This week UC Davis and select partners kick off the inaugural Davis Discovery Days. The week will offer a cluster of tailored initiatives to engage expert innovators, researchers, investors, producers and manufacturers from across the globe who are committed to advancing long-term solutions for challenges at the intersection of food and health. Check out the full schedule here.
Are you looking for a proven method to validate your startup idea? Intro To Lean Startup: NSF I-Corps Method is a free remote one-week course based on Steve Blank’s Lean LaunchPad. The three evening sessions teach you to identify and refine your value propositions and customer segments, which is essential to de-risking your idea and achieving product-market fit. Apply by May 20 to be considered for the June course (meets 6/6, 6/8 & 6/13 from 6-9pm). Learn more here. Note – the program is for startups with a technology innovation. While the description emphasizes a technology with university origins, it is not a hard requirement.
There’s a lot going on in the next few weeks for entrepreneurs in our region! Check out this week’s Startup Digest for a full listing (plus you can sign up to get the digest weekly in your inbox while you’re there!).
This Week’s Best Bets
AMA and Fireside Chat with Kyle Cobb, Cofounder, Advanced.Farm, May 10, 5 PM. Kyle Cobb, cofounder, president and CFO of Advanced.Farm, will share his story and respond to questions in an “AMA” (ask me anything) format. Advanced.Farm builds robots for the next frontier in farming. In person at Inventopia in Davis..
Sacramento Entrepreneurship Academy 2022 Showcase, May 12, 5 PM. The annual Showcase event includes interactive displays, exhibits, and presentations by the 2022 class and a keynote from alumni Tom Gentle, a minority owner and COO for the Doughnut Peddler, a private-equity backed company that operates bakeries and distribution centers across the south. In person at the Sac State Alumni Center.
Plan Ahead
Your Business Model is Garbage, May 19, 6 PM. Josh David Miller, aka JDM aka “the shredder of business models,” will help you level up your business model using design thinking. He’ll show you the tools he uses to find the weakest part of your business model and develop a path to fix it. In person at InnoGrove in Elk Grove.
Startup Grind: The Crazy World of NFTs, May 18, 5 PM. Startup Grind Sacramento is hosting a free virtual workshop featuring Nifty Nanners Founder, Kevin Su. Kevin will go discuss what NFTs (non-fungible token) are and why they are the current rage. Online.
UC Davis Big Bang! Awards Ceremony, May 26, 5 PM. This competition provides a forum for innovators across California to collaborate, develop and test business ideas. Join us as we celebrate this year’s finalists and announce our winners. $90,000 in prizes! In person at UC Davis Alumni Center.
Connect
Looking to connect with other entrepreneurs? Join the StartupSac Community Facebook Group! Startup founders and those who support the growth of our startup community connect and exchange ideas in this private moderated group.
