LaunchNet Kent State

All semester, student entrepreneurs look forward to the Spring Small Business Showcase, from LaunchNET Kent State. 

Most college students start to worry about job interviews as their graduation day nears. But before Kent State University alumna Anne (Skoch) Johnson had even entered her senior year, her post-graduation employment plans were already mapped out.

LaunchNET Kent State hosts special events for student entrepreneurs to network, practice business pitches and share ideas with their peers. 

The DI Hub hosted a unique showcase for Kent State's student entrepreneurs.

Visual Communication Design senior Julia Gray (Spring ’23) has been interested in design before she even knew what it was. “My family had an ongoing joke throughout my childhood that I ‘was born with paper in one hand and a pencil in the other,’” she says.

Entrepreneurship major Audrey Ernst's love of baking and a microgrant have helped her baking business take shape. 

Young entrepreneurs are able to pursue their dreams thanks to LaunchNET microgrants at Kent State University.

Kent State University’s LaunchNET celebrated its 10th anniversary on Thursday and cut the ribbon on its new office suite in the Design Innovation Hub.