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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.
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The good ole’ Strand (Taken with Instagram at Manhattan Beach - The Strand)
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In Tupelo Mississippi, birthplace of the King. (Taken with Instagram at Elvis Presley’s Birth Place and Museum)
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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 (VFA), a new national non-profit, will begin recruiting at top colleges around the country this fall for its inaugural class of 2012 Venture Fellows. VFA (patterned after Teach for America) will be offering a competitive fellowship program for top college graduates to work in select start-ups or early-stage companies for 2 years. At the same time, the organization aspires to spur enterprise and encourage entrepreneurship in parts of the U.S. that struggle to attract top college graduates. The goal of Venture for America is to create 100,000 U.S. jobs by 2025 and train hundreds of future founders and CEOs.
You can find out more about the organization at www.ventureforamerica.org.
Our goal is to place at least 10 Fellows at entrepreneurial companies in the New Orleans area starting in the Summer of 2012. To that end we’ll be hosting a Start-up Summit on Tuesday, July 12th at 6:30PM at Launch Pad in the IP Boardroom. Light fare will be provided by Capdeville Restaurant and everyone is invited next door to Capdeville for drinks after the event.
We are expecting a good turnout and hope you will plan to be part of it!
Please RSVP to Eileen Lee (eileen@ventureforamerica.org), and let us know if we can provide any other information that might be helpful.
Congratulations on the great work that you’re doing - we’re eager to send young people to both support and learn from you.
All of the best, - Andrew
Venture for America
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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 to take a moment to reflect on the experience and share the impact of Launch Pad Ignition and Launch Fest on the entrepreneurs who we fund and support.
LAUNCH PAD IGNITION
Please give our 2nd Annual Impact Report a read to see all about what was accomplished through Ignition.
We funded 6 high-growth startups in March. Those startups went through an intensive 7-week program prior to Launch Fest that has continued over the last month. We’re proud of what we’ve built:
Most startups funded in Louisiana in 2011.
First startup conference in Louisiana - completely free and open to the public.
The first Launch Pad Ignition class includes:
Dydra - cloud-based database as a service
Gamebuilder Studio - cross platform game creation tools
Badger - social picture sharing around interests
Rayku - peer-to-peer micro-tutoring network
Kinio - sell films online
Liveset - HD streaming platform for live concerts
MEDIA & LINKS
Tech Cocktail - Launch Pad Ignition Blasts Off First New Orleans Startup Class
Wall Street Journal’s All Things Digital - New Orleans Start-Up Accelerator Ignition Launches Six Companies
NOLA.com / NOLAVie - Six local startups pitch their ideas at Launch Fest
TechCrunch - Absolute Must Watch: Office Hours With Paul Graham at TechCrunch Disrupt
TUAW - Companies to Watch at Disrupt
Pictures from Launch Fest
Videos of the presentations
Videos of the Ignition pitches
Thank you to all of the investors, speakers, mentors, attendees and volunteers who came together for the event and supported these founders. A big thank you to all of our sponsors, without whom it would not have been possible.
Microsoft BizSpark, New Orleans Downtown, UEP Kauffman Foundation, Louisiana Entertainment, FBT Investments, BVM Capital, LGDI, Jones Walker and Launch Pad.
NEXT STEPS
Stay tuned for big announcements coming from Launch Pad Ignition companies. Applications for Launch Pad Ignition open December 1st. And you can get a leg up on things by kicking off your entrepreneurial venture now by joining Launch Pad.
Thanks again!
- Chris, Barre, Peter, Will, Katy & the Launch Pad Ignition founders
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