Entrepreneurial Advice: Carl Schramm Delivers New Student Convocation Address
With the nation still mired in an economic downturn, entrepreneur expert Carl J. Schramm told hundreds of University of Miami students last Friday that they could play an important role in reshaping...
View ArticleThe Launch Pad Wins a Grand Prize at MetroBroward Lighthouse Awards
The Launch Pad, the University’s Miami unique entrepreneurship initiative, won a Grand Prize from the Metro Broward Economic Development Corporation at the recent MetroBroward Lighthouse Awards. The...
View ArticleWhite House Honors Susan Amat as a Champion of Change
The White House on March 7 honored Susan Amat, co-founder and executive director of the University of Miami’s The Launch Pad, as one of 11 “Champions of Change” for outstanding leadership in...
View ArticleThe Launch Pad and One of Its Star Entrepreneurs Win Big at Technology Leader...
The Launch Pad and one of its entrepreneurs were among the winners at the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce’s annual Technology Leaders of the Year Awards. Developed at the University of Miami as a...
View ArticleThe Launch Pad to Open Tech Accelerator in Downtown Miami; Venture to Provide...
With downtown Miami fast emerging as a hotbed of international commerce, the community’s public and private sectors are joining forces to create a technology business accelerator program that will...
View ArticleUM Launch Pad Model Expands; Blackstone Charitable Foundation Bringing Campus...
Ever since The Launch Pad at the University of Miami opened, its model of presenting entrepreneurship as a viable career option for students has spread. Now, Philadelphia is the latest to benefit from...
View ArticleBusiness-Minded Youngsters Visit UM to Learn the Secrets to Entrepreneurial...
Warren Buffett’s Secret Millionaires Club "Grow Your Own Business Challenge" kicked off at the University of Miami with a launch event attended by more than 150 elementary and middle school students.
View ArticleThe Launch Pad Hosts Inaugural Launch Day Open House on August 26
In celebration of its seventh anniversary assisting University of Miami students and alumni to create and grow their businesses, The Launch Pad will host its first annual Launch Day on Wednesday,...
View ArticleThe Launch Pad Celebrates Seven Years of Empowering Decision-Makers
By Maya Bell UM News CORAL GABLES, Fla. (August 26, 2015)—About one a day. That’s how many ideas walk into The Launch Pad at Toppel every year. Not by themselves, of course, but in the laptops,...
View ArticleKlout Founder to Present Inaugural Feldman Lecture at The Launch Pad on...
Klout founder Joe Fernandez, one of UM’s most successful alumni entrepreneurs, will present the first in The Feldman Entrepreneurial Featured Speaker Series at The Launch Pad at 7 p.m. on Friday,...
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