We were delighted to have had the opportunity to represent the Blackstone LaunchPad at UCC at Forbes 30 Under 30 with UCC Commerce Student, Marie Martin of Martin's Safety Equipment, and UCC Commerce Graduate and former IGNITE Programme Participant, Joel Carey of CrowdSound.

Blackstone LaunchPad is proud to announce our Lunchtime Entrepreneur Speaker Series. 

Blackstone LaunchPad is proud to launch : Stand Out From The Crowd Workshop Series. Commencing every Monday at 1PM From September 19th - November 7th in the Creative Zone (Boole Library). 

Blackstone LaunchPad is proud to announce the upcoming series : Inside The Mind Of An Entrepenure. 

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UCC  is pleased to announce that Mr. Peter Finnegan has been appointed Director of Blackstone Launchpad at UCC commencing his role on 15 February 2016 whilst Ms. Trish Gibbons joins the team as Manager on 22 February.

Blackstone Charitable Foundation Announces First Global Expansion of Blackstone LaunchPad to Ireland

An introduction to  Blackstone Launchpad  at UCC - Supporting Entrepreneurship, Supporting Start-up with special guest engagement from US Universities already involved in Blackstone Launchpad
Thursday 8  October 17:30-18:30

Blackstone LaunchPad at UCC in association with UCC’s Accounting & Finance Society, BIS Society, Commerce Society, Enactus Society and Entrepreneurial & Social Society held a joint event in the Creative Zone on October 26, 2016.

Startup Nations Summit (SNS) 2016, which marks the formal conclusion of Global Entrepreneurship Week was held in Cork from November 17-20, 2016. This was the first time that the Startup Nations Summit was ever held in Europe. 

At Blackstone Launchpad we support all types of venture creation and since establishing in UCC we have already discovered some incredible entrepreneurs within campus. Some of these entrepreneurs have excelled their companies to international level & represent the best of young entrepreneurship.

Below are a collection of short success stories from some of these entrepreneurs.