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Rollercoasters wouldn't be fun without ups and down right? Thanks Susan Post & The Metropreneur for capturing our story.

Launch Labs' Journey to Portfolio Entrepreneurship - The Metropreneur Columbus StorytellingBusiness ProfilesLaunch Labs’ Journey to Portfolio Entrepreneurship By Susan Post - July 31, 2017 73 Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter tweet Launch Labs has seen many ups, downs and projects come into their orbit, but the story of the “maker meets startup studio” begins with 12-year-old...

Here's a sneak peak to a new food product being developed at Launch Labs with long time friend . Launching soon in Cincinnati, food cart will serve wood fired BBQ in custom designed bear trap waffles - trapping the meat and providing a delicious alternative to the traditional bun! Stay tuned for more...

Andrew shares some of the more unique tactics we used to generate votes and ultimately win the Audience Choice Award at TechCrunch Disrupt.

http://launchlabsco.com/launch-hack-tatics-we-used-to-win-audience-choice-award/

Launch Hack: Tactics we used to win the TechCrunch Audience Choice Award It was three weeks before the show when we made the decision to pull the trigger on attending TechCrunch Disrupt NY. We knew there were going to be hundreds of startups exhibiting on the floor, and…

We are excited to be hosting the Columbus Futurists this Thursday 8/18 from 6:30-8:00 pm at our office on 2649 N High for a workshop on the where we will explore possible futures of the circular economy. We will provide creative inspiration on the subject and then conduct role playing scenarios of life in a circular economy.

Ideas we will explore:
How might the sharing economy change the design criteria for products and incentivize cradle to cradle design?

How might the internet of things enable the sort of data exchange that will deploy needed information for material composition and flows?

Could augmented reality help end users disassemble, repair and sort products into biological and technical waste streams in a way that could decentralize circular supply chains?

http://www.columbusunderground.com/next-the-future-of-consumption-is-circular-ds1

NEXT: The Future of Consumption is Circular On August 18, the Columbus Futurists monthly forum will be held at Launch Labs (2649 North High Street) at 6:30 PM, where we will explore possible futures of the “circular economy,” including role ...

The Launch Labs team had an awesome time last week at Cornell Tech helping facilitate a design thinking workshop with 50+ aspiring female technologists for the new WiTNY program. We empathized with users, did in-store immersions, brainstormed, built low-res prototypes and got feedback from testers. The young women on the design teams were inspiring, brilliant and really embraced the whole 'design thinking' mindset.

WiTNY is an awesome tech education program, aimed at increasing the number of women working in technology by creating immersive experiences for women in the undergraduate and graduate school pipeline.

There is a real need to increase the amount of women in technology and break the stigma of male dominated professions. Diversity breeds better solutions and progress for society. Not only diversity in gender, but in ethnicity, backgrounds, age and life experience.

It was amazing to teach these students design thinking along with the software development skills they were learning. We drove home the point that being in a technology profession isn't only about technology. Technology is a tool to solve real needs for real people. Software development can become your ability to 'author' solutions, but you still need a cross functional team to collaborate to figure out what to build.

We wish the teams good luck as they finalize their web prototypes this week and present to the program sponsors!

https://tech.cornell.edu/news/cornell-tech-cuny-and-founding-partner-verizon-announce-new-tech-education?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=witny&utm_campaign=witnyrelease

One of the cool things we get to do is run co-creation workshops with people in really interesting industries like digital pathology and fire safety. It never ceases to amaze us how powerful it is to get expert users into a room and have them map out big ideas! Zach wrote a blog post about some of the insights from this process:

http://www.launchlabsco.com/world-renowned-professors-industry

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Great ideas come from great teams. At Launch Labs we have been lucky enough to work together as life long friends, exploring new businesses and ideas from a young age. Scott shares his perspective on working together since 5th grade:

http://launchlabsco.com/launch-labs-founders-best-friends-since-5th-grade/

Launch Labs: Doing Stuff Since 5th Grade My partners and I have been best friends since we were in 5th grade, and it is no accident that we now own a business together. If someone told me 15 or so years ago that my best friends and I woul…

Launch Labs Friday tech talk series #2 underway!

Senior Graphic designer Sam Silverman talks about logo design and some of the lesser known secrets to truly memorable icons.

We ordered a crate of kittens today through uber. This is the future.

in Columbus!

Columbus is one of the top cities to work in Tech for 2015!


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The Top 10 Best American Cities to Work in Tech in 2015 | SmartAsset.com Everyone knows about Silicon Valley and San Francisco. But what if tech workers are better off living elsewhere? Employment and cost of living data show...

The team received a BizSmarts featured article today from Columbus Business First in their subscription edition. Check it out if you're a subscriber or stop by a local Kroger or Giant Eagle to pickup a print edition to read more about how Launch Labs came to be!

http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/print-edition/2015/08/21/launch-labs-rises-from-juiceboxx-innovation.html

Launch Labs rises from Juiceboxx innovation - Columbus - Columbus Business First They created a plastic gizmo that took off. Now they're sharing their secrets to great idea ex*****on.

Check out the new signage for our office entrance!