The senior business plan idea becomes a reality within the on-campus business Launch Pad, a place that nurtures and mentors student created start-up firms. Freshmen begin with simple business ideas and proceed to establishing an “e-commerce” business - selling goods and services, for example on eBay. Juniors and seniors develop more complex businesses, based on creating entertainment content or applications, and other products or services. The on-campus launch pad serves as the bridge for student ideas to become sustainable businesses. The launch pad helps start-up companies grow, achieve their goals, and expedite the maturation of the young companies by providing critical services. These services include experienced mentoring, collaboration, funding strategies and introductions, external technical resources and low-cost infrastructure including office space, conference facilities, and more. Businesses that participate in the proven mentoring and coaching process used in the Launch Pad are much more likely to succeed compared to the average business starting today without mentoring. The JP Catholic entrepreneurship process helps to: incubate student ideas build the core content, application, or service validate the product launch a product and get customers before actually graduating and before going corporate prepare student businesses for funding JP Catholic encourages business leaders, locally and nationally to volunteer as mentors for student business teams. Mentors provide critical and timely technical and strategic leadership guidance, input on appropriate business models and strategies, as well as introducing students to various sources of funding, potential partners, distribution and sales channels. If you are interested in being a mentor for student teams please send an email to diocco@jpcatholic.com expressing your interest and areas of expertise.