Thank you for your interest in the Blackstone LaunchPad Fellowship. The 2023 BLP Fellowship will accept up to 50 founders for this selective program, which will run on Tuesday and Thursdays at 12pm ET from May 18 - July 13.
Please review our Summer 2023 LaunchPad Fellowship Guide prior to starting your application. All Fellows will receive a $5,000 prize after successfully meeting program requirements.
Application Criteria
Only one Fellow can be chosen per company. Co-founder cannot participate together. The applicant must:
Be a current student (undergraduate level, graduate level, continuing education student) OR 2021 / 2022 graduate enrolled at LaunchPad university.
Be a lead founder / co-founder of the venture.
Be self-motivated and driven to complete work independently and with minimal oversight.
have well-defined, quantifiable S.M.A.R.T. goals and milestones to be completed within the 6 week period of 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). Other activities that we consider to be “past” the idea stage include: working on a prototype, working on customer discovery, or building a business model.
Have some form of traction e.g. early sales, MOUs, funding raised, customer interest, user base, etc.
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 and dedicate 3-4 hours per week on Fellowship meetings and deliverables.
Application Timeline
We recommend you apply by the early deadline for the strongest consideration in the program. We anticipate filling the majority of seats in early selection.
Early Deadline: February 28
Early Notification: March 8
Final Deadline: April 2
Final Notification: April 12
Questions? We'd love to answer them. Send an email over to tina@futurefounders.com