Startup Weekend is coming to Ventura County!

Startup Weekend, the world’s largest entrepreneurial event organization that has brought together over 190,000 entrepreneurs in 150 countries (That's more than starbucks!) around the globe  is coming to Ventura County March 11-13 2016!

In just 54 hours, you will experience the highs, lows, fun, and pressure that make up life at a startup. As you learn how to create a real company, you'll meet the very best mentors, investors, cofounders, and sponsors who are ready to help you get started. Your community is here to help you.

Startup Weekend Ventura County - Internet of Things, Healthcare and Agriculture will bring together local entrepreneurs, developers, designers and startup enthusiasts intent on learning what is like to share ideas, form teams, and practice launching a startup over 54 hours.

Attendees will pitch their ideas to the audience in 60 seconds or less. After teams form, the rest of the weekend will be spent implementing the most popular ideas  with the help of mentors and seasoned startup entrepreneurs. By Sunday, teams will be ready to present their prototypes before a panel of judges who include:
Darren Lee- President & CEO, St. John's HospitalsAlbert Garcia- CMO Semtech CorporationMichael Powers- CEO Ventura County Government Chris Meissner- CEO Meissner Filtration ProductsDr. Ross Dueber- CEO Z Power BatteryDaniel Schoenewald- EVP Advanced Motion Control
  David Nichols- CEO Applied Wireless Joe Kreutz- CEO County Commerce Bank Alex Teague- SVP Limoneira
The winner of IoT Healthcare and the winner of IoT Agriculture will each be awarded a no-interest, no-repayment and no-equity cash prize of $10,000 for use as seed capital. They will also be offered a host of other in-kind awards such as free co-working space, free professional services and free food and free products.. 

A free Startup Weekend community Q&A is scheduled for February 17th 2015 from 6:00 pm till 7:30 at Cal Lutheran’s Center for Entrepreneurship  31416 Agoura Road, Westlake Village, CA. 
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Cal Lutheran University, Entrepreneur Speaker Series, With Greg Monterrosa

Greg Monterrosa

After helping to organize the first Startup Weekend Conejo Valley, Greg Monterrosa embarked on an entrepreneurial journey of discovery in France and the United Kingdom.

 In four months, he mentored at Startup Weekend Paris Makers Edition, Startup Weekend Bourdoux, and Startup Weekend Lyon. He visited 24 co-work spaces, 15 startup accelerators, and 10 venture capitalists, mentoring more than 100 start-up's along the way. Greg shared with us the highlights of his trip, what he learned about entrepreneurship in Europe, and what European entrepreneurs think about California startup communities. We hope you enjoy the video.

About Greg Greg is a co-founder of MyLLC.com. He also is a dedicated Conejo Valley startup community volunteer, having participated in the first Conejo Valley Startup Weekend and the Startup Conejo Valley Hackathon.

Startup Weekend Conejo Valley 2015 Recap #SWConejo

Startup Weekend Conejo Valley took place May 1-3rd 2015 at Huddle Campus in Westlake Village. It was organized by my dear friends Soan , Daniel , and myself . When asked to be a part of the organizing team I was excited. Helping ideas is my true passion.

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Bravo's Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles is Casting!

Looking for High-Profile Real Estate Agents in Los Angeles

Bravo TV's Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles is Now Casting!!!

The producers of BRAVO's hit TV show "Million Dollar Listing LA"
are searching for a high-end real estate agent to add to the
fabulous cast!

Now casting a prominent, big-personality real estate agent in
Los Angeles who handles the most high-profile clients, buyers,
sellers and listings in town.

If you're a real estate agent with million dollar listings and
live a life of lavish opulence ... .WE MAY WANT YOU!!!

To be considered: Shoot an email including a brief bio of who
you are, where you live, and where you work. Tell us about your
listings and neighborhoods, clients, social circle, and why
you'd be great for the show. Attach a recent photo, photos of
your listings/sales and phone number where you can be reached.

LAREALTORCASTING@GMAIL.COM
Requirements:

Must have a constant flow of listings to be considered. Must be
a serious player in the real estate world. 

Angela Weingrad Bravo's "Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles"

Start Up Resource: oDesk.com

Start Up Resources

 Odesk.com. I love shopping for developers! Founded in 2003, oDesk allows you to hire people and find gigs.Odesk is the largest online workplace, where you can hire, manage, and pay a talented workforce of on-demand professionals. You can find web developers, Ruby on Rails developers, open social developers, Joomla developers, Software engineers, someone to build you a website or fix code. I recently used odesk to have someone build me both an iPhone and an android application. You can also set your own price. 

Check out the video below to see how odesk can work for you.

Conejo Valley Business Mixer at Yogaworks in Westlake Village

We had the pleasure of having The Bubble Magazine  last mixer. Check out the awesome footage they put together. Thanks for coming out! This latest mixer took place at Yogaworks in Westlake Village, for information on their studio you can call Wendy at (805) 371-3030.  You can join our group by going to Facebook.com/ConejoValley