<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">''Blackstone LaunchPad ''looks for university campuses with significant size (population 15,000 students or more per campus). The organization assists at all levels within the university from students and alumni to faculty and staff in providing a entreprenuership-focused campus. ''Blackstone LaunchPad'' provides campuses with the initial stake in the ground that helps various departments on the campus engage and develop relationships to encourage entrepreneurship with the goal of optimizing campus resources in creating the most benefit. ''Blackstone LaunchPad'' has a goal to engage at least 10% of each partner campuses student population to ensure high participation in the organization. The organization also strives to well-position itself in each of its partnership campuses to provide the most benefit to the each university from a wholesome perspective.</span></span>
= Distinct Differences From Other Offerings =BLACKSTONE LAUNCHPAD'S NEW PARTNERSHIP
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:georgiaAs of October 17,serif;">''Blackstone LaunchPad'' is a unique resource for Universities because very few campus incubators are run by external resources. Typically2017, these incubators are somewhat limited to an alumni network and the resources they have to offer, where as ''Blackstone LaunchPad'' has formered a very diverse collection of Entrepreneurial Masters new strategic partnership with TechStars to educate, coach, and connect students further assist entreprenuers with reaching their goals. The new partnership is called the rest of the entrepreneurial world. ''Blackstone LaunchPad'' offers the networking and resources TechStars Training Camp that come with being a leading global venture capital firmwill support top performing Blackstone LaunchPad ventures.</span></span>More information about the partnership can be found below:
<span style="font-sizehttp:medium;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">One huge advantage to using ''Blackstone Launchpad'' as a resourse rather than one's university incubator is that the risk of a technology transfer, or the act of universities providing campus resources to students with the intentions of claiming ownership to intellectual property designed by students, is eliminated. </span></span> <span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Blackstone also has a number of organizational grants, funding the growth of entrepreneurship across the countryevents. Many of these organizations either promote entrepreneurial action, provide funding and support for existing entrepreneurs, or educate students about entrepreneurshiptechstars. <com/span></span>blackstone-launchpad
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