Dar Caldwell is a founding partner of LaunchHouse, a Cleveland-based business incubator and seed capital investment group that invests money, mentorship, education and business development resources into the Midwest's most promising young entrepreneurs. The young investors of LaunchHouse (almost all are under the age of 30) manage a diverse portfolio of technology, alternative energy, global aid, urban agriculture and medical device ventures. They have converted a vacant car dealership in Shaker Heights into 23,000 sq. ft. affordable and collaborative work space that is home to over 50 exciting startup ventures. Dar Caldwell is a graduate of Cornell University.
As LaunchHouse, the company, our success metrics for the companies we invest in are, obviously, are they still existing? And if they are existing, it is based off of revenue generation, follow on funding at the early stages, for sure, are the key criteria for the companies we invest in. For our co...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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