Several events on tap the week of April 25 in Sacramento’s startup community. Here’s the rundown.
Monday, April 25
Ag Innovation Entrepreneurship Academy Keynote Mixer featuring Kat Taylor
Kat Taylor, founding director of TomKat Ranch Educational Foundation and co-founder/co-CEO of Beneficial Bank, will present the opening keynote for the 2016 UC Davis Ag Innovation Entrepreneurship Academy on Monday, April 25. Taylor’s foundation is dedicated to inspiring a sustainable food system through ranching, trainings, tours, research, and school food and garden programs. This event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP as this event is likely to reach capacity.
Pitching Your Idea at Startup Weekend
Get ready for Startup Weekend Sacramento: Health Edition! If you want to know what Startup Weekend is about or you are planning to pitch an idea come to this awesome workshop. You will get the basics on how to make your 1-minute pitch effective so other participants at Startup Weekend Sacramento: Health Edition will want to join your team. As an entrepreneur learning how to effectively pitch your idea to investors and customers is key for success, and what you learn during this workshop you can later apply in future pitches.
Tuesday, April 26
Sac JS: Redux, Intercooler, and Elm at the Urban Hive
SacJS is excited to bring you their fourth meetup of 2016 at The Urban Hive!
• Dennis Stevense (@decafdennis) show how to use Redux with React
• Carson Gross (@Regular_Doc) will talk to about what is new in his open source AJAX library, Intercooler.JS
• Dalton Mitchell (@daltonamitchell) will show how to make stateless Web Apps with the functional programming language, Elm
Thursday, April 27
Beer & Geeks at Firestone Public House
Join fellow Sacramento tech geeks at Beer & Geeks, a casual mixer designed to help techies around the region connect, engage, learn, and have fun. So show up, grab a drink, unwind and meet someone new.
Friday, April 29 – Sunday, May 1
Startup Weekend Sacramento: Health Edition
Want to impact health, medical devices, healthcare IT, wearables, biotech, fitness, mobile health, biomedical research & technology, pharma, patient experience and anything health-related? Join us for Startup Sacramento Health Edition to impact health & healthcare and start a new health startup. This event will focus on Health/Healthcare because they present significant challenges in our society, they have great business potentials, and because the Sacramento region is recognized as a hub for health and healthcare innovation and medical technology.
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