The support for our startup and innovation community is about to be way better, real fast! Fifteen applicants for the RAILS (Rapid Acceleration, Innovation and Leadership in Sacramento) grant will receive a total of $970,000 in funding if the Sacramento City Council approves the recommendations this Tuesday night. Anyone is welcome to attend the council meeting to show support for the programs up for funding. Jeff Bennett and I, along with Rich Foreman, are hoping the council will bless our grant request for StartupSac.com. You can read about all the final applicants in this article by The Sacramento Bee and this one by the Sacramento Business Journal.
This Week’s Best Bet
The first annual Sacramento Innovation Awards luncheon happens this Friday, 11/4. The Awards will recognize finalists and spotlight winners in 6 industry sectors. Hope to see you there!
Freebie of the Week
Don’t pay $1400 and drive to SF for the Lean Startup Conference! StartupSac is the exclusive Sacramento Simulcast partner and you can attend for FREE. Join us at Hacker Lab Nov 2-3 from 9:00-6:00 and see all of the main stage speakers! It will also be a great time of networking for our startup community. Sign up to attend here.
Test Drive Entrepreneurship at Startup Weekend
Startup Weekend is Nov 11-13 and the organizer team has put together a couple of free workshops that will help you get the most out of Startup Weekend as well as provide information useful to startups in general. This Tuesday, attend the Customer Development Workshop at Capsity to learn some of the tools and skills needed to get valuable information from potential customers. And next Monday, Nov 7, attend Pitching Your Idea at Startup Weekend at The Urban Hive. This is a great workshop for those who are still on the fence about participating in Startup Weekend. Ready to commit to Startup Weekend? Register here and use promo code “digest” to save 35% off admission fees!
There’s lots of great stuff going on in the tech startup community–check out this week’s Startup Digest for 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.
