It’s time for the retelling of my favorite holiday story!
A Startup Christmas Story
by Laura Good
‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through our town,
Startup founders were sighing and feeling beat down.
Entrepreneurship’s hard, it’s no 9 to 5;
It takes massive energy just to survive.
Eric Ries wrote their bible, schooled them on lean.
They quickly became validation machines!
They hustled and bustled to build, measure, learn.
They collected data that caused them concern.
“Do we pivot or not? What should be chucked?
What secret sauce makes an idea disrupt?”
“Oh how can we scale?” they were heard to exclaim.
“We need a growth hacker and a killer domain.”
“Our vision is clear: we are the next Unicorn,
Or The Uber of X, but we’re feeling forlorn.”
Although waxing dismayed as the year-end approached,
They leveraged their networks to be refreshed and coached.
With passions ignited and their spirits uplifted,
The sound we now heard was of attitudes shifted.
“With our roadmap in hand to show us the way,
We’re setting our caps for a fat Series A!”
And now back to our regular programming…
There isn’t much going on that is startup business related the next two weeks, but I’ve curated a few events that will help you to reflect on 2019, celebrate the holiday season and bring in the New Year Sacramento-style! Check out the listings in this week’s Startup Digest. If you’d like to receive the Startup Digest in your inbox every Monday morning, sign up for free here. And for even more startup information, happenings and resources, browse the StartupSac Website.
Application Reminders
Sacramento Entrepreneurship Academy, cohort begins 1/25/20. Application Deadline extended to January 17th. More Info/Apply
Cowo Campus Growth Accelerator, cohort begins March 2020, $10K in prize money to be awarded. More Info/Apply
Do you want free business mentorship, advising, or consulting? StartupSac and the Capital Region SBDC have partnered to provide free business support mentorship to help Sacramento region entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses. Learn more and sign up!
We’re building community! The StartupSac Community Facebook Group has over 500 members. Now we need you! Request to join here.
If you’ve organized (or know about) an event you think belongs in the Startup Digest, please submit it here for consideration.
