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LaunchBox News

The latest news coverage of the Hazleton LaunchBox:

2022

March

  • Hazleton LaunchBox to offer free Startup Week events April 4-8

February

  • Hazleton LaunchBox to host free Idea Design Labs

January

  • Participants honored for completing Hazleton LaunchBox Diaspora Emprende program

2021

November

  • Downtown Hazleton Alliance for Progress gets $15K grant for Kitchen Incubator Program - Standard-Speaker (Hazleton) 
  • Downtown Hazleton Global Entrepreneurship Week events - Standard-Speaker (Hazleton)

October

  • Penn State Hazleton chancellor touts campus, Hazleton LaunchBox during chamber breakfast - Standard-Speaker (Hazleton)

August

  • Hazleton LaunchBox announces no-cost workshops in August, September - Standard-Speaker (Hazleton)

July

  • With support from LaunchBox, Sweets Melendez cuts ribbon on new business in Hazleton - WYLN News 

June

  • Hazleton LaunchBox taps into innovation of its own during pandemic pivot - Standard-Speaker (Hazleton)
  • Hazleton LaunchBox, Invent Penn State resources help local seed startup grow - Standard-Speaker (Hazleton)

  • Students sought for Hazleton LaunchBox Teen Entrepreneurship Challenge

  • $1,500 up for grabs at Hazleton LaunchBox Teen Entrepreneurship Challenge - Standard-Speaker (Hazleton)

May

  • LED-fitted dance shoe takes top prize at Hazleton LaunchBox pitch competition

April

  • Student pitches illuminated dancing shoes, walks away with $1,000 business prize - Standard-Speaker (Hazleton)
  • Seven startups graduate from the 2020-21 FastTrack Accelerator

March

  • One year of COVID-19: Many Hazleton area businesses survived with ingenuity and help from community - Standard-Speaker (Hazleton)
  • Entrepreneurship, innovation featured in Hazleton LaunchBox Startup Week lineup

January

  • LaunchBox program to help high schoolers think like entrepreneurs - Standard-Speaker (Hazleton)

2020

December

  • New year brings new opportunities at Hazleton LaunchBox - Times Leader
  • New year brings new opportunities at Hazleton LaunchBox - Standard-Speaker (Hazleton)

November

  • Berks LaunchBox, Hazleton LaunchBox host Latinx founders for virtual startup success event

September

  • Hazleton LaunchBox helps diverse community of entrepreneurs
  • Hazleton LaunchBox webinar to again feature nationally recognized inventor
  • Local athlete wins business competition - SSPTV News

August 

  • Multi-cleat shoe system wins high-school entrepreneur competition - Times Leader
  • Student entrepreneurs bring bright ideas forward in annual pitch competition

July 

  • Forbes-featured inventor to lead Hazleton LaunchBox webinar
  • Hazleton center helps couple launch business - Standard-Speaker (Hazleton)

May 

  • Virtual summer youth camp aims to inspire next generation of entrepreneurs

2019

November

  • Penn State Hazleton to hold seminars for entrepreneurs

September 

  • New space for people with business ideas in Hazleton - FOX56
  • Hazleton LaunchBox to offer opportunities and support for area startups

April

  • PSU Launch Box coming to Hazleton - WBRE
  • Hazleton innovation hub named for local leader Pasco Schiavo

2018

May 

  • Hot idea: Trio of students who met at Penn State Hazleton creates new product
  • Wells Fargo supports Hazleton LaunchBox with donation
  • Check to Launch Box - SSPTV News

April

  • Startup founder to give talk at Penn State Hazleton

February

  • Penn State Hazleton receives funding for entrepreneurship center
  • University awards $200,000 in Invent Penn State seed grants to four campuses
  • Business Launch Box coming to Downtown Hazleton - SSPTV News
  • Penn State awards Hazleton campus $50,000 for innovation hub - Standard-Speaker (Hazleton)

January

  • Penn State Hazleton sponsoring business startup series

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Contact the LaunchBox

William Andahazy
Entrepreneurship Education Coordinator
570-450-3135
[email protected]

Fermin Diaz
Entrepreneurship Facilitator
570-450-3135
[email protected]

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