About
Lafayette Global Launchpad
Lafayette Global Launchpad is built for founders ready to build what’s next. We connect startups with global networks, strategic advisory, and direct introductions to international capital and industry leaders.
Operating virtually, we provide personalized support that includes investor readiness, brand clarity, executive communication, and global partnership access.
We work across emerging technologies such as AI, robotics, health tech, XR, blockchain, fintech, and more. Our focus is on supporting founders in frontier industries building the next generation of systems and tools.
From brand identity to pitch strategy, from capital access to public speaking guidance, we help founders find their voice, speak clearly, and move with confidence.
This platform was built by Christopher Lafayette, an emerging technologist, humanitarian, and global founder connected to innovation networks across continents.
We don’t just advise. We build with founders step for step.
What We Offer
Strategic Mentoring
Benefit from one-on-one guidance from seasoned professionals who understand the complexities of global market dynamics.
Network Introductions
Gain direct introductions to our international community of investors, industry leaders, and experts, and work toward securing the necessary funding to scale up.
Business Development Support
Enhance your pitch decks, refine your business model, and strengthen your strategy for market entry.
Customized Roadmaps
Develop actionable plans configured to your startup stage. Whether you’re a first-time founder with a fresh idea or a team ready to accelerate an established concept, we have a program designed for you.
Our Mission
Key Industries We Support
AI & Robotics
XR, Blockchain, and the Metaverse
Quantum Computing & Bio Technology
Data Science & Energy Technologies
Digital Health & Autonomous Systems
Social Technologies & FinTech
Environmental Tech & Regenerative Medicine
Smart Cities & AgriTech
EdTech, Ethical Tech, and Food Tech
Sports Tech, Music, and Human Augmentation
Cybersecurity and Legal Tech
MediaTech and Fashion
Who Should Apply
Lafayette Global Launchpad is designed for founders and startup teams building with intent, across all stages of growth. This platform is ideal if:
- You have a validated product and a committed team..
- You’re raising capital or preparing for investment and need strategic guidance to move with precision.
- You’re expanding into new markets and want support refining your messaging, brand, or investor readiness..
- You’re a first-time or seasoned founder seeking high-level advisory and real global connections.
Why Join
Lafayette Global Launchpad
Lafayette Global Launchpad is your gateway to expanding your venture’s reach and driving sustained growth on the global stage. We work with founders at all stages, early teams preparing for launch, and advanced operators preparing for capital rounds or M&A conversations.
Let’s connect and build what’s next.
Global Reach
Tap into our international network to access markets, unlock new opportunities, and form strategic partnerships across continents.
Proven Process
We accelerate outcomes with a structured approach designed to reduce friction, build momentum, and increase investor confidence.
Expert Guidance
Work directly with advisors who have been in the trenches. We bring operational experience and strategic insight tailored to competitive environments.
Community
Join a global community of builders, operators, and emerging leaders committed to advancing industries through innovation and execution.
Advised Select Global Teams
Application form
Startup Application Form
Investor & Partner Request Form
General Request Form
Advisor Application Form
Premium Brand Identity & Presence
At Lafayette, brand presence is treated as strategic capital.
A brand is more than design. Its positioning, authority, and perception, built layer by layer through every touchpoint. We build brands that hold ground in competitive markets and leave a lasting visual signature.
Whether for business or personal platforms, the identity must speak before the founder enters the room. Typography, layout, color, tone, these are assets of brand equity, not decoration.
What We Build
Premium Websites
Designed with precision, built to last. Every site is structured for clarity, speed, and visual strength. Responsive, refined, and built with user experience at the forefront.
Founder Identity Systems
Executive-grade personal branding. From signature photography to digital presence, we develop distinct and professional visual systems that carry across every platform, press, media, investor decks, and keynote stages.
Visual Design Frameworks
Intentional color theory, spacing systems, and structural consistency across digital and print assets. We establish brand cohesion at scale.
Photography & Editorial Assets
Studio-grade portraiture, cinematic direction, and digital image systems that create familiarity and recognition, essential tools in a premium identity suite.
Brand Tools
A powerful brand must be recognizable across silence, motion, and text. We create timeless marks, intelligent hierarchies, and structured systems that enhance credibility and scale brand value over time.
Why It Matters
Brand equity isn’t an aesthetic, it’s an asset.
Executive Communication & Speaking Services
For Founders, Executives, and Public Leaders
Presence speaks before words do.
We work directly with founders, leaders, and professionals to develop command in every setting, boardrooms, stages, press appearances, and important investor moments.
