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Launchpad LA Receives VC Funding: $50,000 Per Startup

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To give visibility to these companies to: Sources of funding (angels / VCs), business development partners, mentors who have themselves built successful companies, the press and potential employees to hire. One senior mentor to Launchpad LA recently said, “I got more out of Launchpad LA than I even put in.

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Launchpad LA – More Details Revealed

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Encourage the most successful LA tech entrepreneurs who had previously started companies to get involved as mentors, instructors or just informal advisors. We did a founder “eHarmony&# where I matched the CEO’s with their chosen mentors and each one mapped to a one VC. How’d we do? What did we need to improve?

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Behind the Scenes: Troy Carter’s SMASHD LABS with Suzy Ryoo

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Each mentor spoke for nearly an hour to the entire group, answered questions, and sat with each company for one-on-one mentoring. Troy’s appreciation extends to his early forays into venture capital, where he learned the ropes under the guidance of mentors like Ron Conway, Shervin Pershivar, and Bill Maris.

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Zuma Ventures: Creating A New Technology Startup Model

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What they do, is accelerate that team or company to get them to the next level, and then go through and put in some investment money, help them build out the management team, and help with vendor relationships, help with overall strategy, and then help those companies riase their next round of capital.

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