Launch Pad

Future Family has set out to improve access to fertility treatments through building a premiere healthcare platform and empowering their consumers by offering subscription-based plans to families at various income levels. The team consists of SolarCity, Google and YouTube alums and advisors that are leading experts in fertility and medical device technology.

For more infomation on Future Family: https://www.futurefamily.com/

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To truly understand what’s its like to live small and comfortably, Jeff Wilson gave away most of his possessions and moved into a 33-square-foot dumpster. His experience led him to start Kasita. Any way you can imagine a Kasita is the right way. With its compact footprint and all-in-one delivery, the Kasita goes where other homes cannot, whether that's an urban backyard, a rooftop, or the rural retreat you've been dreaming about.

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A chance meeting and a discussion about Google Glass led to the creation of the world's first "Onstar" for the blind. Aira blends assistive service with wearable technology, empowering a network of trained, professional agents to remotely assist people who are blind or low vision with virtually any task, every day. Aira stands for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Augmented Reality (RA).

Yuja Chang is a graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and was named one of Forbes 30 Under 30 2018 Social Entrepreneurs.

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Here’s Greg’s elevator pitch: “Coravin is a simple handheld system that allows you to drink any amount of wine from any bottle you own, whenever you want, without having to think about when you’re going to drink from that bottle again.”

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The idea for Coravin began as a pet project during Greg’s medical career. Coravin is his first consumer product, a departure from the field of medical device innovation.

As an avid wine enthusiast, Greg developed Coravin as a convenient way to enjoy his favorite wine without worrying about the deterioration of the wine left in the bottle for too long. “I remember holding this chemotherapy needle in my left hand and a bottle in my right hand thinking, there’s got to be a way I can get the wine I want out of this bottle with this needle,” states Greg. Relying on his background in medical device technology, Greg began experimentation on the wine extraction process.

Read Karl's Forbes piece on Coravin here.

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Made In Cookware looks to reach out to millennials by providing quality cookware at more than affordable prices. It does so by cutting out the middleman and making its products direct-to-consumer, a trend in retail which shows zero signs of slowing down in the coming years. The timing couldn't be better as millennials focus on transitioning into settling down and establishing roots, which means investing in all sorts of home-based goods.

The goal: To become the go-to brand for fast paced, young urban professionals.

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Ministry of Supply is where advanced reconstruction meets innovative materials by developing fabric to solve common problems such as wrinkles and sweating. Backed by sports science and technology, they've studied how movement and body temperature impacts clothing longevity. The fabric is then tailored into men's and women's professional clothing. If you ever wondered how Bond managed to stay so cool and well-adjusted after jumping off a moving train, these guys probably had something to do with it.

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Austin, Texas is one of the hotbeds of startup and innovation in the country. Google, Apple, Facebook, AMD, Cisco and Amazon are just a few of the large-scale data and tech-driven conglomerates that call the Central Texas city home. Despite a notable claim to attracting new talent to the once sleepy capital, the region is facing an underlying crisis: a lack of locally produced talent to fill the demands of the numerous tech positions across the region. Companies continue to source technical talent from outside of Texas and abroad, and as the explosive (and consistent) growth of the area would indicate, the pace is far from slowing down.

Code2College, a not-for-profit entity, aims to teach high schools students the necessary skills to land tech jobs that would normally go to outside talent. According to their site, there's "a population of students in Central Texas who remain under-served. Facing a talent surplus and opportunity deficit, many girls, students of color and low-income students lack two of the most critical factors to entering pathways into STEM careers: exposure and practical experience."

Matt Stephenson, WG'11, is the founder and CEO.

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The late 1970s and early 1980s brought forth a new variation of counterculture, birthed in Los Angeles, rooted in surf and skate culture. The style of fashion associated with surfers and skaters became known as streetwear and has since grown to be influenced by and include elements from hip-hop culture to haute couture fashion.

Silver Lining Bespoke is firmly rooted in streetwear culture and fashion, collaborating with artists to create classic clothing paired with brilliant custom linings.

Here's Rel's elevator pitch: "It's What's Inside that Counts."

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