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As underclassmen in college, Krista Jordan and Miles Tucker could be focusing on their next class or how they’ll finish an upcoming study project.
Instead, Jordan and Tucker are already entrepreneurs who have successfully started businesses in the last year. Jordan sells hand-…
The Akron Beacon Journal: "ѿappBlackstone program launches entrepreneur’s ventures"
As underclassmen in college, Krista Jordan and Miles Tucker could be focusing on their next class or how they’ll finish an upcoming study project. Instead, Jordan and Tucker are already entrepreneurs who have successfully started businesses in the last year. Jordan sells hand-…Salesmanship was put to the test at the ѿappUniversity Blackstone LaunchPad Elevator Pitch Competition and Professional Fair that took place Oct. 5 at the University Library.
Pitch Perfection Reached at Elevator Pitch Competition
Salesmanship was put to the test at the ѿappUniversity Blackstone LaunchPad Elevator Pitch Competition and Professional Fair that took place Oct. 5 at the University Library.Image
Hacksu, a ѿappUniversity student organization, will be holding a 40-hour hackathon in the University Library over the weekend of Oct. 18-20. The event is expected to be the largest hackathon in the state of Ohio with up to 15 universities participating and more than…
Hacksu to Hold the Largest Hackathon in the State of Ohio, Oct. 18-20
Hacksu, a ѿappUniversity student organization, will be holding a 40-hour hackathon in the University Library over the weekend of Oct. 18-20. The event is expected to be the largest hackathon in the state of Ohio with up to 15 universities participating and more than…Image
Entrepreneurship Immersion Week is an intensive, weeklong entrepreneurship boot camp where undergraduate students learn and practice skills needed to develop business concepts and then compete in a team-based business concept competition.
ѿappCollege of Business Administration Students Receive Award at Annual Entrepreneurship Immersion Week
Entrepreneurship Immersion Week is an intensive, weeklong entrepreneurship boot camp where undergraduate students learn and practice skills needed to develop business concepts and then compete in a team-based business concept competition.Image
Imagine walking into an elevator and finding yourself face-to-face with a venture capitalist or CEO of a Fortune 500 company. Do you have what it takes to pitch your business or professional skills before they reach their stop? Give it a shot during Kent State’s Blackstone…
Elevator Pitch Competition and Professional Fair
Imagine walking into an elevator and finding yourself face-to-face with a venture capitalist or CEO of a Fortune 500 company. Do you have what it takes to pitch your business or professional skills before they reach their stop? Give it a shot during Kent State’s Blackstone…“Cancer sucks, plain and simple,” says ѿappUniversity freshman entrepreneurship major Krista Jordan. “I believe somewhere there is a cure for cancer. We may not find it today, this year, or even in my lifetime; but I believe that someday it will be found.”
ѿappStudent Launches Business That Supports Cancer Research
“Cancer sucks, plain and simple,” says ѿappUniversity freshman entrepreneurship major Krista Jordan. “I believe somewhere there is a cure for cancer. We may not find it today, this year, or even in my lifetime; but I believe that someday it will be found.”CEO of Flight 4 the Cure, Krista Jordan and her Venture Coach, Stacey Banks-Houston were recently featured on NewsNet5's Kaleidoscope to talk about Krista's company, Flight 4 the Cure. Proceeds from Flight 4 the Cure sales are donated to cancer research.…
ѿappLaunchPad Entrepreneur on TV!
CEO of Flight 4 the Cure, Krista Jordan and her Venture Coach, Stacey Banks-Houston were recently featured on NewsNet5's Kaleidoscope to talk about Krista's company, Flight 4 the Cure. Proceeds from Flight 4 the Cure sales are donated to cancer research.…Image
Free coffee and bagels will be served each morning from 8:30 - 10 a.m., Monday, Aug. 19, through Friday, Aug. 23, in the ѿappUniversity Blackstone LaunchPad office at the Kent Student Center.
Stop in to start your day, grab some refreshments and information on…
Wake Up With LaunchPad
Free coffee and bagels will be served each morning from 8:30 - 10 a.m., Monday, Aug. 19, through Friday, Aug. 23, in the ѿappUniversity Blackstone LaunchPad office at the Kent Student Center. Stop in to start your day, grab some refreshments and information on…Image
The New Fuel, an animation, motion graphics and video production company, created by ѿappUniversity students Brian Recktenwald, a senior managerial marketing major, and Alex Kurr, a junior visual communication design major, was started with the help of Kent…