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LaunchpadLA Application Deadline Nears, As Class Graduates

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The group says that so far, from 2009 to 2011, it accepted 23 companies, of which 19 received funding worth a total of $80M; the accelerator said that the nine companies acquired exceeds $60M in proceeds. READ MORE>>.

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Meet Launchpad LA’s Graduating Startups

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The company’s CEO, Brendon McQueen, graduated from Columbia with 12 loans that totaled over $120,000. Divshot, a tool for web designers and developers, won a national pitch competition and one of it’s founders Michael Bleigh created a popular open source library now included in Ruby on Rails.

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Q Manning of Rocksauce Studios | Founder Interview

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With this fast pace industry the elegant design we see if websites, is sometimes lost in translation. He and his company, Rocksauce, make sure to add high quality design back into each of the apps they create. After directing a film in 2009, I wanted to get back into the design industry. It simply makes more sense.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

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TWTFelipe and I ended up speaking for nearly 30 minutes and we talked mostly about why his company was based in Canada and not the US. In 2005 he was graduated and took a job in South Carolina working for technology company while he started his own web design company on the side. Felipe grew up in Brazil.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 2.0: The Internet is Coming! How will we make money?

Frank Addante

2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. ► October (1) New Video! . Startup 3.0:

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The Startup Guide To SXSW Panel Picking

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Over the past ten years, the rise of the consumer web and the availability of better measurement too. After starting three companies, I've found that some widely accepted advice lead me to failure while. The step by step story of an entrepreneur’s journey from idea to bootstrap web startup from her vi. Jon Loyens, Bazaarvoice.

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