LaunchU News

Women’s suffrage is recognized, the Arts and Sciences Orchestra performs, entrepreneurs pitch business ideas for prizes, and a podcasting/journalism rockstar shares his recipe for success.

LaunchU partnered with the City of Oberlin for a panel discussion on local entrepreneurship.

Ryan Gleeson ’19 and Andrew Sugarman ’19, founders of PWR Technology, won first place in the Northeast Ohio Regional LaunchTown competition.

This year’s winning LaunchU teams were awarded a total of $46,500 in startup funding to expand their entrepreneurial ventures.

Professor and Chair of Psychology Nancy Darling’s students are working with the Cleveland Clinic to develop a research-based app that helps young people with chronic pain manage their symptoms.

Conservatory musicians join forces with a LaunchU venture.

Participants in LaunchU, Oberlin’s venture accelerator and pitch competition, gain career-building experience.

A panel of judges and investors select four ventures in the annual LaunchU pitch competition.

Three teams of entrepreneurs were awarded a total of $45,000 during the LaunchU pitch competition on Saturday, March 4. The program stewards Oberlin students, alumni, faculty, and staff entrepreneurs through business-model innovation curriculum and prepares them to launch a venture.

The re-launched Oberlin Apparel Collective offers a new lineup of T-shirts and accessories that celebrate campus icons.

The Identity Project, Storybook, and Humble Grounds Roasting Company were the winners of the 2016 LaunchU venture accelerator and pitch competition.