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The Student Startup Project gives Penn State Great Valley students the opportunity to immerse yourself in a real-world startup experience. Working with other students and the LaunchBox director, you’ll tackle real challenges the LaunchBox and its clients face. You’ll be involved in infrastructure, brand, communications, marketing, events, and consulting, giving you a glimpse of working in a startup and, more importantly, challenging you to think outside the box. What we do From November to May, our students work 10 hours a week to produce deliverables that help address issues the LaunchBox is facing. Each cohort tackles different issues based on...

One year ago, Penn State Great Valley announced the expansion of its entrepreneurial outreach with the inception of the Great Valley LaunchBox. “We’re thrilled to expand the services we offer the local entrepreneurial community,” said Leo Daiuto, entrepreneur-in-residence and LaunchBox director. “Our mission is to inspire, advise and educate. We will continue to mentor and advise early stage companies and founders while supporting and contributing to the entrepreneurial community in the greater Philadelphia area.” While it has been an unusual year, we are well on our way to accomplishing our goals. We expanded mentoring and advisory services by offering virtual office hours...

Have you ever wondered how patents, trademarks, and other forms of intellectual property can be used to protect your growing business? This webinar will present an overview of the various forms of intellectual property and, using examples from similarly situated businesses, will discuss considerations of when to seek the various forms of protection, what is involved in obtaining the protection, and strategic options that can be particularly useful in the early stages of a business. RSVP Here: https://engage.tassl.com/event/8681/ Kevin Myhre is a patent attorney at Barley Snyder in Malvern, PA and is involved in patent application preparation and prosecution, trademark...

The Great Valley LaunchBox is thrilled to kick off our Founders Workshop Series with three live-streamed workshops featuring inspiring entrepreneurs: Marketing to Your Ideal Customer with Yasmin George If marketing isn't working for your business or you've hit a plateau, you need to hear this. Learn how to make marketing easier, and more effective for your business by identifying and marketing to people who actually want to buy from you. But there's so much noise out there so how do you stand out? All great marketing starts with WHO. Discover how to find who your ideal customer is and how...

MALVERN, Pa. — The LaunchBox @ Penn State Great Valley hosted the fourth annual Lion Cage pitch competition on Saturday, March 6. Lion Cage gives budding entrepreneurs the opportunity to pitch their products or ideas to a panel of judges of startup and business experts.  A range of products and services were presented by six groups. The winning competitors were Seth Shriner with Adjunction, Jess Podgajny with LLUNA, and Harsh Anand, Rahul Sharma, and Neel Vekaria with Grad Birdie.  Adjunction seeks to provide highly qualified adjunct candidates, who have been vetted and trained, to colleges and universities - improving the educational experience for...