A Startup Goes to Washington DC

A Startup Goes to Washington DC

Posted by meg_arnold
/ April 29, 2013 / Leave a comment

The region’s annual Cap-to-Cap* advocacy program in DC happened about ten days ago, and a brand-new startup went along for the ride. This wasn’t a brand-new startup company, however – it was a startup Cap-to-Cap team, and it was focused on Innovation policy. I was honored to lead the team,...

Tagged cap-to-cap, innovation, Next Economy
Angels Descend on San Francisco

Posted by Bob_Pedersen
/ April 26, 2013 / Leave a comment

For three days in mid-April, hundreds of angels from all parts of the U.S, India, and 25 other worldly locations descended on San Francisco to meet, learn and collaborate at the annual Angel Capital Association’s summit. These earthly angels are individual investors who can be the saving grace for early...

Tagged angel investor, funding, innovation, investment capital, investors, startup, technology
Sacramento’s Bomb Tech Community–Startup Weekend Recap

Posted by laura_good
/ April 14, 2013 / Leave a comment

Last week, as I foretold in my previous blog post, I participated in Sacramento Startup Weekend. I can now tell you with conviction that a Startup Weekend should be on every founder or future founders bucket list! And it’s an amazing experience whether or not you ever become a founder....

Tagged entrepreneur, innovation, startup, technology
Ready. Set. Go! Startup Weekend Begins April 5!

Posted by laura_good
/ March 29, 2013 / 4 Comments

Sacramento’s tech community is buzzing about Sacramento Startup Weekend happening April 5-7! All the cool kids are going, including me! There are dozens of reasons to attend a Startup Weekend (beyond earning the “cool kids” badge or actually launching a startup). I’m attending because I want to experience a Startup...

Tagged entrepreneur, hackathon, innovation, startup, technology
Is the SEC birthing an elephant? One year later, equity crowdfunding still incubating

Posted by laura_good
/ March 18, 2013 / 4 Comments

Happy (almost) one year anniversary to the JOBS ACT of 2012! Signed into law by President Obama on April 5, 2012, this legislation is intended to encourage funding of U.S. startups by easing various securities regulations. There are a number of provisions but the hot topic this week is equity...

Tagged crowdfund, crowdfunding, funding, JOBS Act, startup
Three Degrees of Separation or What Sacramentans Have Over Kevin Bacon

Posted by laura_good
/ March 2, 2013 / 1 Comment

Sacramento is a well-connected community when gauged by the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon game. Chances are, if you have a LinkedIn profile, you are within three degrees of most of Sacramento’s startup movers and shakers. While anecdotal, I did a quick experiment to test my theory. My cat, by...

Tagged innovation, social media, startup, technology
All This Has Happened Before and All This Will Happen Again

Posted by meg_arnold
/ February 21, 2013 / 1 Comment

Through a set of relationships dating back to a collegiate jazz band in Ohio in the late fifties, I am family friends with a gentleman who knows Pandora-founder Tim Westergren from his Stanford days studying music. That connection is not, however, how Tim Westegren came to be speaking in Sacramento...

Tagged entrepreneur, innovation, investor ready, Next Economy, startup, succeeding in sacramento, techedge, technology, technology companies
Flex Your Clean Tech Muscle at PowerUP!

Posted by ingrid_rosten
/ February 20, 2013 / Leave a comment

CleanStart has been the region’s pioneering champion of clean tech since 2005. Beginning with mapping the companies in the clean tech cluster (only 29 at first count!), then hosting the region’s clean tech business plan competition, and finally developing and hosting the CleanStart Showcase since 2007 – CleanStart has been...

Tagged clean energy, clean tech, cleantech, greentech, innovation, renewable energy, sustainable energy
Have You Fed Your Inner Innovation Geek Today?

Posted by laura_good
/ February 8, 2013 / 1 Comment

Today my challenge to you is to nurture your inner innovation geek by listening to some “ideas worth spreading.”* You’re likely familiar with TED talks, but did you know that Sacramento has its own TEDx franchise? Below are some of the innovation and entrepreneurship focused talks delivered at TEDx Sacramento...

Tagged entrepreneur, innovation, startup, TEDx Sacramento
StartupDigest is coming to town! Booyah!

Posted by laura_good
/ February 1, 2013 / 1 Comment

Breaking news! Sacramento now has its own edition of the world-famous StartupDigest (famous in startup circles that is). And the first edition hits inboxes everywhere on February 4th (not subscribed yet? Easy as pie—just click “sign up” on the Sacramento page). StartupDigest was founded in 2009 around the belief that...

Tagged entrepreneur, innovation, startup, startupdigest, technology