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The future of American innovation is in the hands of our next generation of entrepreneurs and relies on their ability to solve problems and connect multiple technologies in creative ways.
Forbes.com: "Tomorrow's Innovators Need Challenges And Opportunities Today"
The future of American innovation is in the hands of our next generation of entrepreneurs and relies on their ability to solve problems and connect multiple technologies in creative ways.Image
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In January 2013, The New Fuel was still just a dream.
One Year Later: How One Competition Propelled One Blackstone LaunchPad Business
In January 2013, The New Fuel was still just a dream.Image
![Kent State University’s Blackstone LaunchPad will host the nation’s first collegiate wearable tech hackathon for students across the United States, from Jan. 31 through Feb. 1 at Rockwell Hall.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/LEAD1-LaunchPad.jpg?VersionId=4qMLWkQ9jR6oNAyOJCt93nCc9IhV38sS)
Product innovation around the growing wearable technology industry will be the focus of Blackstone LaunchPad’s second annual “Innov8athon” event running Jan. 31 through Feb. 1 at Kent State University’s Rockwell Hall.
Blackstone LaunchPad Explores the Wearable Technology Industry With First Ever Collegiate Fashion/Tech Hackathon
Product innovation around the growing wearable technology industry will be the focus of Blackstone LaunchPad’s second annual “Innov8athon” event running Jan. 31 through Feb. 1 at Kent State University’s Rockwell Hall.Image
![The Blackstone LaunchPad program at Kent State University now has equipment, including Arduinos and Raspberry Pi’s, to help clients prototype their ideas.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/NEWSLaunchPad.jpeg?VersionId=FwEdInh0kSxekUB3DSZc9AMkVVGhKspa)
In an effort to nurture a climate of making at Kent State University and increase the number of tech-based startups, Blackstone LaunchPad recently developed a technology strategy that includes the ability for clients to check out equipment, including Arduinos and Raspberry Pi’s…
Resources to Support Tech Prototyping Now Available at Blackstone LaunchPad
In an effort to nurture a climate of making at Kent State University and increase the number of tech-based startups, Blackstone LaunchPad recently developed a technology strategy that includes the ability for clients to check out equipment, including Arduinos and Raspberry Pi’s…Image
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Technology that gives groups of people a united voice to communicate by harnessing their collective intelligence is one step closer to becoming a reality, thanks to a $25,000 grant from the Innovation Fund.
Kent State Blackstone LaunchPad Start-up Selected for Innovation Fund Grant
Technology that gives groups of people a united voice to communicate by harnessing their collective intelligence is one step closer to becoming a reality, thanks to a $25,000 grant from the Innovation Fund.Kent State University students Chris Hicks, Jimmie Hicks III, Stephen Hicks and their younger brother Jonathon Hicks started their own business, Afro Panda, nearly two years ago with the help of Kent State’s Blackstone LaunchPad.
Kent State Students’ Cartoon Will Fight to Eliminate Stereotypes
Kent State University students Chris Hicks, Jimmie Hicks III, Stephen Hicks and their younger brother Jonathon Hicks started their own business, Afro Panda, nearly two years ago with the help of Kent State’s Blackstone LaunchPad.As underclassmen in college, Krista Jordan and Miles Tucker could be focusing on their next class or how they’ll finish an upcoming study project.
Instead, Jordan and Tucker are already entrepreneurs who have successfully started businesses in the last year. Jordan sells hand-…
The Akron Beacon Journal: "Kent State Blackstone program launches entrepreneur’s ventures"
As underclassmen in college, Krista Jordan and Miles Tucker could be focusing on their next class or how they’ll finish an upcoming study project. Instead, Jordan and Tucker are already entrepreneurs who have successfully started businesses in the last year. Jordan sells hand-…Salesmanship was put to the test at the Kent State University Blackstone LaunchPad Elevator Pitch Competition and Professional Fair that took place Oct. 5 at the University Library.