Entrepreneurs, Startup Investors, and Friends - Join us again for the Startup Game Changer Summit OC on June 20! This is version 2.0 of the Startup Game Changer conference, building on the great success of January's first edition and in supporting the Orange County startup ecosystem. The conference will be held on Tuesday 6/20 from 12:30 PM to 7 PM... Continue reading

Orange County Startup Founders and Friends - June 20 offers you a SPECIAL PITCH OPPORTUNITY plus an EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT: Join us at our second Startup Game Changer conference! We'll have a big audience of investors and startup players and only 12 pitch slots available for local startups to pitch. (At the first Startup Game Changer conference in January we... Continue reading

Third Annual Global Life Sciences Summit by KPMG Research to Reality: Transformation in Life Sciences Join them Tuesday, May 16 to Wednesday, May 17, 2023 from 6:00AM to 9:00AM (9:00AM to 12:00PM EDT) virtually. KPMG’s Global Life Sciences Summit remains the marquee global virtual event for life sciences executives on hot topics and global trends impacting the industry. This summit... Continue reading

Can you help our community service by inviting a friend to subscribe, too?? We’ve helped demonstrate that Orange County entrepreneurs have a LOT going on – more than most people give our community credit for, in fact. Will you please help us by spreading the word to your friends and professional network? We’d really appreciate if you could just click... Continue reading

Apply now to practice your pitch to founder peers and investors. Join University Lab Partners on Wednesday, May 24 from 4:00PM to 5:30PM at UCI Beall Applied Innovation, 5270 California Ave, Irvine, CA 92617. Only three teams will be selected to pitch to investors and industry experts so apply now! Get the feedback that could make the difference in securing... Continue reading

Thanks to our Executive Member Pegasus One for this thought leadership article outlining best practices for startup software products: Top BI Challenges IT Teams Face & How Software Development Companies Can Help Business intelligence (BI) tools have become an integral part of modern organizations, providing valuable insights into operations, sales, and customer behavior. However, IT teams often face challenges when... Continue reading

Irvine Mayor Farrah Khan is hosting Honorable Dilawar Syed, Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs at the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs for a 2-day summit to discuss Irvine’s business and entrepreneurial ecosystem. Join them for an Innovation Startups Roundtable on Wednesday, April 19 from 10:00AM to 11:30AM. Throughout the visit, Honorable Dilawar Syed will... Continue reading

Welcome to Froop Social Inc., a new Supporting Member of the OC Startup Council! Froop Social Inc. is a platform focused on simplifying the logistics of casual social activities. It enables users to coordinate events with ease, while also storing all the content and memories in one place. Froop Social aims to remove the friction from social interactions in the... Continue reading

By Startup Game Changer Join them Thursday, March 30 from 12:00PM to 1:00PM via Zoom. Learn how to network with potential investors, leverage LinkedIn and other online platforms, and attend industry summits to take your business to new heights, in this informative webinar with expert speakers Anshuman Sinha and Dhaval Kapadia. GET MORE EVENT INFO HERE… Want more events? Please... Continue reading

Thank you to Bold Array LLC, a renewing Member of the OC Startup Council. Bold Array LLC is a team of experienced and passionate designers, developers, information architects, marketers, interface designers and engineers that craft web & mobile applications from the ground up to build for future updates and compatibility. They utilize the latest in web design techniques and technologies... Continue reading

Thank you to Rail Propulsion Systems, a renewing Member of the OC Startup Council! Rail Propulsion Systems: Practical Passenger and Switcher Locomotive Modernization through after treatment retrofits and battery conversions. RPS develops retrofit systems that both lower emissions and improve performance for legacy locomotives in the passenger and switcher applications. RPS is also developing a novel dynamic wireless power transfer... Continue reading

Welcome to Barcelo, Harrison & Walker, LLP, a new Supporting Member of the OC Startup Council. Barcelo, Harrison & Walker, LLP - Intellectual Property Attorneys - Experienced Counsel for Navigating the IP Minefield . BHW is a high-caliber boutique intellectual property law firm. They provide small-firm responsiveness with big-firm capability. Their partners all have advanced engineering degrees and decades of... Continue reading

