LaunchNET News: Winding down the semester

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LaunchNET News: Winding down the semester

Supporting Kent State founders, innovators, dreamers, and doers in building their dreams

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LaunchNET News & Events

Fire it Up Friday - Nov. 30! Non-Profit info

Obviously there's no Fire it up Friday this week (Enjoy your days off!), but come have lunch with us and ask all your NON-PROFIT questions!

No RSVP needed: just show up and bring a friend!

Have a great Wellness program idea?

The Seeds of Wellness Program Kent State of Wellness |

Seeds of Wellness is a mini-grant program that provides investment for programs that reflect Kent State’s investment in health and wellness across the university system.

LaunchNET is happy to help you put together the materials you need to apply for the grant!

Pitch Contest finalists hope to find innovative solutions to problems in student media

Innovation breeds competition, and a few Kent State students have been given the platform to make their brightest ideas come true as FlashLab Innovation Pitch Contest Finalists.

Good luck & congrats to all the finalists tonight at Student Media FlashLabs!

Congrats to the LaunchNET office at BW!

Linda Kanner is going to serve as Baldwin Wallace’s first entrepreneur-in-residence for LaunchNET, a core program for the Center for Innovation and Growth (CIG). BW is one of only five institutions in the area that is considered a LaunchNET school.

LaunchNET Clients

Kent Fabrics Opening **December 3**

Join LaunchNET advisors and other clients to support Symone at the opening of the Acorn Alley location of the new Kent Fabrics shop!!

A group will meet at the LaunchNET office at NOON on Monday (December 3) to go downtown together.

Kent Fabrics website

A new center for the arts rises from student's passion

As a passionate student of the arts, Bethany Westphal felt the need to share her love with others, specifically younger children, and help them avoid some of the negative experiences she had with music teachers growing up.

LaunchNET Clients: Want to be profiled?

We are looking for clients who are ready to SHINE! Take the spotlight in the newsletter or other media!

Give us the info here

Opportunities & Events

E-Team Grant Program - VentureWell

The E-Team Grant Program provides peer networking, expert coaching, national recognition, and hands-on workshops to move your innovation forward.

Blockland Solutions Conference: Real-World Problem Solving

Solutions is one of the first blockchain education conferences to provide experiential learning through hands-on coding and real-world problem solving with a focus on solutions for business and government applications.
Cleveland, Ohio

December 1-4, 2018

World Changing Ideas | Fast Company

Rewarding ideas, projects, and products from the last year that have the potential to alter the lives of people and the direction of the planet for the better.

Rice Business Plan Competition | Rice University

The Rice Business Plan Competition is the world’s richest and largest graduate-level student startup competition. It is hosted and organized by the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, which is Rice University's internationally-recognized initiative devoted to the support of entrepreneurship, and the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business.

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