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.

StartUp Weekend Conejo Valley Recap Video

Thanks to Viva la Vida Films for putting together an AMAZING video recap of our first ever Startup Weekend Conejo Valley, that took place at the Westlake Village Entrepreneurship Center. For information on upcoming events visit http://www.startupconejovalley.com/ #SWConejo

Recommended Startup Reading List: The Lean Startup, Success Through Stillness: Meditation Made Simple, Startup Weekend: How to Take a Company From Concept to Creation in 54 Hours

   The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

The Lean Startup by Eric Ries is an awesome resource for startup enthusiasts. The Lean Startup is a new approach being adopted across the globe. Its a game changer for companies building and launching new products. 5/5

Success Through Stillness: Meditation Made Simple

I'm a huge fan of Russell Simmons books and teachings, in Success Through Stillness, you'll learn to use stillness as a powerful tool to access your potential. A good read for all levels and ages.

Startup Weekend: How to Take a Company From Concept to Creation in 54 Hours

As an organizer and mentor for startup weekend, this book is a must read for anyone looking to learn how to go from Concept to Creation in 54 hours.

Startup Weekend, the organization behind the 54-hour events were developers, designers and marketers and startup enthusiasts come together to share ideas, form teams and create startups. The book contains best practices, lessons learned, an empowering examples for the organizations experience.

Be Coworking space, a true gem in Paris France

Be Coworking is in the 18th arrondissement in Paris, France. Near the Guy Moquet metro exit. The space is ran by an amazing group of talented people lead by Ruben Grave.

Startup Weekend Bordeaux 2015 Recap #SWBX

Startup Weekend Bordeaux

So here I am from sunny Los Angeles to beautiful Bordeaux, France. I volunteered to be a mentor for their Startup Weekend Bordeaux this past May 15-17 2015. 

The event was held at Kedge Business School, what a beautiful campus. From the moment you walk in your eyes cant help but explore. Huge respect for BEM-Bordeux Management School and Marseille based Euromed Management for building an amazing campus.

Kedge

The verticals for the event were Food, Wine, and Tourism.

Friday night kicked off with greetings and welcomes from the organizing team everyone greeted us with smiles from the moment we walked in. 

Startup Weekend Paris Makers 2015 Edition Recap

So we got into Paris on thursday morning from Los Angeles, CA to  mentor at Startup Weekend Paris Makers Edition. I was fresh off of organizing Startup Weekend Conejo Valley the weekend before (check out our Video Recap here).

I headed straight to Be-Coworking once we set our luggage down to check out the space. I was blow away, the space is multi leveled with plenty of rooms to lock startups in for 54 hours.