Blackstone LaunchPad

Internships for students

An internship offers hands-on experience, skill-building, and career insights. This module prepares you for your internship, covers professional behavior, and shares resources from ASU and MCCCD’s Career Services.

Internships for companies

Hiring interns brings fresh talent, new perspectives and mutual benefits. A well-structured program with defined roles ensures compliance, enriches experiences, attracts top talent, and fosters career growth.

Creativity

Creativity often involves unique ideas, unexpected twists, and the ability to see things from different perspectives—key traits for innovation and success. Learn how this skill can help you foster innovation and entrepreneurship, in addition to advance your career.

Critical thinking

Critical thinking is a skill that helps analyze problems from multiple angles, develop solutions, and make informed decisions—enhancing career prospects and unlocking potential. Learn how this skill can help you cultivate innovation and entrepreneurship.

Growth mindset

A growth mindset is the belief that skills grow with effort and persistence. It encourages adaptability, openness to feedback. Having this mindset fuels innovation, entrepreneurship, and career growth.

Leadership

Leadership is a dynamic concept that involves inspiring, motivating, and guiding others toward common objective. Developing leadership skills is crucial for innovation and building successful businesses, as well as enhancing career prospects.