Davis peeps! 1 Million Cups is heading your way Wednesday morning! Join us from 9-10 am at the Hunt Boyer Mansion and hear from Davis-based startups Vivita Technologies and Ravata Solution! This is a free event in partnership with The City of Davis.
StartupSac Happy Hour is back on Thursday at Hot Italian. The featured AMA guest is Venita Sivamani, CEO and cofounder of Dermveda, an online platform offers scientific insights on skin care that incorporate eastern and western philosophies. This company is one of the startups that will be participating in the Kings Capitalize Pitch Competition next month.
Rushing through the customer validation process or even skipping it altogether is a common and costly startup business mistake. This Wednesday, Dan Casas-Murray, who is the instructor for Hacker Lab’s Startup Hustle Bootcamp, will be at InnoGrove to teach some tips and tricks for hacking customer validation.
Update on Startup Weekend
This past weekend, 7 teams competed in Startup Weekend Rocklin. It was an amazing time and while there were only 3 official winners, everyone was a winner in their pursuit to understand the process of launching a startup! First place went to Circ8, which developed a study lamp that uses blue light to stimulate students to be more productive. Led by a high school Junior, this team created a working prototype controlled by an app! Second Place went to SlingShot, an online math tutor and Third Place went to PodWave, a platform for podcasts that uses social features to recommend content to users. What does it feel like to participate in a Startup Weekend? Check out this video to find out!
There’s lots of great stuff going on in the tech startup community–check out the details in this week’s Startup Digest. If you’d like to receive the digest in your inbox every Monday morning, sign up for free here. If you’ve organized (or know about) an event we have not included, please submit it here for consideration. And for even more startup information, happenings and resources, visit the StartupSac Website. Note: We include a lot of tech events that aren’t necessarily startup-focused on the event calendar on the StartupSac website. Check it out here.
