I’m really tired of news, meetings and webinars related to the pandemic — how about you? It’s very necessary but it can be fatiguing. I hope this past Easter weekend offered you a break from much of it and a time to renew your spirit. Take three deep breaths — 4 count in, 4 count hold, 6 count out, repeat. Now maybe you are a little bit more ready to face the week.
This month, TechStars is holding a Global Online Startup Weekend with the theme, Unite to Fight Covid-19. More than 60 countries will be part of the Global Online Startup Weekend. The events will be free to attend and Techstars will select up to 20 teams from all the country level winners and invite them to participate in an exclusive Techstars Innovation Bootcamp. The US West one is happening the weekend of April 24th. You can find out more about it here.
The Greater Sacramento Economic Council just launched a free interactive tool to help businesses large and small through this economic downturn. SizeUp provides custom market research and data to empower companies to make strategic and data-driven decisions on their next move. And it’s free to use! Learn more about it here.
Like many other Startup programs, Startup Grind has gone virtual. The good news is that you are no longer limited by geography on which events you can attend! April is Mentorship month at Startup Grind and there are dozens of free online “fireside chats” from all around the world you can select from! For example, “travel” to Washington D.C. and catch Paul Misener, Amazon, VP of Global Innovation Policy and Communications on April 14. You can see the full list of all Startup Grind April events here.
If you are looking into applying for one of the emergency relief funding options offered at the State or Federal level, check out the recording of last week’s StartupSac web meeting which covered the major CARES Act programs. Links to helpful resources are also included. View it here.
Things are moving really fast in the world of information about relief efforts and new resources and events are popping up without a lot of leadtime. If you want to make sure you are finding out about these things during the week, join the StartupSac Community Facebook Group. 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. And for even more startup information, happenings and resources, browse the StartupSac Website.
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