Orange County OC Startup Council

We are excited to announce the slate of 24 early stage startups commercializing breakthrough research in Life Science (Medtech and Therapeutics) and Technology (Energy/Materials, Computing/Software, Health Tech) who we selected to quickpitch at this year's #First_Look_SoCal showcase representing 16 different research and academic institutions. Meet frontier tech investors and corporates looking for the next wave of innovation.   We are also excited to announce that our opening keynote speaker Keith Strier (VP Worldwide AI Initiatives at NVIDIA) will be followed by Mike Miller (Director Product AWS at Amazon). With AI transforming every industry, you won't want to miss these keynote presentations. Early bird rates end on May 1, so register now and check out the startup lineup: https://lnkd.in/gFXnaZHQ

🔔 In Person Event Alert 🔔 - Meet the Techstars San Diego Powered by SDSU Team in Orange County. Founders in the SoCal area can sign up for office hours to meet 1:1 with Ryan Kuder and Misti Cain on May 7th from 2:30pm - 4:30pm (limited spots available). Following office hours, we'll be holding an in person group AMA (ask me anything) event for anyone interested in learning more about Techstars San Diego Powered by SDSU from 5pm - 7pm. And you know there'll be food and drinks 😎! Requests Office Hours ➡ https://lnkd.in/gX46VHey RSVP for the AMA ➡ https://lu.ma/8qqmwzm8

🚀 Exciting News! 🚀 The Sunrise Venture Pitch Summit, finalist round of the Sunrise Venture Pitch Competition, is taking off on May 25 at the UCI ISEB Auditorium 1010 from 2-5 PM! Come support the finalist teams as they present their innovative solutions to our panel of esteemed judges. This event is not just a competition, but a celebration of young talent and creativity in our community. RSVP: https://lnkd.in/g-X4qW-G 🌟 #YouthInnovation #LocalTalent #PitchCompetition #FutureEntrepreneurs Thank you to everyone who helped make this happen! Without your generous and selfless support with time, energy, and funds, the Sunrise Venture Pitch Summit would not be how it is today🙏 Rudy Chavarria Jr, Jeff Greenberg, Cynthia West, Ph.D., David Ochi, Shaun Sanders, J.D., Richard T. Fleming, Neuro-Architect, Farrah N. Khan, Christopher Daden, Christopher Wagner, Cynthia Kirkeby, Tristen Tucker, Vincent Moiso, MBA, Jan Biermeyer, Ryan Yang, Alexander Villanueva, A. Cathleen Greiner PHD, Brandon Kordower, Eric Codorniz, John Russo, Scott Fox 🦊

The Orange County/Inland Empire SBDC Network invites small business members desiring to export products globally to the Cal State Fullerton, College of Business and Economics “2024 Economic & International Trade Forecast: Southern California, the U.S. 🇺🇸, and Beyond” on Tuesday, April 30, 2024 at 11:00am-1:30pm PST at The Westin South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa in the City of Costa Mesa. NO-COST to RSVP (click on link below 👇) Attendees will learn about opportunities for our Orange County businesses to export overseas as I will represent KOTRA Los Angeles (Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency)/Invest KOREA for the Ministry of Trade-Investment-Energy 🇰🇷. Participants will have a chance to hear from some of the participants that were part of the recent South Korea 🇰🇷 Trade Mission that the SBDC OC-IE just completed in March of 2024. RSVP ✅ to: https://lnkd.in/g7sKc-HH #america #business #export #import #international #korea #goodsmovement #logistics #smallbusiness #southkorea #trade #unitedstates