It’s not too late to head over to BizWomen Mentoring Monday happening this morning between 9:00-11:00 a.m. Slap on some “business attire” and get yourself on over to the Scottish Rite Masonic Center!
Recruiting fresh talent to your startup team can be difficult and take a lot of time–UC Davis is making it easier! The UC Davis Startup Fair returns for its second year connecting students with early-stage and fast growing companies from Sacramento, Silicon Valley and beyond. Startup companies can apply for a booth for the May 5th event using this form. Applications are due by April 21.
Good news for procrastinators! FourthWave has extended it’s application deadline to its Female Tech Entrepreneur Catalyst Program through April 12th. Don’t miss out! Apply here.
This Week’s Best Bets
1 Million Cups has featured presentations by nearly 50 startup founders since it launched in September. This Wednesday, there is a special shout out to female founders. Come check out this growing Sacramento founder community on 4/5 from 9-10am at the “Darth Vader Building.”
If your startup requires scientific research to be successful, I recommend you attend a free talk on Wednesday morning on National Science Foundation grants organized by UCD Venture Catalyst. Not sure if it’s for you? Read all about it here.
Game developers and game enthusiasts! Head to the Sacramento Indie Arcade in West Sac on Saturday! This family-friendly event will feature games created by local indie game studios. You can play all day! There will also be panel discussions and special guests of interest to the game dev community. Tickets are just $10
Plan Ahead
Join Startup Grind on Tuesday 4/11 when their guest is Manan Mehta, founding partner at Unshackled Ventures, an early stage venture capital fund created to support foreign-born entrepreneurs. Use promo code “digest” to save $5 off admission.
May 1-5 is Small Business Week and there is a lot going on in our region. You can check out many of the events here including the City of Sacramento’s BizX event on May 2 that will feature entrepreneurs and investors.
There’s lots of great stuff going on in the tech startup community–check out the details. 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.
