Global Entrepreneurship Program Announces Multi-Year Grants and Welcomes Three Texas Universities
May 31 2016 - 11:29AM
Business Wire
*MEDIA ADVISORY FOR THURSDAY, JUNE
2ND*
Unique program helps Texas students turn ideas
into companies and benefits local communities
On Thursday, June 2, Blackstone LaunchPad, a global
entrepreneurship program, will announce the expansion of its global
network to include three leading Texas universities: The University
of Texas at Austin, The University of Texas at Dallas, and Texas
A&M University. The campus-based entrepreneurship program,
available to more than 600,000 students in the United States and
internationally, helps students turn ideas into small businesses
while supporting local economies.
The program has the potential to generate 3,900 new business
ventures and 9,000 new jobs across Texas over the next three
years.
WHO:
U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) Stephen A.
Schwarzman, Blackstone Chairman, CEO, and Co-Founder Brian
Shimmerlik, Co-Founder and CEO of Vengo Labs, a Blackstone
LaunchPad venture Amy Stursberg, Executive Director of the
Blackstone Charitable Foundation Senior representation from UT
Austin, UT Dallas, and Texas A&M
WHAT:
Announce multi-year grant to bring Blackstone LaunchPad to UT
Austin, UT Dallas and Texas A&M
WHEN:
Thursday, June
2nd at 2:30 pm
WHERE:
University of Texas at Dallas Visitor Center Atrium 800 West
Campbell Road – Richardson, TX 75080
PRESS CONTACT:
Jenifer Sarver: (512) 577-9099,
Jenifer@SarverStrategies.com
ABOUT BLACKSTONE LAUNCHPAD:
Blackstone LaunchPad is a campus-based entrepreneurship program
through which aspiring entrepreneurs can grow ideas of any size –
whether they came up with the concept an hour ago or have thought
about it for years – and gain access to expertise and outside
resources (legal, marketing, insurance and sales specialists,
etc.). The program aims to drive economic development in
communities around partner universities, increasing the likelihood
that students remain and develop their ideas within the region. It
is funded through the Blackstone Charitable Foundation, which was
recognized by the Obama Administration’s “Startup America”
Initiative.
* RSVP to Jenifer Sarver –
Jenifer@SarverStrategies.com*
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