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

Both Sides of the Table

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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8 Steps To A Positive Mindset And Business Success

Startup Professionals Musings

Thus most investors I know claim to invest in the person, rather than the product. In the same way, you may think that people assessment is all about skills and experience, but as a mentor to business owners, I have learned to look more for the right attitude, persistence, and determination, as success factors.

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Batch 8 500 Startups Demo Day | Our Top Ten

Tech Zulu Event

This was a chance to blow open the story on their companies, to address a room full of potential investors, mentors, partners, customers, and press. Updates could be as exciting as closing investment deals, or harrowing as the news of losing a co-founder. Rapt.FM – Rap battles over live chat.

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How Arivale Is Harnessing Genomics To Optimize Human Health and Wellness

socalTECH

For a number ofyears, as a venture capitalists, I looked and led Maveron's investments in health and wellness. In today's world, people are lonely, and they are really looking for someone to mentor them, to guide them, to hold them accountable. That's because we'll already have made the investment in your baseline data.

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Interview with Michael Wong, MergeLocal

socalTECH

On average, not including our internal friends, every user who joins the site is inviting four new friends, and we haven't done any marketing except a press release. The big thing for us has been those connections to investors and mentors. The feedback, mentors, and connections are amazing. We're also funding it out of pocket.

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