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<span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">Blackstone LaunchPad is a</span></span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">campus based</span></span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">entrepreneurship program, accessible by over 500K students globally, designed to support and mentor students, staff and alumni - regardless of major, experience or discipline.</span></span> <span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">This program is available mostly in economically depressed regions of California, Montana, Central Florida, Pennslyvania, Ohio and Michigan. Blackstone</span></span></span><span style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">recently partnered with VentureBoard to supply services f or the LaunchPad program.</span></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;"> VentureBoard is two-sided 'Startup Data Platform', specifically oriented for universities and early stage startup ecosystems.</span></span>
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= Overview =
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<span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: medium; text-align: right;">Blackstone is a global alternative investment firm established in 1985. They currently have 230 billion in assets, and they went public in 2007. From their own description:</span>
<span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color: rgb(94, 94, 94); line-height: 17px;">"Blackstone is the world’s largest independent alternative asset manager, serving the investment needs of leading </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(94, 94, 94); line-height: 17px; font-size: medium; font-family: georgia, serif;">public pension funds, academic and charitable institutions and other investors for more than 25 years. Our funds include private equity funds, real estate funds, customized hedge fund solution funds, credit-oriented funds and publicly traded closed-end mutual funds. In addition, we provide investment advice and management services to institutional investors through a variety of separately managed accounts. "</span>
<brspan style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">Blackstone LaunchPad is a </span></span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">campus based </span></span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">entrepreneurship program, accessible by over 500K students globally, designed to support and mentor students, staff and alumni - regardless of major, experience or discipline.</span></span> <span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">This program is available mostly in economically depressed regions of California, Montana, Central Florida, Pennslyvania, Ohio and Michigan. Blackstone </span></span></span><span style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">recently partnered with VentureBoard to supply services f or the LaunchPad program.</span></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;"> {{#WidgetVentureBoard is two-sided 'Startup Data Platform', specifically oriented for universities and early stage startup ecosystems.</span></span> <span style="font-family:Youtube|idgeorgia,serif;"><span style=Q__l6lkEQs}}"font-size:medium;"></span></span>
= <span style="font-size:larger;">Purpose</span> =
