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=Overview= Blackstone is a global investment firm established in 1985. &nbsp;They currently have 230 billion in assets, and they went public in 2007. &nbsp;From their own description: <cite></cite><span style="color: rgb(94, 94, 94); font-family: Georgia, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">Blackstone is the world’s largest independent alternative asset manager, serving the investment needs of leading public pension funds, academic and charitable institutions and other investors for more than 25 years.&nbsp;&nbsp;Our funds include private equity funds, real estate funds, customized hedge fund solution funds, credit-oriented funds and publicly traded closed end mutual funds.&nbsp; In addition, we provide investment advice and management services to institutional investors through a variety of separately managed accounts.&nbsp;</span> =Purpose= Blackstone's Charitable Foundation includes an "Entrepreneurship Initiative", a part of which is their Blackstone LaunchPad program. &nbsp;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&nbsp;</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 hav e a simple incubation process: #Pair a student with a coach to develop a business idea#Blackstone does the networking and provides the student with the proper resources they need#Blackstone helps bring their product to the market LaunchPad&nbsp; =Distinct Differences From Other Offerings= =Impact Achieved For Students and Campus= LaunchPad has a presence on campuses in Florida (UCF, Miami), Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Temple) , Ohio (Kent State, Lorain Country CC, Baldwin Wallace, Case Western), and Michigan (Include imagesWayne State, Walsh College).&nbsp; Blackstone predicts 200, where possible000 student entrepreneurs, a 25% annual student growth rate, and campuses involvedthe potential to create 2,600 new jobs at the end of it's 5 year trial period (started in 2011?). &nbsp; =Steps Required To Bring Resource to Campus= =Contact Information=