Launch Pad – The Place for New Orleans Startups
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Startup businesses are born in a spare bedroom or college dorm. Once off the ground, entrepreneurs need an office for legitimacy and support, but find traditional commercial office leases daunting and expensive. The Launch Pad is a flexible office space for startup companies. We provide short-term leases, furnished offices, a support staff and multiple networking and educational events to get a new business off the ground.
Innovation doesn’t happen in isolation. The core value Launch Pad provides is the interaction, networking, and mentoring among entrepreneurs in a modern workspace. Our office space includes access to the services that all startups need so entrepreneurs can focus on their core competencies and build viable businesses.
Launch Pad is the brainchild of entrepreneurs who are intimately aware of the startup culture in places like New York, San Francisco and Austin. Launch Pad will be New Orleans hub for events like Startup School, BarCamp, Co-working, Net2NO. Launch Pad will thrust New Orleans into consideration for entrepreneurs nationwide deciding where to start businesses.
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Feb 02, 2009 at 2:06 pm
Hmm…does Launch Pad happen to be in need of an events coordinator? I know a company–and future tenant–that would be ideally positioned to handle events for you…
Feb 02, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Agreed, I think Launch Pad definitely will.
Feb 02, 2009 at 2:49 pm
Oh yeah? Have I mentioned the Business 2.0 seminar series VoodooTEQ has in the works? Launch Pad would be an excellent home for something like this! If you’re serious, I’d love to talk.
Apr 21, 2009 at 1:02 pm
Hey Chris,
Congrats on the 504ward grant. Just wanted to point you toward affinitylab.com, in DC, run by my dear friend Charles Planck. Seems to me like Launch Pad is getting at much the same thing, and could learn from successes and challenges at Affinity Lab. Also, for the school start-up piece, I am incubating our school through New Schools for New Orleans, and would be happy to be a resource to any ed. entrepreneurs. Best of luck to y’all.
Apr 06, 2010 at 4:48 pm
Why a New Orleans Business Competition Decided to Shut Down - You're the Boss Blog - NYTimes.com says:
[...] LaunchPad — a.k.a. LaunchPadNola — which was started by Chris Schultz, offers co-working space and business classes in New Orleans. It has 43 tenants [...]
May 10, 2010 at 6:34 pm
NY Times features Launch Pad says:
[...] LaunchPad — a k a LaunchPadNola — which was started by Chris Schultz, offers co-working space and business classes in New Orleans. It has 43 tenants [...]