1 Million Cups Sacramento is celebrating its 2 Year Anniversary this week! Since it launched in September 2016, over 200 startups have presented at this weekly Wednesday morning meetup. Prior to the start of the Sacramento Chapter of this Kauffman Foundation program, there was no weekly gathering of entrepreneurs in Sacramento.
1MC is more than just an opportunity for a startup to present their business model and get feedback; it’s a community of entrepreneurs who share ideas, provide peer-to-peer feedback and support each other on the journey. If you’re looking to be a part of the startup movement in Sacramento, make 1 Million Cups a part of your routine! (we’re always looking for coffee sponsors — if you’d like to help pick up the tab for the coffee expense, let me know! It’s about $30 a week.)
Speaking of the 1 Million Cups community, My Warchest, a 1MC alum, is looking for a senior engineer. My Warchest. is a dynamic software startup serving political campaigns with campaign budget management and will be supporting over $250 million in campaign finances in the 2018 election cycle. View Job Description.
This Week’s Best Bets
Wednesday morning 1 Million Cups celebrates its 2-year anniversary at Impact Venture Capital. Two startup companies will present and there will be plenty of hot coffee and top notch founder-to-founder connecting! If you’d like to present at a future 1 Million Cups, apply here. Free to attend. RSVP
CleanStart’s monthly Cleantech Meetups are back from Summer Hiatus! Join them Thursday evening at The Workshop in Sacramento and learn about solar power innovations from local companies! Free to attend. RSVP.
Davis! Startup Grind, in partnership with the City of Davis, is hosting a Fireside Chat with Dale Carlsen on Thursday. Dale founded Sleep Train Mattress Firm and last year, gave Sacramento State $6 million to fund a new Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center. This is a freebie but please RSVP.
Plan Ahead
On Tuesday, 9/25, StartupSac Happy Hour will gather at Hot Italian for founder networking and an AMA with Rob Winkler, founder and CEO of 5th Planet Games. We’re still looking for a pizza sponsor if you’d like to help out! This is a free event. RSVP
On Thursday, 9/27, Startup Hustle, an entrepreneurship bootcamp, has its Kick Off event at Hacker Lab’s new space in Rancho Cordova. If you’re working on a new startup idea, this might be the right program for you! RSVP
Upcoming Accelerators & Bootcamps
- Startup Hustle is accepting applications for its Bootcamp. Starts 9/27. Learn More
- Founder Institute Sacramento is accepting applications for its Fall Cohort. Starts 10/24. Learn More
- UC Davis Big Bang! kicks off on October 25. It’s open to everyone, not just students and faculty. Learn More.
- Sacramento Entrepreneurship Academy is accepting applications for its 2019 Cohort. Starts Q1 2019. Learn more
We’re building community! The StartupSac Community Facebook group launched about a month ago and already has over 200 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. And for even more startup information, happenings and resources, browse the StartupSac Website.
