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Dec 1, 2021

Winners of the Idea Competition Fall 2021!

This fall, the Blackstone LaunchPad Network partnered with StartupTree to run their first network-wide Ideas Competition offering students a chance to win money for their early-stage business idea. The Ideas Competition was intentionally designed as an “idea-only” application to support The Network’s overarching goal of de-risking entrepreneurship, broadening accessibility, and…

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Winners of the Idea Competition (Fall 2021)!
Winners of the Idea Competition (Fall 2021)!
Student Entrepreneurship

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May 3, 2021

UT Student Startup Wheelist Helps the Automobile Industry Ramp Up for the Future

UT Student Startup Wheelist Helps the Automobile Industry Ramp Up for the Future With the help from The LaunchPad’s summer accelerator and UT’s Student Entrepreneur Acceleration and Launch (SEAL), student entrepreneurs, Connor Phelps and Javier Huerta, launched Wheelist. By Barrett Ward Longhorns Connor Phelps (Communications, Class of 2018) and Javier…

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UT Student Startup Wheelist Helps the Automobile Industry Ramp Up for the Future
UT Student Startup Wheelist Helps the Automobile Industry Ramp Up for the Future

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Apr 16, 2021

Five Longhorn Startups Launch Futuristic Solutions for the Challenges of Today

From reducing food waste to improving quality of life for the elderly, five student tech-focused startups from UT Austin were accepted into the global Blackstone LaunchPad & Techstars Spring Fellowship program for their novel/future-facing solutions. By Barrett Ward UT Austin set a record this semester with five student teams accepted into the Blackstone LaunchPad & Techstars Spring Fellowship program. This is the most number of Longhorn teams accepted in one semester since the global program began. Founders, Abhishek Dasgupta, Apoorva Chintala, Becky Xu, Paige Cabianca…

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Five Longhorn Startups Launch Futuristic Solutions for the Challenges of Today
Five Longhorn Startups Launch Futuristic Solutions for the Challenges of Today

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Apr 6, 2021

UT Startup revolutionizes how patients connect with mental healthcare providers

Have you ever sought out mental health care and felt alone in the process? Vrify Health developed an automated behavioral search engine to tackle the common challenges of reaching out for help. By Montse Santibanez I recently had the privilege of sitting down with Vrify Health to learn how they are democratizing patient access to mental health care providers. Vrify Health is a startup co-founded by UT Austin alum Tom Smith (Asian Cultures & Mandarin Chinese, Class of 2019), ROTC instructor Capt…

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Mar 25, 2021

This UT Student Startup Is Bringing Estate Planning Into the Digital Age

Apoorva Chintala of Clocr Helps Families Plan for What’s Next By Barrett Ward Each semester, The LaunchPad at The University of Texas at Austin helps students in the various stages of entrepreneurship navigate innovation across the Forty Acres. One student, in particular, has been making waves within the entrepreneurial scene…

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This UT Student Startup Is Bringing Estate Planning Into the Digital Age
This UT Student Startup Is Bringing Estate Planning Into the Digital Age

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Feb 9, 2021

University of Texas Institutions Receive $5 Million to Expand Blackstone LaunchPad to Additional Campuses

The Blackstone Charitable Foundation recently announced the expansion of its signature Blackstone LaunchPad student entrepreneurship programming from two to eight campuses in The University of Texas System, bringing the initiative’s network and resources to a more diverse set of students. The $5 million expansion will give even more students critical…

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University of Texas Institutions Receive $5 Million to Expand Blackstone LaunchPad to Additional…
University of Texas Institutions Receive $5 Million to Expand Blackstone LaunchPad to Additional…
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Dec 2, 2020

We’re hiring! Intern with us Spring 2021.

In Fall 2019, we launched our Innovation Fellows program and hired undergraduate students from all backgrounds to treat the LaunchPad as a startup and help us tackle real-world business challenges. …

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We’re hiring! Intern with us Spring 2021.
We’re hiring! Intern with us Spring 2021.

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Nov 17, 2020

Big & Mini: UT Students Start Non-Profit to Combat Social Isolation and Bring People Together Across Generations

Big & Mini launched in April 2020 with the huge audacious goal of combating social isolation and bringing people together across generations. Founded by Aditi Merchant (a UT sophomore studying Biomedical Engineering), Allen Zhou (a UT sophomore studying Computer Engineering), and Anthony Zhou (a high school senior at the…

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Big & Mini: UT Students Start Non-Profit to Combat Social Isolation and Bring People Together…
Big & Mini: UT Students Start Non-Profit to Combat Social Isolation and Bring People Together…
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Nov 3, 2020

Recap: Texas LaunchPad Startup Weekend 2020

From inspiration to entrepreneurship in just 54-hours. That was the ambitious goal over the weekend of October 2–4 for many creative and highly-motivated students from the Blackstone LaunchPad & Techstars network schools in Texas. …

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Recap: Texas LaunchPad Startup Weekend 2020
Recap: Texas LaunchPad Startup Weekend 2020

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Oct 26, 2020

Recap of Our “Fundraising for Female Founders” Workshop

Last month, the LaunchPad at UT Austin teamed up with the Kendra Scott Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute (WEL Institute) for a workshop called Fundraising for Female Founders. By demystifying concepts such as venture capital, angel investor, bootstrapping, non-profit development, and crowdfunding, the goal was for students to leave feeling better…

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Recap of Our “Fundraising for Female Founders” Workshop
Recap of Our “Fundraising for Female Founders” Workshop
Entrepreneurship

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