Launchpad LA
product on 3 shows · 5 statements across 5 episodes · said 24 times in 5 episodes since 2015
How I Built This 12 
Top Founders 7 
20VC 5
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Thrive Market was rejected by every VC pitched across SF, NY, and LA
“We went to a bunch of VCs in San Francisco. We took a trip out to New York. We visited every VC that we could find in LA, and we got intros to most of them through Launchpad, and we were rejected every single time.”
Liu: Magic Eden Generates 70% to 80% of Revenue From Secondaries
“Launchpad is a little more spiky. I would say it's around 20, 80, so, or 30, 70. So 20% launchpad, 80% secondaries, or sometimes it goes up to 30, 70.”
11 of 13 Pear Launchpad Companies Raised Top 2016 Seed Rounds
“So, you know, last year we had about 13 companies 11 of them ended up raising a seed round from great people. Accel, first round, Index, just really, really top name people. And the other two went back to school.”