Launch787 was founded in March, 2009 by the original Founder and Publisher of Austin's own Rare Magazine. Launch787 exists solely to produce unique, interesting, out-of-the-box events that become the talk of the town. The principals of Launch787 are:

He and his new wife, Kara, moved to San Francisco so he could begin a web-driven career with Moai Technologies. After a year, the tech bust hit and the layoff writing was on the wall, so the couple moved back to Austin. It was back in Texas that the publishing career began with a throwaway real estate magazine called “For Sale By Owner and Builder.” Not loving the real estate industry, but certainly loving the magazine world, Matt began Rare Magazine in October 2004. In March 2009, Matt left the day-to-day operations of Rare Magazine and began Launch787 with Stephen and Andrew.

In June 2007, Kara and Matt had their first child, Sadie Belle Swinney. Today, family and business are still chugging along.

themselves to local and national music fans. SureFire Media + Promotion, the pair's first business, was the result. Throughout college and grad school, the two worked to promote and market various bands and events from Alpha Rev to Austin City Limits. Four classes shy of a masters in public accounting, Andrew took a break from his coursework to work full-time for SureFire, and less than a year later, Stephen and Andrew parlayed their knowledge of the music industry into a record label called Sea Change Records. 

Having collaborated on numerous successful events in the past, Andrew and Stephen joined Matt to create Launch787 in early 2009. All three businesses are alive and thriving, making it difficult for Andrew to go back to school and finish his masters degree (which he has to do by 2010).