'The Launch Pad' provides hands-on guidance to all students on an entrepreneurial career path

(KANSAS CITY, Mo.) Oct. 1, 2009 – The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation announced today that it has awarded a grant to the University of Miami to help sustain and grow The Launch Pad, a unique career center program that helps students explore and launch new firms while they are still in school, before they have other commitments such as mortgages and full-time jobs.

The Launch Pad is the first college entrepreneurship program in the country that is offered as part of the university's career center. As such, it is not tied to any particular academic program or department, and requires no prerequisites or coursework – which makes it extremely accessible to students from any discipline. By providing practical "just in time" skills training and mentoring, The Launch Pad is proving to be a magnet for students who want to pursue a "career" as an entrepreneur.

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