September 2011
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Lunch & Learn September 21st
Hi Everyone-
Be sure to RSVP to this month’s Lunch & Learn program presented by Orian Williams of Fleur de Lis Financial. Orian will share with us tips on “Protecting Your Business (That You’ve Worked So Hard to Build)”!
Free pizza from Reginelli’s will be provided by Fleur de Lis Financial.
Click here to RSVP
August 2011
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July 2011
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Venture for America-StartUp Summit
Launch Pad will host a great opportunity from Venture for America on
Tuesday, July 12 at 6:30 PM in the IP Boardroom
Please read the invite below from Andrew Yang of Venture for America
RSVP to: eileen@ventureforamerica.org
Hello -
With your help, we want to send 10+ of the top college graduates from around the country to New Orleans to work for your companies.
Venture for America...
June 2011
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Launch Fest Impact Report
Friends -
Its hard to believe it just a month ago we gathered for Launch Fest to celebrate the startup spirit in New Orleans. Having Brad Feld and Scott Case in New Orleans was truly a highlight!
It’s been an amazing month since then with the Launch Pad Ignition founders hitting New York for TechCrunch Disrupt last week and headed out to Silicon Valley for meetings next week.
We want...
April 2011
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Everything You Need to Know About Launch Fest
Hey folks!
Jazz Fest is here and Launch Fest is right around the corner. We hope you’re as excited as we are. Please save this email, its got everything you need to know!
THE DEETS
When: Wednesday, May 4 & Thursday, May 5 - 2-5pm - Registration opens at 1pm
Where: New Orleans Museum of Art, One Collins C. Diboll Circle, City Park New Orleans, Louisiana 70124 (Map)
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Lunch and Learn April 13th with Brent Lemoine
Come to Launch Pad on Wednesday, April 13th for our monthly Lunch and Learn program at Noon.
This month Brent Lemoine of Stern Agee will discuss
Retirement Planning for Small Business Owners and Employees
Lunch will be assorted Po-Boy’s from Johnny’s and provided by Stern Agee.
Click HERE to RSVP!
March 2011
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Lunch and Learn with Jude Boudreaux March 30th
Join us at Launch Pad on Wednesday, March 30th from Noon until 1 for our monthly program Lunch and Learn.
Jude Boudreaux of Upperline Financial Planning will present:
“Cash Flow Management at Home (or Budgeting that Doesn’t Suck)”: A strategy to simplify your financial life and increase harmony at home.
Lunch from Capdeville is sponsored by Upperline Financial Planning.
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February 2011
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Throw Me Some Information Mister!
As the new Community Manager at Launch Pad I feel like I’m really starting to get into the “swing of things” but I still have a lot to learn and there is one area that I need some major advice in…
…Mardi Gras!
Even though I grew up in Mississippi, it was in North Mississippi where our spring ritual was dressing up in hoop skirts and giving tours of antebellum homes. Not exactly a...
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Launch Pad Graduation Celebration
We’re celebrating the graduation of 3 Launch Pad companies on Tuesday, March 1st. We’ll have pizza from Noon until 1:00 and you can join us in congratulating our graduates and explore office openings at Launch Pad.
Click here and RSVP now!
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Announcing Launch Pad Ignition
I am excited today to announce Launch Pad Ignition, our new startup accelerator program.
This is the culmination of several years of planning and preparation, and we are particularly excited to be launching as a part of the TechStars Network, and by extension the Obama administration’s new Startup America Initiative.
Ignition has been a personal passion project. The conversation started...
January 2011
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Secrets to a 5 Minute Pitch
We’re doing a Five Minute Pitch on Wed at Launch Pad. Here is the coaching guidance that I just sent out to the companied presenting.
format - we are going to hold you to 5 min, so be sure to keep your pitch tight and focused. this is plenty of time if you are rehearsed and gives you an opportunity to communicate about your company or project in a way that will keep the audiences...
November 2010
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LPTV Episode 57 - Lela Cloud, Lionel Milton,...
We had our Thanksgiving Episode this week with a packed list of guests, turkey tasting, & even a cranberry eating contest!! Watch here and see what happened!
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4:00 - 4:04 - Standard Welcome with Chris Schultz & Andrew Larimer
4:04 - 4:10 - News, Headlines, & Upcoming Events
4:10 - 4:11 - Who’s on & What they...
