ETX Launchpad

Career Catalyst connects Pell Grant and first-generation students from any university within the Texas LaunchPad Network to paid internships - $20/hr or more - in innovative and entrepreneurial companies such as: startups, corporate innovation, accelerators and incubators, lean nonprofits, venture capital, and investment firms. Selected participants gain access to: 👉 Career Readiness Support: Resume development, innovation skills workshops, and entrepreneurial mindset programming to enhance their career readiness. 👉 Job Opportunities: Access to open paid positions, regularly shared job listings, and sometimes direct matching with employers. 👉 Competitive Compensation: If placed, participants receive a minimum of $20/hour, paid directly by the employer or subsidized by the program. Positions can be in-person, virtual, or hybrid. 👉 Hands-on Experience: Practical learning within startups, early-stage nonprofits, investment firms, accelerators, and more. One application gives you three tracks for securing a paid internship: 🚀 Track I - Student Sourced: Students can independently apply for and accept internships while participating in career readiness programming. If their position pays less than $20/hr, Career Catalyst will subsidize wages up to $20/hr, with a maximum of $3,500 per student per calendar year. 🚀 Track II - LaunchPad Sourced: The LaunchPad team provides regular internship listings from partner employers. Students can apply directly for these roles and receive wage subsidization for positions paying less than $20/hr. 🚀 Track III - Direct Matching: Some partner employers request direct access to student resumes. For these employers, LaunchPad staff will match students to specific roles based on experience, major, and goals, providing application information directly. These tracks are designed to maximize placement opportunities and access to paid roles. Participants can engage in multiple tracks and receive wage subsidization for more than one role, up to the annual cap of $3,500 per student. *Rolling applications for the Spring and Summer 2025 internships open now through December 6. Apply here: https://lnkd.in/ec-DFuH2

Big news: the application window for the Winter 2025 E-Team Program has officially opened! Student-led teams are invited to apply for the Winter 2025 E-Team Program for a chance to receive: ✅ Up to $25K in non-dilutive funding ✅ In-depth training, ✅ Valuable networking opportunities, ✅ Opportunity for national recognition. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3S61KIT. #VWEteams #Entrepreneurship #Innovation #Networking #Sustainability

I absolutely cannot wait for the 16th (!!!) annual Decision Day for SEAL – Student Entrepreneur Acceleration & Launch. SEAL is the "last stop" for UT startups (undergrad, advanced, faculty, and recent alumni) before "graduating" from the 40 Acres. SEAL alumni have raised $200M+ in investments and generated $500M+ in valuation. Barrett Ann Pearce, MSTC, Vishal Porwal, and Shannon Lundquist have done a phenomenal job of serving the 2025 cohort over the last 9 weeks. Join us as they announce their go, pivot, or no-go decisions. (All decisions are celebrated if they're in alignment with the team's personal and professional goals and market realities.) See you at Capital Factory on Tuesday, August 6th, if you can can make it in-person! If not, please join us virtually via the livestream. See you there. RVSP: https://lu.ma/bym7sv1h

At the Hibbs Institute, one of our main goals is to provide business and economic data that helps East Texas entities make informed decisions. We are proud to continue our collaboration with the Tyler Economic Development Council by sharing our most recent data dashboard. This timely information is designed to benefit local businesses, stakeholders, and the community. You can find the Tyler Economic Dashboard (June 2024) here: https://lnkd.in/eYiRM5GH #DataAnalysis #Tyler #Texas

Congratulations to Maliha Kabir and Aryan Anand for winning the first place in the UTTyler Business Model Canvas competition for presenting the HopBot as a Business Plan! Our HopBot project investigates bio-inspired techniques for an environmental sensing robotic framework. Both of them have done incredible work in building this concept to prototype and invested several hours in building this business plan. Well done ! Thank you Andy Alvarado and Brandon D. Reynolds for your mentorship and guidance ! #HopBot #proudadvisormoment #uttylerengineering #uttylerBMC #bioinspired #robotics

Wonder no more... Here are the winners of the 2024 UT Tyler Business Model Competition! Congratulations, Maliha and Aryan,

Announcing the 2nd place in our 2024 UT Tyler Business Model Competition! Congratulations, Mckenzie!

Announcing the 3rd place winner of our 2024 UT Tyler Business Model Competition! Congratulations, Elvis!

Internship Alert! Patriots! Are you looking for an unparalleled internship experience for the summer of 2024? In partnership with the Blackstone LaunchPad Internship Program, students at a Texas LaunchPad Network school can apply for the Career Catalyst program. This matchmaking opportunity connects first-generation U.S. college students and/or Pell Grant recipients to paid internships in the Texas innovation entrepreneurship ecosystem. Think startup companies, early-stage non-profits, corporate innovation units, and investment firms across Texas – especially those addressing social and environmental issues! Apply to the program by March 24th! Matchmaking will take place in late March (rolling application) and all of April 2024. The application takes 5 minutes to complete, and if you apply before March 15th, you can unlock two $10K scholarships from Experian and Ascend! Apply now: https://lnkd.in/gM3dYtmG

On Tuesday, ETX Launchpad and the Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP) hosted a roundtable centered on the elements of an innovation ecosystem and intellectual property and innovation, featuring special guest Congressman Nathaniel Moran, who serves the seventeen counties of the First District of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives. "Robust intellectual property rights enable high-risk innovation and venture investment in East Texas and across the country," said Congressman Nathaniel Moran (TX-01). We were fortunate to hear from local entrepreneurs, inventors, venture capitalists, and intellectual property experts, including: Andrei Iancu: Co-Chair, Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP); Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell; Former Director, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Brandon D. Reynolds: Director, ETX Launchpad at UT Tyler Scott Martinez, CEcD: President and CEO, Tyler Economic Development Council; CEO, Tyler Area Chamber of Commerce Phil Burks: Founder and CEO, Burks GenCore Co., Inc. Frank Cullen: Executive Director, Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP) Andy Stinson: Shareholder at Ramey & Flock, P.C. Tyler, TX. Wayne Mansfield: President and CEO, Longview Economic Development Corporation. Jay Davis: Executive Director of Financial and Entrepreneurship Engagement at Texas A&M – Texarkana. 💡 "Predictable, reliable, and meaningfully enforceable IP rights are critical to ensure a thriving innovation economy. I look forward to discussing the continued development of East Texas into a leading innovation and IP hub," said Andrei Iancu, former USPTO Director and Co-Chair of C4IP. 🎓 "UT Tyler is committed to encouraging entrepreneurship within our academic community," said Kirk A. Calhoun, MD, FACP, President of UT Tyler. "Our ETX Launchpad program relies on IP rights to bolster the incentives for high-impact research, public-private partnership, and beneficial technology commercialization." 🚀 We continue to support local efforts to position East Texas as a Renowned Innovation and Intellectual Property Hub. We appreciate KETK/FOX51 for the article covering the event: https://lnkd.in/d4s7th9e