This isn’t a speech class. It’s communication design. Delivery, tone, tempo, narrative control, and strategic silence, all sharpened and structured.
Offerings
1:1 Communication Intensives
Private sessions tailored to the individual. Focused on performance under pressure, message clarity, and delivery that holds weight.
Executive Presence Training
How you carry a message matters. Learn to deliver with calm authority, adjust complex conversations, and lead with clarity.
Founder Pitch Coaching
Your story. Your product. Your ask. Distilled and sharpened into presentations that leave nothing behind and ask nothing twice.
Panel & Stage Readiness
For major events, live interviews, or press, this training secures your message is aligned, your tone is controlled, and your presence is undeniable.
Voice & Delivery Calibration
Breath, articulation, tone shifts, and controlled pauses. You’ll learn how to use your voice like a strategic tool, not a reaction.
Who This Is For
Founders preparing to raise capital.
Leaders with press visibility.
Professionals stepping into the spotlight.
Anyone with something important to say, and no room to get it wrong.
Brand Identity & Presence Application
Build a Brand That Commands Attention
Apply to begin your brand identity project with Lafayette. This form helps us understand where you are—and where you intend to go.
Executive Speaking & Communication Services Application
Step Into the Room with Presence
Apply to work 1:1 with Christopher Lafayette on performance-driven communication strategy. Serious inquiries only.
lGL Founders series
Lafayette Global Launchpad
Premium global learning for founders, innovators, and corporate leaders
building the next generation of industries
Live
Live sessions taught directly by Christopher Lafayette. Structured 45-minute lectures + 25-minute live Q&A
Focused
Focused, actionable frameworks, not theory.
Fast
Designed for builders in fast-moving industries.
Limited
Limited seats to secure a premium experience.
about the lgl founder series
The world isn’t slowing down, and neither can the founders who plan to lead it.
Lafayette Global Launchpad presents the LGL Founder Series: a premium global education platform designed to equip builders, entrepreneurs, and innovation leaders with direct, non-public frameworks for success in emerging industries.
Each series is led live by Christopher Lafayette, emergent technologist, global speaker, and founder of GatherVerse.
who should attend
- Founders and startup builders
- Corporate innovation teams
- Venture capitalists and investors
- Emerging tech entrepreneurs
- Future-focused executives and operators
Why the lgl founder series is different
- Non-public frameworks: You’ll learn strategies not available in books, blogs, or mainstream events.
- Global access: Designed for a worldwide community of builders, innovators, and leaders.
- Future-first focus: We don’t teach where the world was, we teach where it’s going.
- Founder led: Christopher Lafayette teaches from inside the innovation trenches, not from a distance.
Lgl founder series: ai
lgl founder series: ai
stay relevant.
build ahead.
A Premium Global Learning Series for Founders, Innovators, and Corporate Leaders at the Frontier of AI and Emerging Technologies.
In a world accelerating faster than ever, the founders who understand what’s coming, not just what’s here, will lead the future.
Lafayette Global Launchpad proudly introduces the LGL Founder Series: AI.
This is not yesterday’s playbook.
This is a direct, inside look at where AI and emerging technologies are truly heading, and where the next generation of companies, industries, and opportunities will be built.
Over five live sessions, Christopher Lafayette, emergent technologist, global speaker, and founder of GatherVerse, will share non-public, cutting-edge frameworks designed to help you build, pivot, and lead at the next frontier of innovatio
If you’re building, pivoting, or leading and want to stay relevant in the AI age, you cannot afford to miss this.
who it’s for
- Founders at any stage
- Startup builders seeking their next move
- Corporate innovation teams
- Investors and advisors preparing for new categories
- Global entrepreneurs looking for up-to-date market insight
What you’ll learn
- New opportunity corridors in AI and emerging tech
- Which industries are opening fastest (and where founders are needed most)
- How to pivot your startup or idea into what’s coming, not what’s passing
- Real-world frameworks for acceleration, funding, and scaling
- The future of human-first, ethical innovation at global scale
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Session 1 | Monday, June 9, 2025 • 4 PM PST | The Current and Future State of AI
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Session 2 | Monday, June 16, 2025 • 4 PM PST | Undiscovered Frontiers: Where Founders Should Build Next
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Session 3 | Monday, June 23, 2025 • 4 PM PST | AI Infrastructure: Building Systems That Survive the Storm
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Session 4 | Monday, June 30, 2025 • 4 PM PST | Funding, Scaling & Go-to-Market