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LPTV - Episode 56 - November 12 - Suzy Rivera,...
For Episode 56 Megan Hargroder and Chris Boudy hosted outside of Capdeville. Suzy Rivera came on the show to discuss Life-Yoga New Orleans and also her company “Shoe”. Kristen McEntyre & Darren Hoffman of Tutti Dynamics were also on the show discussing their latest kickstarter project. Watch and find out more! :)
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LPTV - Episode 55 - "Delivering Happiness" Street...
This episode was super fast and fun. Megan and Chris hosted on Girod Street just as the bands began to play.
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RoR Happenings in NOLA with RubyConf
New Orleans is home to many exciting happenings in the world of Ruby on Rails this week as RubyConf comes to New Orleans for the first time. We’re excited to be hosting events at Launch Pad and sponsoring events through Flatsourcing. I wanted to take a minute to share everything that is going on this week.
RoR Training Fundraiser - 11/10 9am-4pm - Jumpstart Lab is hosting an all-day...
October 2010
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Episode 54 - Oct 8th - Lisa Robinson - Edie...
Andrew Larimer & Chris Boudy (@andrewlarimer & @chrisboudy) hosted our October 8th episode starting off with Lisa Robinson of Urbandogmagazine.com. Chris then talked with Champsuperstar about NerdNiteNola & finally Edie Cagnolatti joined us and discussed “save our cemeteries”. See you next week! :)
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September 2010
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Episode 53 - Sept. 24 - Mehmet Ergelen, Dr. Frank...
This week Megan Hargroder & Andrew Larimer hosted as we had Mehmet Ergelen on to tell us about lovebluebag.com. Dr Frank Martin & Dr. Igwe were on to talk about SUNO’s programs & finally, Joey Vanas stopped in to discuss Delivering Happiness Bus Tour.
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LPTV Episode 52 - 9/17/2010 Alex Schott, Steven...
This week’s episode was Sloane Berrent’s final episode as a guest host (though she will be back as a guest star host in the future we’re hoping!) She was on to interview Alex Schott of Entergy. Rachael LaRoche joined us to talk about her latest venture, Ruffian Swap (follow @RuffianSwap). Finally, Steven Adjimi was on to show us some of JeanTherapy’s designs and talk...
August 2010
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Launch Pad's role in New Orleans recovery
On this 5th anniversary of Katrina, there has been much reflection about New Orleans. We have made many strides as a city, yet there remains much work to be done. The city is broad and diverse and I wouldn’t for a minute pretend to know the challenges that so many have faced over the last five years.
One bright spot has been the emergent entrepreneurial community in New Orleans. I been...
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Episode 51 - July 30th Fleurty Girl, Shultzilla,...
This week’s show was LPTV’s first Summer Fashion Show episode! Guests were Lauren Thom of Fleurty Girl, Jeremy Miller & Aimee Shultz of Shultzilla, & Blake Haney of Dirty Coast. Blake also announced the launch of ArtsNewOrleans.org with Rachel Puckett & Lindsay Glatz. The show closed with a t-shirt fashion cat walk dj-ed by Ben Reece and Chris Schultz!
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July 2010
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LPTV Episode 50 - 6/25/2010 Gerard Ramos, Chris...
Our June 25th Episode included guests from PhoneBalls with Gerard Ramos & Chris Tortorich. Andrew Larimer was on and did a “dramatic reading” of Pike Barkerding’s latest news & Ben and Chris also interviewed Roger Ivens from Defenders of the Coast.
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3:45 - Pre-roll Starts
4:00 - Broadcast Starts
4:00 - 4:04...
June 2010
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Two July Events @ LP - Accounting Lunch & Talent...
Two brand new events are coming up at Launch Pad in July. We invite you to join us for both of them. Please RSVP below.
Wed, July 7th @ Noon - Lunch & Learn: Accounting for the Emerging Business with Don Engler & Jonathan Koenig
We’re kicking off a new luncheon educational series with Don Engler & Jonathan Koenig of Wegmann, Dazet & Company. They are a local accounting...
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LPTV Episode 49 - Matthew Moseley & Alex Hochron -...
This was our 1 year anniversary episode! We had some great guests on today with Matthew Moseley on to talk about his book Dear Dr. Thompson & also Alex Hochron to talk about HealthCampNola!
Our next episode will be June 25th as we’ll begin having one LPTV a month the last Friday of each month!
