Call for AR and VR Companies: Present at the AR VR Pitch-Fest at Golden One Center on August 29! AR and VR startup companies interested in being considered to be a presenting company at the AR VR Pitch-Fest should submit an executive summary and/or fundraising deck via email to jcgregory48@gmail.com or fill out the online application for the Accelerator. Learn more about the Fall 2018 Accelerator here.
Coworking is alive and well in our region! This Wednesday, McClellan Innovation Center celebrates its opening with a Launch Party! And Hacker Lab recently announced that they are opening a new coworking and maker space in Rancho Cordova next month! Would you believe our coworking community has grown to over 20 locations?
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Head to McClellan Innovation Center for their Launch party on Wednesday! Free food, free drinks and a door prize raffle that includes an electric scooter! And in the spirit of the airfield, there will be a paper airplane contest! RSVP.
A 27-year-old who has raised over $35 million? Head to Startup Grind at The Urban Hive on Thursday evening and meet Brian Wong, the CEO and Co-founder of Kiip, a mobile consumer engagement platform. Use promo code “digest” to save $5 on your ticket! Get your ticket.
Plan Ahead
1 Million Cups is taking a road trip to the Folsom Library on the morning of August 29 and we’re looking for Folsom, El Dorado Hills and Rancho Cordova startups who want to present! Submit an application to be considered. Presentations are 6 minutes long, followed by 15 minutes of Q&A from an audience of your peers. Got questions? Ask me!
ICYMI: Launch SCALE (in SF Oct 10-11) is giving away a Free Founders Pass to the first 500 founders to apply! SCALE will teach you how to grow, how to hire the right team and give them the proper tools, how to buy traffic and build content. This 2-day San Francisco event is designed for founders who have product/market fit and are ready to scale their efforts. Apply for a free pass here.
End Note: We’re building community! The StartupSac Community Facebook group launched a few weeks ago and already has over 180 members. Now we need you! Request to join here.
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. Note: We include a lot of tech events that aren’t necessarily startup-focused on the StartupSac event calendar. Check it out here.
