Get ready for something new
Our Startup San Diego Incubator, in collaboration with Techstars Anywhere and Managing Director, Ryan Kuder, is a no cost, no equity virtual 4-week program providing expert training, mentorship and community to help grow and scale early-stage San Diego startups. Curriculum includes 11 education and group mentorship sessions led by industry experts or Incubator Commanders. Past Incubator Commanders have represented companies such as, Techstars, Forecastr, and Silicon Valley Bank, to name a few. Program culminates with a Demo Showcase at San Diego Startup Week. To promote an equitable an inclusive ecosystem, all expert-led educational content is streamed and available to San Diego entrepreneurs at no charge!
Join us for Incubator Open Sessions happening throughout October!
Surrounded by experts
Our Startup San Diego Entrepreneurs-in-Residence and Board Members serve as “Mission Specialists” to support our cohort throughout their incubator journey. We bring together “Incubator Commanders” aka. leading industry experts to lead curriculum and provide the cohort mentorship and support. It is the goal to be able to incubate this class of entrepreneurs throughout the program and drive connections, exposure, and warm landings to ecosystem partners, support organizations, accelerators, and investment opportunities.
Why should you care?
Our primary goals for the demo showcase are to have the companies gain exposure and put them in front of investors if they are raising a round of funding. We invite a bunch of VCs and angel investors to attend the showcase in addition to the greater San Diego startup community.
Incubator Open Sessions Schedule
Thursday, September 29, 12:00 PM: Legal this or that Essentials ft. Kit Ryan, Pillsbury
Thursday, September 29, 4:00 PM: How to CEO w/ Ryan Kuder ft. Tara Falcone, Reason & Morgan Spenla, Crafter
Sign up: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/420959038817
Tuesday, October 4, 12:00 PM: Finding product market fit ft. Marc Barron, Coursekey
Tuesday, October 4, 4:00 PM: Building your team ft. Misti Cain, Whyzze
Thursday, October 6, 12:00 PM: How to raise money ft. Ryan Kuder, Techstars Anywhere
Thursday, October 6, 4:00 PM: How to Leverage a Financial Model to Impress Investors & Close Checks ft. Ethan Lu, BrightZen
Tuesday, October 11, 4:00 PM: Supercharging Your Fundraising & Internal Processing & Investor Outreach ft. Ileana Gonzaelz, Techstars Anywhere
Thursday, October 13, 12:00 PM: Everything you need to know about SALES and building the processs ft. Marc Barron, Coursekey
Tuesday, October 18, 4:00 PM: Early stage PR/communications ft. Cheryl Goodman, FindGood.Tech
Thursday, October 20, 12:00 PM: Paid customer acquisition ft. Josh Sturgeon, EmberTribe
Thursday, October 20, 4:00 PM: Closing Founder Story ft. Taylor Cavannah, PetDesk
Incubator Companies & Founders
Oh Daisey
2022 Mission Specialists
Elliot Gluck
Head of Product Marketing at Daily
Kurling Robinson
CEO at Fōkcus
Marc Barron
Co-Founder, VP Business Development & Partnerships at CourseKey
Rebecca Owens
CEO at Cancer Commons
Rohan Jawali
Startup San Diego EIR
2022 Incubator Commanders
Cheryl Goodman
Founder at FindGood.tech
Ethan Lu
Founder at SMB Finance
Ileana Gonzalez
Venture Associate at Techstars
Josh Sturgeon
Co-founder at EmberTribe
Kit Ryan
Attorney – Corporate, M&A and Securities at Pillsbury
Marc Barron
Co-Founder, VP Business Development & Partnerships at CourseKey
Misti Cain
Founder at Whyzze
Morgan Spenla
Founder at Crafter
Ryan Kuder
Managing Director, Techstars Anywhere
Tara Falcone
Founder and CEO at Reason
Taylor Cavannah
CEO and Founder at PetDesk
Alumni Incubator Commanders
Brant Cooper
Author/Speaker at Disruption Proof
Breanne Sekr
CEO and Founder at Sekr
David Mandell
Co-founder and Managing Director at Massive
Josh Sturgeon
Co-founder at EmberTribe
Martin Bridges
Consulting Manager at Pillsbury Law
Melani Gordon
Investment Principal at Techstars Anywhere
Nora Khalili
Principal Consultant at NJK Consulting
Reid Carr
CEO at Red Door Interactive
Ryan Kuder
Managing Director at Techstars Anywhere
Steven Plappert
Co-Founder & CEO at Forecastr
Alumni Incubator Companies & Founders
2021
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San Diego Startup Week
Join us for the biggest startup event of the year: San Diego Startup Week! Learn from top notch speakers, discover the hottest topics in your area of expertise, pitch your startup idea in front of investors, join career development workshops and meet other startup enthusiasts!