It’s GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK! Get out and celebrate! There are so many quality events happening in Sacramento this week for startups! We’ve listed all the events we could find. Be sure and check out the StartupSac calendar and the Sacramento State Calendar!
THE event to attend this week is the Impact Global Venture Summit at Golden 1 Center today from 2-7pm. 50 startup exhibitors, 20 startup pitches, swarming with investors! Over 800 people confirmed registered and it’s still growing! Students free with valid ID card.
Congratulations to the Startup Weekend Winning teams! 1st place went to ShopTalk! If you want to know more about their awesome idea, attend Startup Hustle Demo night this Thursday. They will give a 3 minute pitch. 2nd place went to Go Half Way and 3rd place (and crowd favorite) to Choosie. 29 ideas were pitched, 7 teams were formed. It was AWESOME! If you’re kicking yourself because you missed it, there is a Startup Weekend in Reno this weekend. Students get a $50 discount with code “student.”
Founders – make sure our city is represented on 2016’s Global Startup Ecosystem Report. Policymakers and other leaders often base their actions on Startup Genome’s research. Take this survey. It takes 15 minutes, you’ll get a bunch of free and discounted services and you could win $100,000 in AWS credits!
Looking for Maker and Design Classes? Check out Hacker Lab’s full calendar of events here. There’s also a new maker space in town, MakerHQ. They also offer classes.
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’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.
