Coming up at LaunchPad | August 11th

Celebrating members of the 2022 Blackstone LaunchPad Fellowship cohort from our UB community

This year's cohort consists of 90 student startups, the most in the history of the fellowship. The seven-week program is designed to empower student entrepreneurs with entrepreneurial resources, mentorship, education, and financial assistance. Join us in supporting their journey to solve today's and tomorrow’s most challenging problems!

Vote to bring Black Tech Weekend to Buffalo!

Founded by Felecia Hatcher and Derick Pearson in Miami in 2016, Black Tech Week has been a beacon for black technology professionals for years. Each year thousands of people, from many different industries, backgrounds, and experience levels gather together to learn, fellowship, and find "home." Black Tech Week's primary purpose is to foster connection and in doing so, move us all forward, collectively.

Looking for a great experience that can earn you college credit in the upcoming school year?

OPPORTUNITY ALERT:

We are looking for BLASERs?(Blackstone LaunchPad Ambassadors for Student Engagement and Recruitment) for the upcoming semester.

Role Description:

Our ambassadors are an elite group of students who forge new paths for entrepreneurship as they promote Blackstone LaunchPad throughout our campuses and beyond. When you participate in the BLASER Leadership Development Program, you gain important career-building skills and find plenty of opportunities for campus and community involvement.

Students selected as BLASERs assist with our outreach, increasing awareness about the opportunities provided through Blackstone LaunchPad. In exchange, BLASERs receive special training, participate in professional development workshops and leadership assessments, and attend exclusive networking opportunities. Interested students may qualify to earn internship credit for this experience.

We're always seeking undergraduate students to serve as BLASERs! To learn more contact us by emailing us at?[email protected]?or calling 716-645-8111.

Does being a Student Assistant or Work Study appeal more to you?

Role Description:

We are currently seeking undergraduate students to serve as our Blackstone LaunchPad Student Assistants for project-based student assistant.

The major focus of this position is student outreach and recruitment. Work to be performed includes but is not limited to:

• Creating marketing materials as directed print, online, and social media platforms.
• Recruiting students to engage in programming by hosting Pop-up events & tabling.
• Develop and host LaunchPads events (i.e.: competitions, monthly-pitch competition, Open Coffee Club, and Innovation sprints).
• Assist with tracking of LaunchPad metrics and registration.
• Promoting a startup culture on campus and in the community.

Candidates need to have strong oral and written communication skills to be successful in this position. The position may also require other duties as assigned that are needed by the Center and/or tasks that utilize this person's personal interests or talents.

CLICK HERE TO APPLY

New Internship Opportunity: NCAA

The NCAA is looking for talented young professionals, recent graduates and current/former student-athletes who are interested in pursuing a career in intercollegiate athletics for their 2023-24 Postgraduate Internship Program.

Key Dates:

• Application deadline:?Tuesday, Sept. 6 at 5 p.m. E.T.
• 2023-24 PGIP start date: Tuesday, June 20, 2023.

Important Links:

• For more information including job descriptions for each position offered, go?here.
• To access the application via NCAA Program Hub, go?here.
• Reach out to?[email protected]?with any questions.

The NCAA postgraduate internship program represents one of the most rewarding and transformational opportunities for individuals seeking to launch their careers within the athletics industry! This yearlong program gives insight to the inner workings of college sports from the national perspective.

Interns over the past 30 years have gone on to serve as key decision-makers across college athletics at the institutional and conference level. Positions are available across all functional areas at the NCAA including administrative services, championships and alliances, communications, executive affairs, governance, inclusion, education and community engagement and regulatory affairs.

CLICK HERE TO APPLY

It's National Black Business Month!

Check out the series of events that The Exchange at Beverly Gray has created to celebrate below!

Internship Opportunity: Jerry

Jerry is searching for a remote HRBP (Human Resource Business Partner) intern.

