyou Wang, Will Shick, Jiaqi Liu, Lang Delepa

Northstar helps users navigate in a new space with the consideration of safety issues and accessibility for neurodiverse people. It features a digital Navigator that can help offer an additional layer of safety and community inclusion for users.

2nd Place: Scout 

Eric Hong, Yi Zhou Zhang

Scout is an indoor mapping service that is designed to help people ease their anxiety by having a virtual indoor map that informs the user with useful information like, accessible paths, general directions, and crowd flow. 

Not placing, but distinction:

Optimal Assess

Alex Levy, Rabia Razzaq, Amaan Khan

Optimal Assess is a web progressive application that facilitates students by providing them a platform to understand how well they respond to different modes of Q&As and to self-evaluate based on how they answer to the prompts provided to them. The responses from the app (specifically, how the students did on each type of question and how the students ranked their preferred testing method) is sent to a dashboard that the professor or educator can look at to see what test formats the students did best on, as well as what methods the students self-reported that they liked the best.

Jump

Sise Deng, Xinyi Wang, Sicong Ma

Jump is a community platform app for InclusiveU students to jump into the community and get involved in SU. It features community posting, a skill share platform, and a friends feature for following other people’s activities. 

All teams expressed interest in moving forward with their projects to the next semester and the Intelligence++ competition. 

The competition was based on three design briefs:

  1. Community Inclusion 

Design a digital tool or interface that would empower neurodiverse individuals to better communicate with an unfamiliar environment or unknown individuals and support community inclusion & safety.  

Does your design cultivate a more supportive environment and make foreign spaces more legible to all community members? Does it allow for the opportunity to ask for aid? How is the neurodiverse person communicate with the environment and its individuals? What are the benefits of a digital intervention in this area? What are the limitations of digital mediums? How does this improve safety for the user? 

  • Family  

Working within the context of a home support system, design a digital tool, product, or service that can be utilized by families that will assist in communication and expression for individuals on the spectrum. 

What strengths and weaknesses do digital interfaces allow to support communication with neurodiverse family members. What types of information could you provide that could support a child or family members on the spectrum? What are the places or contexts that your design could be best utilized? What is gained through your proposed tools? What is potentially lost or needs to be considered? 

  • Education 

The diagnosis, assessment, and professional communications with neurodiverse individuals is often narrow in scope and one directional. Instead of focusing on the complexities of different thought processes and neurodiverse perspectives; the focus can be too much on what a neurodiverse person cannot do according to societal standards of cognitive function.  

Design a digital tool/interface that could offer the opportunity to highlight different approaches to testing and promote different ways of demonstrating understanding.

All applicants had to answer the questions:

  • How do you imagine your tool being used?
  • What are the environments and who are the practitioners? How does a digital interface enhance the testing process?
  • Who might be the practitioners of your tool/interface? How can you state the efficacy of your tool(s)?

Event facilitators were Quinton Fletchall and Max Mirho

Quinton Fletchall: Senior Design Researcher at Conifer Research   

Quinton is passionate about design research as it provides opportunities to be curious and explore different topics. As a researcher, he has worked on a wide range of topics including, but not limited to: personal finance, medical diagnostic testing, ethics in tech innovation, health insurance, automotive design and manufacturing, company culture, and various consumer products.  While in Syracuse, Quinton taught in the SU IID program and was a project coordinator for the SU Connective Corridor. 

Max Mirho: No Code Expert & Entrepreneurship Educator, founder, Make with Max 

Max is a content creator and educator specializing in building business ideas from scratch without programming or code. He builds tiny startups publicly online to teach how entrepreneurship functions in the real world. Max has spoken at over 80 schools around the world, including Harvard and Princeton, and regularly mentors students on how to start their own companies. His goal is to democratize entrepreneurship for all, and make building projects and companies more accessible. 

