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May 23 2019

LaunchNET News: Start-up Summer!

We coach Kent State founders, innovators, dreamers, and doers!
The latest & greatest from LaunchNET Kent State
Creating a community of Kent State makers, innovators, creators, collaborators, and business owners.
Entrepreneurship Immersion Week 2019
Still a couple spots open! Apply today!

Interested in innovation? Work on an interdisciplinary team to solve industry problems! Gain real-world experience, great contacts, make new friends, free food & board and get paid! 

Hosted at Kent State this year, EIW brings together teams to create new ideas, build innovative prototypes, creatively solve problems, and learn entrepreneurial, team-building, and communication skills while learning about regional resources and career contacts and potentially win prize money.

July 28-August 1, 2019: here at Kent State -- Open to ALL undergraduate students, regardless of major or class!  
apply now
Design Innovation Courses – the entry point into collaborative design-infused problem-solving
Cross-disciplinary Course Offerings -  Project-based learning that relies on multiple perspectives and Studios that will engage stakeholders and industry, and may include travel components.
Check out the DI courses!
For & About Clients
Commencement Recognition!
Congratulations to clients from the Togetherness team, who got a Commencement shout-out from President Warren! 
To see it, go to about minute 38. 
Check it out
Coming Together to Help Newcomers
AND the Togetherness team was highlighted in the latest Kent State Magazine!
CONGRATULATIONS!
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Client Profile: Chinonso Aladi
Chinonso is a now-graduate of the Kent State Fashion School and hails from Nigeria, which is the inspiration for her fashion line NONSO ALADI that incorporates traditional African fabrics into modern pieces. 
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LaunchNET Shines a Light on the Collaborative Work Done this Year
 On Tuesday, April 23, LaunchNET Kent State held its annual Awards & Expo at Ray’s Place, where they highlighted their many partners, students, clients, and events from the 2018-19 academic year. 
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Around the Ecosystem
UA's I-Corps Site program is all about customer discovery! It supports teams through an intensive 7-week critical evaluation of their proposed market. Valuable information & mentorship for moving your business forward! 
The Product Development Accelerator (PDA) program is focused on software product development and accommodates startups in any industry developing a software solution. The program is for startups that are beyond the concept phase (initial understanding of the market and customer) and ready to start building a minimum viable product (MVP).
Join us for the fifth annual Startup Scaleup Northeast Ohio's largest single entrepreneurial event of the year--where more than 1,500 entrepreneurs, investors, community leaders and many others come together for a day of learning, networking and celebrating entrepreneurship.
For entrepreneurs who live or work in the city of Cleveland and its neighborhoods, or entrepreneurs outside of Cleveland who are impacting (in a significant way) the citizens of the city of Cleveland or will impact the city of Cleveland via job growth over the next 18-24 months.
Applications close 7/12/19
The Commons Program is an entrepreneurship and innovation accelerator program designed to attract, develop, and retain the most talented and motivated minds by blending corporate innovation and student start-up ventures along with mentoring professionals to give students a truly unique, real-world experience. 
Other Competitions
The Lemelson-MIT Student Prize honors promising collegiate inventors around the country. The Student Prize is open to teams of undergraduate students and individual graduate students who have technology-based inventions.
Opens: May 22 2019 12:00 AM (EDT)
Deadline: Sep 27 2019 11:59 PM (EDT)
DEBUT challenges teams of students in undergraduate biomedical education to solve real world problems in healthcare. Prizes of up to $20,000 will be awarded, with a total prize purse of $80,000.
The deadline for submission is May 31, 2019.
The world has already invented ways to end poverty, yet the best interventions are not being distributed at mass-scale. Can you design a business or NGO that solves one of the Distribution Challenges below?
If selected we will award you up to $20,000 to launch a pilot in any region where extreme poverty exists.

Early Submission Deadline: May 12th, 2019 at midnight PT
Regular Submission Deadline: June 2nd, 2019 at midnight PT 
We’re seeking a diverse group of exceptional startup founders to join The Riveter and SAP.iO Foundries for a startup pitch competition in Austin, Texas on Thursday, June 13th.
For this pitch competition, we’re seeking a diverse group of exceptional founders and startup teams driving innovation in Health and Experience Management
Learning Corner
Introducing: ELEVATE, The Growth Accelerator
ELEVATE is a free virtual accelerator designed to help early-stage startups learn the principles of inbound marketing, sales, and service. Apply today!
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