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Blackstone's Charitable Foundation includes an "Entrepreneurship Initiative", a part of which is their Blackstone LaunchPad program. From their description:
<span style="color: rgb(94, 94, 94); font-family: georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px">Blackstone LaunchPad is a national model for fostering entrepreneurship through higher education. Based on a successful program at the </span>[http://www.thelaunchpad.org/ University of Miami]<span style="color: rgb(94, 94, 94); font-family: georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px">, it encourages entrepreneurial thinking and activity among undergraduate and graduate students as well as faculty and alumni for the purpose of incubating a new generation of entrepreneurs who will contribute to the economic revitalization of distressed regions.</span>
They have a simple incubation process:
#A young entrepreneur completes a profile that al members of the Launch Pad Community can access, and they complete a "Venture Assessment Form" that illustrates the details of their expected market, competitors, and the future of their product#Pair a student with a coach to develop a business idea- The student can meet regularly with the LaunchPad staff#Blackstone does the networking and provides the student with the proper resources - they needare able to meet a number of business leaders in their area to recieve additional mentorship
#Blackstone helps bring their product to the market