Sunstone Management hosts an exciting Founders panel at this year's Irvine Tech Week Introducing their Early-stage Founders Panel: Navigating the Road to Capital, Growth, and Beyond. Join them Wednesday, March 22 from 2:00PM to 4:00PM at 18881 Von Karman Avenue, Irvine, CA 92612. The early-stage founders panel will bring together four exciting founders that will share their journey to securing... Continue reading

Thank you to Medical Innovation Exchange | MIX, a renewing Member of the OC Startup Council! Medical Innovation Exchange | MIx is an organization of medical technology professionals fostering innovation and collaboration in healthcare. It holds educational and networking events for health care, life sciences, and medical device people and companies in Orange County, CA. Special Offer for OCSC Members:... Continue reading

OC startup founders & friends - Join us for a fun free "BYOL" lunch! You're invited to join us for lunch at the Tustin/Irvine Marketplace at 1145am on Wednesday, February 22. Founders Lunch Meetup with Joe Daniels, Startup Attorney This casual lunch meetup is open to you if you'd like to meet more local startup folks. Thanks to the pandemic... Continue reading

Thanks to OCSC Platinum Sponsor Withum for this valuable information about Business Tax Planning: Guide: Year-End Due Dates That May Affect Your Startup View our guide for a list of relevant due dates that startup and emerging growth companies should be aware of. While this is not meant to be a comprehensive list of all due dates, it will help... Continue reading

By Center for Entrepreneurship @ NOCCCD ATTN VETERANS & MILITARY CONNECTED: REGISTER for the New Ventures Entrepreneurship Bootcamp | Centers for Entrepreneurship NOCCCD + CSUF Join them Thursday, February 23 to Saturday, February 25, 2023 from 9:00AM to 12:00PM at Cypress College, Veterans Resource Center 9200 Valley View Street Building 8, Veterans Resource Center Cypress, CA 90630 United States. Join... Continue reading

A Thought Leader Guest Post from Philip Topham: Are you killing your startup? The Chief Everything Officer Syndrome Too many startup founders kill their own startup. Over the past few years, I’ve coached and engaged more than 200 startup founders. At the earliest stages, the founder is a Chief Everything Officer. They are skilled to juggle many things and move... Continue reading

An article we liked from Thought Leader DC Palter: How to Fund Your Startup in 2023 Be prepared for valuations and terms that are returning to pre-bubble norms The new year has arrived and many early-stage startups are gearing up to begin fundraising. The timing is not great. With the Nasdaq down 33% in 2022, high-risk stocks like Telsa down... Continue reading

Is your company listed in the OC Startups Directory yet? Try something NEW this year and apply to get your startup, accounting firm, design agency, software development team, law firm, or venture capital fund listed in the OC Startup Ecosystem Directory! WHAT? You're not listed yet? Why not?? The OCSC is here promoting everyone in our local startup ecosystem. We... Continue reading

An article we liked from Thought Leader Lucas J. Pols of Sparkxyz: Setting up a Pitch Competition Running a successful pitch competition stems from executing early preparation well. We will walk you through setting up and managing to have the most successful competition possible. It is best to pair a pitch competition with a panel to help broaden the audience... Continue reading

The first Irvine Tech Week is coming in March! Would your organization like to host an event? The first Irvine Tech Week is being organized to help recognize and promote the Irvine community's many outstanding technology companies, startups, individuals, and organizations. Events will be held across Irvine Wednesday, March 22 - Saturday March 25, 2023. This includes an Irvine edition... Continue reading

OC's startup ecosystem is finally BACK after the pandemic - Join us for a valuable new F2F conference dedicated to helping Orange County startup founders succeed! The Startup Game Changer Summit is Thursday afternoon, January 26 in the City of Garden Grove. You'll want to join us for this unique new F2F conference that is 100% designed with the interests... Continue reading

Thank you to Withum for its support as the Platinum Sponsor of the OC Startup Council! Withum is is the advisory, tax and accounting firm businesses choose to help them grow and thrive - a forward-thinking, technology-driven advisory and accounting firm, helping clients to Be in a Position of Strength in the new reality of doing business today. A top... Continue reading

Are you stuck with a marketing budget you need to use before year end? The OCSC can help! Please support local founders and the #GrowthOC entrepreneurial ecosystem through a Corporate Membership or Sponsorship of the OC Startup Council. We work year round to support the early stage startup founders, investors, and service providers in our community. The OCSC startups blog,... Continue reading