Metro Startup Launcher

SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO AND SHOW NOTES/BLOG ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHOW NOTES/BLOG: We've been meeting with lots of startups and investors to learn more about how we can get more startups started in Louisville, and here's one of the problems we've consistently heard. The best startup companies can't find investors in Louisville, so they look outside of Louisville. Then, often, when they find investors outside of Louisville, the investors move them to a different city. When the company is successful and cashes out, all the profit and entrepreneurial talent leaves the Louisville area, which destroys our entrepreneurial ecosystem. Why is this happening? For one thing, our city doesn't have a huge pool of angel investors or early stage venture investors. We're not like Silicon Valley with lots of cashed out billionaires willing to write million dollar checks on an idea. But, in our area, the best startups are advised to look for investo