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Enabling Startup Success!

Problem: Startup funding is an intense process requiring a significant commitment of executive time and company resources. The duration of the funding process can be burdensome, to say the least. There are plenty of sources of information available to address the issues encountered by the entrepreneur; however, the marketplace for these tools is highly fragmented.

Launchopedia is here to help.

Vision
Launchopedia is the authoritative source for entrepreneurs seeking funding.

Mission
Launchopedia provides valuable information, tools and resources to entrepreneurs seeking to start, grow and fund a business, in order to reduce the time and resources required to obtain funding.

Team: The company’s principals consist of a group of serial entrepreneurs with diverse backgrounds and experiences including the establishment and building of two INC 500 High Growth Companies, and investing in various startups including two companies with IPO exits. They have established multiple successful ventures from tradition real estate to technology-based companies.

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Entrepreneur

A person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater than normal financial risks to do so. Entrepreneurs are the founders of startups and are the people angel investors support.⁷

Funding

This term is used synonymously with the words “financing” and “capital.” It refers to the amount of money that is needed for a business endeavor. For example, a new business owner may seek a certain amount of funding for their startup company. This “raised” capital can be used to launch their endeavor as well as to sustain their company until monetary profit can be generated.⁴

Startup

A startup is a new business venture / enterprise in its initial or early stages of development. These stages include the concept, seed, early, growth and mezzanine stages.⁶

IPO

Initial Public Offering.

IPO (Initial Public Offering)

(IPO) The sale or distribution of a stock of a portfolio company to the public for the first time. IPOs are often an opportunity for the existing investors (often venture capitalists) to receive significant returns on their original investment. During periods of market downturns or corrections, the opposite is true.³
(IPO)This is a private corporation’s first-time sale or allocation of a stock that is made available to the public. IPOs can be distributed to both young and established companies who seek to expand or warrant public trading.⁴

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Enabling Startup Success!

Vision Launchopedia is the authoritative source for entrepreneurs seeking funding.

Mission Launchopedia provides valuable information, tools and resources to entrepreneurs seeking to start, grow and fund a business, in order to reduce the time and resources required to obtain funding.

Launchopedia is a proud sponsor of the following events and competitions:

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Vision
Launchopedia is the authoritative source for entrepreneurs seeking funding.

Mission
Launchopedia provides valuable information, tools and resources to entrepreneurs seeking to start, grow and fund a business, in order to reduce the time and resources required to obtain funding.