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

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Report Card. Sam was also a member of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign and inaugural new media team and previously worked for Google, Credit Suisse, The Colbert Report, and Senators John Kerry and Hillary Clinton. But wait, does that make Launchpad LA an incubator now? There are at least 6 incubators now being set up in LA.

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

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PERSON Timothy Draper PERSON|Timothy Draper. NAME Timothy Draper. If youre buying a luxury home or just like looking at them, check out this live chat from reporter Lauren Schuker Blum and WSJ.com real estate editor Matthew Strozier. Talent agencies CAA and WME are incubating start-ups. NAME Mark Zuckerberg.