UpTech Business Accelerator Seeks Startups to Receive $50,000 in Equity Investment

Posted Tue, 04/30/2013 - 13:34 by sjackson

UpTech Business Accelerator Seeks
Startups to Receive $50,000 in Equity Investment

(Newport, KY) UpTech, Northern Kentucky’s super business accelerator has opened the application process for UpTech II.

Launched in 2012, the intense, six-month accelerator program provides $50,000 in equity investment and is designed to attract and accelerate entrepreneurs who have the next big idea to make the world a better place.

As Tri-ED, Vision 2015 and Northern Kentucky University (NKU) continue their effort to build an informatics industry in Northern Kentucky, NKU will continue to support the community's business start-up effort that began in UpTech I.

Tonight in OC: Starting a Startup: What you need to know from K5 Launch

Posted Wed, 03/27/2013 - 07:40 by Elizabeth_WBOC

Tech in Motion:Orange County is hosting it's first startup based meetup group! It's free for you and we'd love for you to come.
March 27th starting at 6 PM

More info and RSVP at www.meetup.com/techinmotionOC

Interested in startups? Ever dreamed about starting a startup? Think you've got an idea that you want to pitch to investors? Think you need a business plan to make this happen? Just curious about what goes on behind the scenes in starting one? Then you need to keep reading!

We are co-hosting this event with K5 Launch, where we will have Ray Chan, one of the manager partners of K5 Launch talk about how to start a business. Ray will cover the basis of what K5 Launch looks for in startups they fund. He will cover the basic essentials in starting a business, how to talk to investors, and how to help you get funding. He'll talk about what business’s succeed and which ones don't and why. Ray will talk specifically what it's like for a start up in Orange County and what works for our region.

After Ray, we will have 2 Tech In Motion Members pitch their ideas about start ups. Ray and others will give feedback about their ideas and help them be able to move forward with it. We will look for audience participation to give them feedback too!

K5 Launch an Orange County institution when it comes to venture capitalists and a startup accelerator in the region. It’s going to be an exciting new type of event for Tech in Motion:OC with a chance to get a lot of participation from our members.

If you have any interest in participating in this event, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me ([email protected]). We are thrilled to be offering this opportunity and need you to help us make it happen.

StartupPDX Challenge Applications Due April 4th #PDX

Posted Wed, 03/27/2013 - 07:22 by harderc

The StartupPDX Challenge (www.startuppdxchallenge.com)is a new initiative designed to connect entrepreneurs to Portland's startup ecosystem. The Challenge will offer access to accelerator programs and other organizations in unique ways. Winners will co-locate in Portland’s Produce Row, a neighborhood where the entrepreneurial and DIY spirit thrives.

Challenge winners will get the nuts and bolts of what they need in a package valued at $40,000 per company:

$10,000 working capital grant (no equity taken)
free rent for one year
free legal services
free accounting services
free hiring and HR services
free memberships and access to six different organizations and programs that focus on entrepreneurs

Location:Portland, Oregon
Date: Applications due April 4th; $25 application fee
Partners/Sponsors: Portland Development Commission; Perkins Coie LLP, Davis Wright Tremaine,Perkins & Co.; Trupp HR; Xenium HR; Lewis & Clark Bank; Portland State University Business Accelerator; Portland Incubator Experiment (PIE); Portland Seed Fund; Technology Association of Oregon; Oregon Entrepreneurs Network; and Transfer Online
Contact Information: Chris Harder; [email protected]; www.startuppdxchallenge.com

Joyride Pioneers New Social Driving Experience with Voice-Activated Solution to Make Your Commute More Fun and Interesting

Posted Sun, 03/24/2013 - 18:25 by Tonja Aldis

SAN FRANCISCO – March 25, 2013 – Joyride, the company that wants to make drive-time more fun and interesting, is pioneering a first-of-its-kind social driving experience through hands-free usage of rich mobile applications while driving. Joyride is developing the only voice-activated solution that gives drivers a safe, simple and totally hands-free way to use mobile apps, opening up a new world of social connections – from music to literature to games – without taking their hands off the steering wheel or eyes away from the road. By taking previously land-locked social applications and making them available through simple voice commands, Joyride intends to create an engaging social driving experience – more convenient and fun than today’s radio, phone or keyboard – and infinitely less dangerous.

Coming soon to San Francisco: LAUNCH Festival 2013

Posted Thu, 02/14/2013 - 09:23 by LifeAfterCubes

The 6th annual LAUNCH Festival (http://festival.launch.co) is coming up in San Francisco from March 4th - 6th. Be a part of the largest live audience in technology, watch the next Dropbox, Yammer or Mint launch on stage, and learn about building great startups!

How To Get A Job At A Sweet Tech Startup

Posted Wed, 01/16/2013 - 11:35 by SFMatt

by Jenny Zhang

Hey you. Yeah, I’m talking to you: recent graduate and desperately unemployed. Maybe you’re the guy who was involved in every club in college and graduated with three majors. Or maybe you changed your major in junior year from zoology to nursing. Or maybe you’re like me and spent four years listening to people tell you that your English degree would ultimately amount to nothing.

N100 Entrepreneurship Competition: up to $100,000 in PE Investment Available

Posted Tue, 01/15/2013 - 18:22 by NrthmbrlndCFDC

N100 HEADQUARTERS, NORTHUMBERLAND, ONTARIO, CANADA JANUARY 15, 2013) - Northumberland Community Futures Development Corporation (NCFDC) collaborating with Spark Centre—Northumberland's Regional Innovation Centre—today announced the launch of N100, a new entrepreneurship competition for up to $100,000 in equity investment. The competition is open to eligible individuals and companies planning to commercialize an innovative idea or concept.