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<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>
Their main goal is to educate and "Supercharge Regional Economies." They do this by focusing on areas in which the entrepreneurial ecosystem is underdeveloped. They connect these regions with an influx of what they consider to be "high growth ventures" from students and building a network of already successful entrepreneurs around them.
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 master entrepreneur to develop a business idea- . These entrepreneurs can recognize great potential and they guide subjects through the rigorous process. The student subject can meet regularly with the LaunchPad staffas well.#Blackstone does the networking and provides the student with the proper resources- they are able to meet a number of business leaders in their area to recieve additional mentorship. Partnerships are also formed with programs, firms, and investors in the area.#Blackstone helps bring their product to the market Blackstone builds these campus innovators by investing , and this creates new jobs in selected campuses and providing the structure that the university can build from.area, leaving a lasting, sustainable network
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