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LaunchNet Kent State

Spring 2024 Small Business Showcase

All semester, student entrepreneurs look forward to the Spring Small Business Showcase, from LaunchNET Kent State. 

LaunchNET Kent State

ѿappalumna and designer Anne Skoch

Most college students start to worry about job interviews as their graduation day nears. But before ѿappUniversity alumna Anne (Skoch) Johnson had even entered her senior year, her post-graduation employment plans were already mapped out.

LaunchNET's February Pitch and Ponder event.

LaunchNET ѿapphosts special events for student entrepreneurs to network, practice business pitches and share ideas with their peers. 

Pitch and Ponder Showcase 2023

The DI Hub hosted a unique showcase for Kent State's student entrepreneurs.

School of Visual Communication Design
Julia Gray's design work banner

Visual Communication Design senior Julia Gray (Spring ’23) has been interested in design before she even knew what it was. “My family had an ongoing joke throughout my childhood that I ‘was born with paper in one hand and a pencil in the other,’” she says.

audrey at a vendor event

Entrepreneurship major Audrey Ernst's love of baking and a microgrant have helped her baking business take shape. 

ѿappStudents at LaunchNET event

Young entrepreneurs are able to pursue their dreams thanks to LaunchNET microgrants at ѿappUniversity.

LaunchNET cut the ribbon on its new suite of offices within the Design Innovation Hub/

ѿappUniversity’s LaunchNET celebrated its 10th anniversary on Thursday and cut the ribbon on its new office suite in the Design Innovation Hub.