Get pumped with exciting talks by Andy Weissman, partner at Union Square Ventures, Noah Kagan, founder of AppSumo, Paul Singh, 500 Startups Master of Hustle and more great speakers. Launch Fest features practical advice to inspire the next generation of New Orleans entrepreneurs as well as the first public pitches by the Launch Pad Ignition 2012 class. Come learn what it takes to launch a startup and get inspired by the founders who are doing it right now all before heading out to the 'fest! SPEAKERS Andy Weissman - Union Square Ventures - An Interview by Andrew Yang Noah Kagan - AppSumo.com - The story of AppSumo from Getto to Classy Paul Singh - 500 Startups - Moneyball for Startups Richard Mumby - Bonobos Dan Parham - Neighborland Andrew Yang - Venture for America IGNITION 2012 COMPANIES Kinobi - Chapman Snowden - Professional skills training regime VoteIt - Taylor Beery - SurveyMonkey for group decisions Red Ticket Games - Barrett Conrad - Mobile social games Giftmeo - Martin Roth, Michael Angle - Social group gifting platform Unawkward - Gerard Ramos - Connecting people around local experiences Lawyerfy - Arjan Singh, Jeff Lin - CRM for Lawyers Connect for a Cause - Jason Nicosia - Lunch auction to meet people and support causes

1. 3rd Annual Launch Fest
Impact Report
May 3rd, 2012

2. We featured an awesome lineup of speakers
to inspire the next generation of founders.
Noah Kagan - AppSumo.com
Paul Singh - 500 Startups
Richard Mumby - Bonobos
Andy Weissman - Union Square Ventures
Andrew Yang - Venture for America
Dan Parham - Neighborland
Dean Altiero - Tulane University

3. And then gave the seven Launch Pad Ignition
companies 7 minutes for their first public pitches.

4. To local angel investors and early stage VC’s
from New York and Silicon Valley.
Sequoia Capital - Silicon Valley
Battery Ventures - Silicon Valley
True Ventures - San Francisco
Union Square Ventures - New York
Andy Weissman
“
500 Startups - Silicon Valley
Wow.
Leher Ventures - New York
Thank you so much for having me.
k b s p Ventures - New York
My mind was opened in many ways and
I hope I made some contacts that can Austin Ventures - Austin
really grow in the future.
Silicon Valley Bank - Austin
You are doing amazing things. Credit Suisse - San Francisco
Andy Abstraction Ventures - New Orleans

5. The outcome of 12 weeks of lots of hard work through
our mentorship-driven accelerator.
- 15 founders
- 37 mentors
- 15 presentations
- 1895 emails
- countless Skype calls
- 28 hours of pitch practice
- 100 lbs of crawfish
- 67 po-boys
- 45 pizzas
- lots of sleepless nights....

6. Everyone had a great time, learned a lot,
and came away inspired.

7. It’s a good day when you’re covered by both
TechCrunch and the Times Picayune.
“ Launch Pad Ignition, the first tech incubator to
make its home in the Big Easy, today officially
unveiled the seven companies that participated
in its second annual session.

8. A HUGE thanks to our sponsors.
We couldn’t have done it without you.

9. So let’s meet the 2012 Launch Pad
Ignition companies

10. Kinobi is an online
marketplace for interactive
training.
Chapman Snowden
founders@kinobi.com

11. Giftmeo is a shared-gifting platform that
allows people to pitch in on a gift for a
friend.
Michael Angle, Martin Roth
founders@giftmeo.com

12. Get meetings with top business
luminaries and execs by supporting
the causes they care about.
Jason Nicosia
founders@connectforacause.com

13. Unawkward helps you meet new
people around local experiences.
Gerard Ramos
founders@unawkward.com

14. Barrett Conrad
founders@redticketgames.com
Red Ticket Games creates fun mobile social games.
Its launch title is ExpertTrivia, a do-it-yourself trivia games.

15. VoteIt brings group decisions online by
providing fun and productive collaboration
so groups can reach consensus and take
action.
Taylor Beery
founders@voteit.com

16. Lawyerfy is a collaboration platform for
lawyers and their clients that takes the
headache out of the legal process.
Jeffrey Lin, Arjan Singh
founders@lawyerfy.com

17. So are you ready to launch your company?
Applications for 2013 open Dec 1st.
www.launchpadignition.com