Announcing campus winners of the Blackstone LaunchPad Ideas Competition

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Prize winner Katy Arons with event organizer Andrew Kim and competition emcee Selim Dangoor

The LaunchPad is pleased to announce to winners of its Ideas Competition, held recently in Whitman’s Grand Flaum Hall. The competition was open to all Syracuse University and SUNY-ESF students interested in entrepreneurship or problem-solving.

Four winners were selected, one each in the categories of social and climate impact, health and life sciences, consumer products services, and general, to receive a $1,000 cash prize. The winners will then have the opportunity to progress to a subsequent national round of the competition for a chance to win $10,000.

Syracuse University winners were:

  • Claire Chevalier, cmcheval@syr.edu, Compostables Made Clean, Social and Climate Impact category
  • Katy Arons, kharons@syr.edu, Continual, Health and Life Sciences category
  • Jeremy Shinder, jshinder@syr.edu, Jere Bear Films, Products and Services category
  • Fred Pollard, ftpollar@syr.edu, Rentry Solutions, General category

Celebrating the winning teams of the Deloitte Digital + LaunchPad Innovation Challenge

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The first ever Deloitte Digital + LaunchPad Innovation Challenge was a huge success with 117 students registering for a seven day sprint to create a product, service or technology to address trends shaping the digital experience. Students worked independently and with LaunchPad alumni mentors around three challenges:

  • Trust in a digital world

From cybersecurity to blockchain, tomorrow’s winning digital business will transform the way they share data to earn trust. How can an enterprise innovate to increase trust?

  • Connectivity in a digital world

From virtual fandom, concerts, sports and e-gaming, large scale venues, to re-imagined retail experiences, workspaces, conferences and meetings, travel, learning, and more, how can an enterprise harness digital innovation to build better connectivity with customers, employees, and stakeholders?

  • Experience in a digital world

From social commerce to influencer experiences, to the future of the Web, how can an enterprise utilize digital innovation to personalize a user’s interaction with an organization?

The three winning teams each earned a $500 award as well as personalized mentoring from Deloitte Digital

Moody Mag

Team Members: Jennie Bull, Emma Leuders, Margil Ghandi, Ruzan Pithawala

Moody Mag is a sex-education and self-love community platform that aims to empower and educate people on topics of sex-positivity. Founders Jennie and Emma started Moody Mag due to their frustration with the lack of transparency surrounding these topics, and they wanted to create a safe space to connect and guide people, with the goal of making the subject of sex less taboo. Moody Mag is nearly 100 members strong with their first magazine already published as of last April.

CommUnity

Team Members: Ben Simpson, Jada Knight, Souurabh Gavane, Katy Arons

CommUnity is an on-campus peer-to-peer connection platform centered around the exchange of goods and services. This app gives college students the capability to request rides from their peers, sell new and used items, seek peer-led class tutoring, offer specialized services to one another, and much more. The goal of CommUnity is to give students a new set of tools to build deeper relationships with peers around campus, support student-owned small businesses, and create new avenues for financial gain.

TuneTime

Team Members: Zach Goldstein, Ben Smrtic, Jack Ramza

Looking for that next catchy song to add to your playlist? TuneTime is a social-oriented music streaming platform that gives users the capability of broadening their musical taste by sharing their favorite songs with friends. Every day, the app gives you two minutes to find a song to post to your feed. Users are then able to like and comment on songs posted by their friends, creating community among music lovers. The songs you post are compiled under the “Tunes” section of your profile, while songs that you like are compiled under the “Likes” section. Both can also be made into a playlist in your preferred external streaming platform, such as Apple Music or Spotify.

The LaunchPad would also like give a shout out the student mentors, alumni, Deloitte Digital leaders, Syracuse University faculty, and all the other student teams that came together to make this event a huge success.

Special thanks to Amos Cohen ’20 (finance and information technology), a LaunchPad alum who is product manager at Deloitte Digital who worked with the LaunchPad to plan and execute the event.

Story by Jack Rose ’24, Blackstone Global Fellow