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LPTV - Episode 48 - May 21 - Jen Schnidman, Ralph...
This week was our 48th episode. Jen Schnidman was on talking with Ben and Chris about Drop the Chalk. Adele Tiblier came on the show to discuss a re-cap of the Gulf Aid Concert and Tung Ly spoke briefly about HealthCamp Nola. Finally, Barrett Conrad had on Ralph Schindler as his special tech segment guest.
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May 2010
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LPTV - Episode 47 - May 14th Jonathan Maki with...
This week we had Jonathan Maki and Peter Menge on the show talking about what’s new with Valence LLC. (VallenceLLC.com). Freakie Da Dude was also on the show talking about the NOLA Hip Hop Scene (YaHeardMeTV/YouTube.com)
Sadly, this week was Andrew Larimer’s last LAM…However, he’ll be back with an all new segment called Louisiana Triumphant!!
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LPTV Episode 46 - May 7 - Jon Guidroz, Seema...
This week we had on Seema Sudan talking about her line “Lia Molly”. Sloane Berrent spoke with guest Jeff Warren of GrassRootsMapping.org. Jon Guidroz was also on to talk about Free-Flow-Power.com.
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4:00 - Broadcast Starts
4:00 - 4:04 - Title Sequence // Standard Welcome with Chris & Sloane
4:04 - 4:10 - News &...
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Launch Fest 2010 Impact Report
We had a very exciting 2010 Launch Fest with a lot of passionate entrepreneurs. Take a look at the impact of the conference in our Impact Report below.
Launch Fest featured three days of half-day conference sessions between the two weekends of Jazz Fest. Topics included social entrepreneurship, straight-talk with local entrepreneurs, and a pitch session to get companies funded. Of course, in...
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Scene Magazine shouts out Launch Pad & Dear New...
Scene Magazine recently covered Launch Pad in its coverage of the SXSW festival and the Louisiana delegation that was orchestrated by Net2NO to promote digital media and highlight the technology scene happening in New Orleans.
You can check out the digital edition of Scene here. (Very cool)
The final aspect of the hugely comprehensive festival was the SXSW tech scene. “For the second year in...
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NPR's State of the Re:Union features Launch Pad
When Tina Antolini and Al Letson stopped through NOLA to tape their NPR show last month, we were thrilled to be included in their itinerary, and we were excited about all of the great folks and organizations like Robert Fogarty’s Evacuteer they covered. The show made it to air this week, and we were in there.
Give it a listen here.
You can hear Launch Pad at the 15:18 mark of the full show,...
April 2010
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CityBusiness Coverage of Launch Pad Expansion to...
We were very excited to be featured in City Business regarding our expansion to Lafayette. Check out the article here.
Launch Pad eyes Lafayette for new office
POSTED: 08:36 AM Friday, April 23, 2010
BY: Jennifer Larino, Staff Writer
TAGS: Chris Schultz, FiberFete, Intellectual Property building, Lafayette Economic Development Authority, Launch Pad
New Orleans-based collaborative...
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LPTV Episode 44 - April 16 // Kody Chamberlain &...
This week we had Neel Sus (@neelsus) guest hosting with Chris Schultz (@cschultz). The show featured Kody Chamberlain (@KodyChamberlain) who was on to talk about Antigravity’s Alternative Media Expo. Geoff Daily was a remote guest this week and he told us all about Fiberfete (fiberfete.com) and New Orleans Google Initiative. Finally Townsend Myers came on to close the show with an update...
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LPTV-Episode 43 - Lawrence Parker, Aaron Lafont, &...
This week we had on Lawrence Parker to talk about Traffic Boutique. Aaron LaFont of Groovescapes was also on the show to talk about French Quarter Fest. Andrew Larimer LAMmed it from the French Quarter Fest as well & Luke Winslow King played us a song outside of Capdeville. Finally, Barrett Conrad showed us his review of the site Startuptodo.com.
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NY Times features Launch Pad
We were highlighted in a recent NY Times post that covered the 504ward business plan competition one year later. While 504ward did not produce its business competition for 2010, it did produce BizCamp which was hosted at Launch Pad, and continues to execute
on its mission of retaining talent in New Orleans by providing career opportunities.
Why a New Orleans Business Competition Decided to...
March 2010
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LPTV - Episode 42 - 3/26/2010 - Matt Candler &...
