Blackstone LaunchPad Fellowship powered by Future Founders

Please use this form to submit an application to our LaunchPad Fellowship program. We will accept up to 50 founders per cohort (two in Summer 2022) to this program from LaunchPad institutions. Please review THIS info sheet and the application requirements below before submitting. 

Application Criteria:

The primary applicant must...

- be a current student OR 2021 / 2022 graduate (undergraduate level, graduate level) enrolled at LaunchPad network university.

- be a lead founder / co-founder of the venture.

- have an existing venture past the idea stage (venture may be for-profit, not-for-profit, Public Benefit Corporation or B-corporation). 

- be self-motivated and driven to complete work independently and with minimal oversight. 

- have availability to dedicate between 3-4 hours per week on the program.

- have well-defined, quantifiable (SMART) goals and milestones to be completed within the Fellowship.

- be past the idea-stage and ideally have a pitch deck, executive summary, a logo, a website, social media accounts (Ex; LinkedIn and Twitter).

- have some traction e.g. early sales, MOUs, funding raised, customer interest, user base, etc (we will ask for examples in this form).

- have demonstrated leadership in both executing on business or program operations and galvanizing support.

- have experience working with mentors or advisors, integrating feedback into their venture, and demonstrating coachability.

- be able to complete and fulfill all required duties as posed by the Fellowship.


There will be special consideration given to diverse leadership and/or founding teams.