Role Description:

An HRBP Intern at Jerry plays the most important role within our company – building, growing and shaping the future of our organization. This role is ideal for someone interested in a career at the intersection between psychology and investigative journalism. Here, you will learn how to conduct qualitative research, design evaluative processes, negotiate with candidates and internal stakeholders, and become an expert interviewer to effectively match the right people with the right career opportunities.

Responsibilities:

• Evaluate applicants across multiple teams including product, design, finance, creative, marketing, HR, business development, sales, and/or operations
• Develop strategic keywords to query internal and external databases for best fit applicants
• Interview top talent to bring onto our teams
• Manage candidates through pipelines to ensure a seamless experience
• Make recommendations about our current recruitment and onboarding processes to improve efficiency and overall candidate experience
• Nurture relationships with passive talent through innovative and creative outreach campaigns
• Collaborate with leaders on miscellaneous recruitment projects to support our changing business needs

CLICK HERE TO APPLY

UB graduate students providing free nutrition counseling at Jefferson Ave. Tops

Check out UB Now's?article on a group of UB students who took the initiative to offer free nutrition information and counseling, food samples and store tours at the Jefferson Avenue Tops Friendly Markets on Buffalo's East Side. The store reopened July 15 following extensive renovations after a white supremacist targeted the store on May 14.

“When planning the store reopening, community members listed nutrition as being a priority in the new store experience,” Lewis said, a student in the program who has been coordinating the project along with fellow students. “We want to help make the community members feel comfortable returning to this store.”

CHECK OUT THE ARTICLE HERE

Internship Opportunity: 43 North

Internship Opportunity: 43 North

43 North is searching for an attentive fall Accounting intern.

Description:

The accounting intern will play a key role in supporting 43North’s Finance team by helping support the grant funding and other key accounting processes. This individual will support the Director of Finance and Operations by aiding in the monthly accounting processes and procedures specifically related to expense reporting and grant reporting.

Specific responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Aid in monthly budget report generation to support budget to actual reviews with department heads;
• Perform monthly budget to actual cash flow analysis for grant tracking and reporting;
• Support grant submission procedures;
• Support monthly expense report and payable process including coding expenses to proper general ledger account;
• Aid in implementing process improvements in the Finance and Accounting area

CLICK HERE TO APPLY

Internship Opportunity: The Lounge Shop

The Lounge Shop is searching for an eager summer intern while we transition from an online retailer to our first brick and mortar store.

Duties & responsibilities:

• Assist with social media platforms in creating and publishing content
• Assist with social media engagement
• Connect and collaborate with local retailers and vendors
• Engage and interact with customers
• Assist in marketing and advertisement for products
• Assist in sales management and sales tax declaration
• Assist in product production
• Assist in ordering and keeping track of product
• Comfortable in front of the camera to create videos from Tik Toks to Instagram Reels (Yes, you get to keep some of the Buffalo Loungewear you wear in these!)

*Unpaid Internship ~15 hours a week with the opportunity to grow

Questions, connect with The Lounge Shop Buffalo at [email protected]

CLICK HERE TO APPLY

Hey everyone! We've got a special request coming to you from Terry Rice, UB MBA class of 2005 and Staff Writer at Entrepreneur magazine.

He’s working on a new project to help support current and emerging entrepreneurs and he needs your help. It would be extremely beneficial for him to get input from the community he serves - that's you! - so he can deliver on the outcomes you're looking for. To help gather that information he's created a super short questionnaire and the responses will help guide the direction of his content. As a special bonus, he'll also be delivering a free online workshop "5 Steps to Get (Almost) Anyone to Connect With You on LinkedIn" which usually costs a minimum of $99 to attend.

So tell me...

Looking for an Internship or a platform to request an intern?

Check out our Blackstone Matchboard!

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Get advice to develop your idea from venture coaches and experts in residence

MEET THE COACHES

*For all your legal needs, sign up for coaching with UB's Entrepreneurship Law Clinic

Hey UB Entrepreneur! Are you looking to connect virtually with other students on campus with the same entrepreneurial spirit as you?

Join us on Slack for events, networking and more!

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