Founded in 2008, The Launch Pad is the University of Miami's dedicated entrepreneurship center. It supports students, alumni, and faculty in starting, building, and scaling their startups through mentorship programs, workshops, one-on-one consulting, and events—all designed to educate and inspire on key entrepreneurial topics.
The Launch Pad's latest event, the eMerge Startup Roadshow, is happening at the Lakeside Village Expo Center on Nov. 12 from 4-8 p.m. Eight University students will have the opportunity to showcase their innovative companies. This event promises an exciting look at the future of entrepreneurship, featuring a variety of groundbreaking startups. Don't miss the chance to discover these innovative companies. Register today.
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SearchOwl
Priya Francis, a junior majoring in marketing, is helping to lead a new approach in the skincare industry as the chief marketing officer of SearchOwl, a personalized shopping platform dedicated to skincare. SearchOwl was born in a Case Western Reserve University dorm room in March 2023, and Francis joined the innovative startup in October of the same year, quickly proving herself a vital asset to the team.
SearchOwl leverages insights gathered through natural language processing (NLP)-driven search, user feedback, and quick follow-up questions to refine the shopping experience and deliver accurate, unbiased recommendations. Unlike traditional platforms, SearchOwl offers vendors an ad-free, fixed-cost free environment, empowering them with advanced insights into consumer shopping behavior.
"Online shopping felt broken, so we decided to take matters into our own hands," said Francis. "We wanted to create a platform that offers users a genuinely unbiased shopping experience and allows smaller brands to compete on equal footing with the skincare industry's biggest names."
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