Launch Fest 2010 Impact Report

Posted in: Events by Chris Schultz on May 10, 2010

We had a very exciting 2010 Launch Fest with a lot of passionate entrepreneurs.  Take a look at the impact of the conference in our Impact Report below.

Launch Fest featured three days of half-day conference sessions between the two weekends of Jazz Fest. Topics included social entrepreneurship, straight-talk with local entrepreneurs, and a pitch session to get companies funded. Of course, in the spirit of Jazz Fest we had four nights of mixers, music, and fun topics. Free and open to the public, the sessions were be held at the IP building. With Launch Fest, we put a new twist on the annual right of spring in New Orleans.

Please see the Launch Fest Impact Report below.  In addition, we wanted to share all of the media from the event:

• Preso Slides: http://hu.la/launchfest2010slides
• Pics Tue: http://hu.la/ccKdQk
• Pics Wed: http://hu.la/9DeYjv
• Pics Thu: http://hu.la/aRscVN
• Video Archive: http://bit.ly/lptv

Launch Fest by the numbers:

• 200+ attendees
• 16 sessions over 3 days with 3 evening mixers
• 10 companies pitched to 18 investors
• 70% of the companies were invited to be introduced to investors
• 2 guests ended up this close to Eddie Vedder: http://yfrog.com/89y1kj

Launch Fest Impact Report

Scene Magazine shouts out Launch Pad & Dear New Orleans pics

Posted in: Press by Chris Schultz on

Scene Magazine recently covered Launch Pad in its coverage of the SXSW festival and the Louisiana delegation that was orchestrated by Net2NO to promote digital media and highlight the technology scene happening in New Orleans.

You can check out the digital edition of Scene here. (Very cool)

The final aspect of the hugely comprehensive festival was the SXSW tech scene. “For the second year in a row, New Orleans showcased authenticity, passion & community that has been brewing in the tech scene in Louisiana.” said Chris Schultz of Net2NO and Launch Pad. “The panel about ‘The future of work’ focused on the trend of co-working and highlighted Launch Pad which we are expanding to Baton Rouge and Lafayette this year. And the panel ‘Seed Accelerators’ gave us the tools we need to fill the seed capital gap in Louisiana and start competing on the national startup scene.”

It’s great to see the highlights of the Dear New Orleans pictures that Robert Fogarty took based on the sponsorship of the trip provided by TribeCon.

NPR’s State of the Re:Union features Launch Pad

Posted in: Press by Chris Schultz on May 5, 2010

When Tina Antolini and Al Letson stopped through NOLA to tape their NPR show last month, we were thrilled to be included in their itinerary, and we were excited about all of the great folks and organizations like Robert Fogarty’s Evacuteer they covered.  The show made it to air this week, and we were in there.

Give it a listen here.

You can hear Launch Pad at the 15:18 mark of the full show, or right at the start of segment B.

In a media turnabout, we featured them on an episode of LPTV on March 26th when they were here.  Watch it here.