Kent State University’s Blackstone LaunchPad hosted a 24-hour Innov8athon on April 5-6 2013!

Read more about the event and ventures created during Innov8athon:

http://kentwired.com/kent-state-s-blackstone-launchpad-hosts-innov8athon

Blackstone LaunchPad and the Kent State University Bookstore hosted the first  "KSU T-Shirt Supremacy" competition  in the Spring 2013 semester. Students applied to see who had the best overall marketing and business plan for their clothing company.

Check out the winning company, Dunya Jeane, at http://www.dunyajeane.com/

Every Spring Semester Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation holds a Business Concept Competition. Students of any major(undergraduate, graduate or PHD) can submit their business idea for a chance at funding and to compete on a regional level.

Check out results from the 2013 event! 

Hosted by the Entrepreneurship Education Consortium, Entrepreneurship Immersion Week consists of academic sessions, networking opportunities, and the creation a business concept as part of the competition. Judged by an outside panel of entrepreneurs and investors, the groups of students with the best business concepts will win an award package consisting of cash and gifts-in-kind.

https://www.kent.edu/cebi/immersion-week.cfm

Be a Participant in the First Annual
"Cooperative Shark Tank"
WIN THE $300 PRIZE ON BEHALF OF YOUR COOPERATIVE!

at the
Ohio Cooperative Forum
"Cooperative Businesses in the 21st Century"
Thursday, April 18th, 2013
Akron/Fairlawn Hilton, 3180 W. Market Street Akron, Ohio 44333

Questions? Contact Bob Cohen or Chris Cooper at oeoc@kent.edu or 330-672-3028

http://www.flashstarts.com/

2013 Collegiate Inventors Competition

You've invented something that has a good chance of impacting the world. We have over 20 years of honoring inventions like yours through the Collegiate Inventors Competition program. So why not see if your idea is up to the challenge.

If your invention is chosen among the best, we will bring you to Washington, D.C. to present your idea to a panel of some of the most important and influential inventors and invention experts in the nation. 

You'll also meet other top young inventors from around the country, have your idea showcased on a national stage, and compete for over $100,000 in prizes including a $15,000 top prize for Graduate students and $12,500 for Undergraduate students. Your advisor wins a cash prize too.

The 2013 Collegiate Inventors Competition deadline is June 14, 2013.