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Launchpad LA today announces it will accept applications for its third class of Los Angeles-based tech startups. There are significant VC commitments (listed below) – every entering company will get $50,000 in funding, mentorship from top VCs and successful entrepreneurs plus free office space.
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Los Angeles-based Launchpad LA, the business mentoring and acceleration program which has been spearheaded by Mark Suster and Adam Lilling, looks to be gearing up for its third class.
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After seeing its first crop of 13 start-up companies raise funding rounds, get bought by other companies or at least reach “ramen profitability,” mentorship program Launchpad LA is hoping its second wave of companies will fare just as well…
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Los Angeles-based Launchpad LA, the startup mentoring effort spearheaded by GRP Partners’ Mark Suster, is announcing this afternoon that it has selected 10 startups for the second season of the program…
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Los Angeles Mentorship Program Launchpad LA Opens Applications For Its Second Session
TechCrunch
March 18, 2010Silicon Valley has long been heralded as the Mecca for startups, but it isn’t the only city in California to give rise to promising tech companies. Los Angeles has a growing startup community, and is home to startups like DocStoc and a few much larger businesses, like MySpace and CitySearch. One program looking to help foster that community is Launchpad LA, which has just opened applications for the second round of its mentorship program.
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A new seed-stage funding “incubator” has formed to help entrepreneurs build more successful companies in Southern California — Launchpad LA. At first glance this firm seems to be modeled in a similar fashion to Y Combinator, Seedcamp and the many other incubators that exist around the world. Incubators provide seed money, advice, and connections through a structured program (usually 2-3 months)…
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Launchpad LA is a huge leap forward for the LA community. Supplying guidance and mentorship to start-up companies is exactly what they are all about. Local GRP Partners VC Mark Suster founded Launchpad LA and has been very active in the LA community…
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The Los Angeles startup space continues to grow with its latest addition, Launchpad LA. Looks like LA is getting something similar to Northern California’s Y Combinator, an organization that can help train and fund the best ideas from the area. This is a huge win for the community…
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Mix 10 venture capitalists, 10 experienced entrepreneurs and 10 startup chief executives, and what do you get? Launchpad LA. That’s the name of a new mentoring group aimed at the L.A.-area tech community. Its goal: help guide a select group of chief executives at promising startups, then turn those CEOs into mentors for the next generation of startups…
