Startup California Launches Startup Bay Area Community

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

STARTUP CALIFORNIA LAUNCHES STARTUP BAY AREA COMMUNITY

San Francisco, CA, June 13, 2012 – A group of serial entrepreneurs and leaders from an array of San Francisco, Silicon Valley and California entrepreneurial startups and organizations have come together to form the Bay Area community for Startup California, (startupcalifornia.org) in association with the Startup America Partnership (www.s.co).

As part of the Startup California launch, Startup Bay Area will host its launch event on Thursday, June 14, 2012 at the WeWork (wework.com) space located at 156nd Street in San Francisco from 7-9pm. The event is completely free and open to anyone interesting in supporting or being a part of the ecosystem. This can be entrepreneurs, investors, advisors, students, corporations, and pretty much anyone in between.

For more information, please visit: www.meetup.com/StartupBayArea/events/68644992

Confirmed speakers and panelists for the event include:

  • Danny Beckett Jr - Statewide Leader Startup America

  • Aaron Schwartz - Founder and CEO Modify watches

  • Bill Reichart - Managing Director of Garage Ventures

  • Stephen Brody– CEO of Found

  • Jessica Mah – CEO of inDerno.com

  • Patrick Riley – CEO Ark

  • Kate Zimmerman – CEO of Indiegogo

  • Kate Rudder - Co-Founder at LUXr

  • Stephanie Marrus - Director of entrepreneurship UCSF

  • Dave Charron - Startup and VC Consultant

Startup Bay Area will operate in tandem with Startup California, a statewide effort to support the growth of startups throughout California. The Bay Area Startup Community will provide assistance to entrepreneurs in the following areas:

  • Expertise: Connect local entrepreneurs, startups, and supporting organizations with mentors, advisors and accelerators across San Francisco, Silicon Valley, California and the U.S.

  • Services: Provide entrepreneurs access to critical services and offers at reduced costs by leveraging local, statewide and nationwide resources

  • Talent: Assist entrepreneurs in recruiting and training the people that can help them grow

  • Customers: Help to scale startups through new and existing markets

  • Capital: Highlight sources of capital available to entrepreneurs in various regions and sectors

About the Startup America Partnership

The Startup America Partnership is a growing national movement of thousands of founders, experts and resources providing startups access to the corporations, investors, and services they need to grow. Launched at the White House in early 2011, the Partnership brings together startups and local champions from around the country focused on creating successful networks for young high-growth companies to thrive. AOL co-founder Steve Case chairs the Partnership and the Kaufman and Case Foundations are its founding partners. American Airlines, American Express OPEN, Dell Inc., Intuit Inc., Microsoft and NYSE Euronext are corporate sponsors. For more information on the Partnership, visit www.s.co.

Contact:

Danny Beckett Jr
616.366.6037
danny@dannybeckettjr.com

Startup Region: 
Startup America Partnership