This week we featured Matt Candler as well as Jeff Lyons of MyPhoneMD.net. Sloane Berrent spoke with Andreas Hoffmann of greenlightneworleans.org. We also had a special guest Co-Host Adele Tiblier who Andrew Larimer surprised with a big Happy Birthday Sing LAM!
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3:30pm - Production Meeting
3:45 - Pre-roll Starts
4:00 - Broadcast...
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LPTV // Episode 41 - March 19, 2010 // Robert...
This week was a great outdoor episode filmed just outside of Capdeville with Chris Schultz and Chris Boudy hosting. Robert Fogarty was in to talk about DearNewOrleans.org and his trip to sxsw. Jessica White was our featured guest as she discussed BizCampNola.com. Andrew Larimer LAM-ed with Evan of the Land of Opportunity (http://kck.st/aBAg9G).
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LPTV - Episode 40 - March 12, 2010 Live from the...
This week our show started off in Launchpad with Ben Reece hosting, along with guest co-hosts Nathan Heleine and Rachel Musicquiz. They discussed what’s new around Nola and other upcoming events such as Foburg Festival! (@foburg / foburgneworleans.com)
The rest of the show aired live with Chris Schultz (@cschultz) from the sxsw bus “somewhere in texas” (@sxswnola) Austin Marks and...
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LPTV - Episode 39 // 3.5.2010 Vera Lester, Mark...
This week we were back on the 1st Floor of LaunchPad and Andrew Larimer co-hosted with Benjamin Reece. Andrew talked with Rex and Bella of the Rex and Bella Show to announce their launch. Vera Lester was on to talk about the Young Leadership Council’s Wednesdays at the Square. Tim Williamson stopped in to discuss Entrepreneur Week. We also had Rachel Puckett and Mark Heck of NOIR...
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Episode 38 // Friday, February 26, 2010 with Nic...
Episode 38 featured Nic Perkin of The Receivables Exhange. Townsend Myers came in and talked about New Orleans Criminal Law, & Sloane Berrent spoke with Derrick Tabb of The Roots of Music. Great Show!
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Episode 38
4:00 - Broadcast Starts
4:00 - 4:02 - Title Sequence // Standard Welcome
4:02 - 4:03 - Who’s on, What they...
February 2010
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Episode 37 // Dr. Nick Pejic, Evelyn Rodriguez,...
Friday, February 19th we tried out having our show in Capdeville for the first time & it went great! This week we had Dr. Nick Pejic on the show talking about being inside the mind of an entrepreneur. Evelyn Rodriguez was on discussing Fugue Game & Ernie Svenson discussed the “WhoDat NFL Letter”. Larimer was out on his LAM with Cecile Hardy of NOLA Couture (despite a few...
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Episode 36 - 2/11/2010 - Adele Tiblier, Blake...
Our Mardi Gras Episode was FULL of surprises!
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4:00 - 4:02 - Title Sequence // Standard Welcome
4:02 - 4:03 - Who’s on, What they do
4:03 - 4:06 - News & Headlines (Chris & Ben)
4:06 - 4:09 - Upcoming Events
4:09 - 4:13 - Adele Tiblier // SXSW Trip
4:13 - 4:17 - Barret Conrad // Calliope Digital
4:17 - 4:21 - Larimer on the Lam...
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LPTV - Episode 35 - Friday - 2/5/2010
Super Bowl LPTV // Sidney Torres, Meg Brogan with 9th Ward Field of Dreams, Pike Barkeding, FleurtyGirl, & Leo DeJesus!
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LPTV Episode 33 - St. Bernard Project, The Whiz,...
Margarita Party sponsored by St. Bernard Project! With Catherine Lyons, Zach Rosenberg, Loren Murell, The Whiz, and LAM guest, Play Nola.
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LPTV Episode 34 - Robert LeBlanc, Ann Bernard,...
Great show this week. Guest co-host Chris Boudy with Benjamin Reece.
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3:30pm - Production Meeting
3:45 - Pre-roll Starts
4:00 - Broadcast Starts
4:00 - 4:02 - Title Sequence // Standard Welcome
4:02 - 4:03 - Who’s on, What they do (*)
4:03 - 4:06 - News & Headlines (Chris B. & Ben)
4:06 - 4:09 - Upcoming Events
4:09 -...