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All This Has Happened Before and All This Will Happen Again

Posted by meg_arnold
/ February 21, 2013 / 1 Comment

Through a set of relationships dating back to a collegiate jazz band in Ohio in the late fifties, I am family friends with a gentleman who knows Pandora-founder Tim Westergren from his Stanford days studying music. That connection is not, however, how Tim Westegren came to be speaking in Sacramento...

Tagged entrepreneur, innovation, investor ready, Next Economy, startup, succeeding in sacramento, techedge, technology, technology companies
Start Me Up! Sacramento Region Entrepreneurs Gather to Gain Traction

Posted by laura_good
/ August 9, 2012 / 1 Comment

There’s a lot going on around town for Sacramento entrepreneurs this month and next — especially those with a technology focus. It seems like every time I turn around (or check my twitter feed), I hear about another cool gathering or seminar for those who are leading the technology revolution...

Tagged entrepreneur, innovation, succeeding in sacramento
Time to Launch, Sacramento

Posted by cary_adams
/ June 14, 2012 / 4 Comments

Last week’s Med Tech Showcase set a new standard for SARTA’s MedStart. Besides the start-ups, entrepreneurs, and others engaged in early-stage med tech industry, besides the couple hundred million in Bay Area venture capital represented on the investor panel, the last two presentations were on behalf of four major health...

Tagged med tech, Next Economy, succeeding in sacramento
Sacramento Steps Up to the Challenge

Posted by stephane_come
/ June 7, 2012 / Leave a comment

By Guest Blogger Stephane Come CTO, 1-Page; Co-Founder, Page9, Inc; Co-Founder, LCS Technologies, Inc @StephaneCome June 2nd, it was another sunny weekend in Sacramento and most people had chosen to go hiking, biking, or just chill by the pool or the lake. However, a group of local coders, graphic designers, entrepreneurs, students...

Tagged entrepreneur, hackathon, Next Economy, succeeding in sacramento
Cap to Cap and Back Again

Posted by meg_arnold
/ April 30, 2012 / Leave a comment

At the moment of this writing, I am surrounded by sleeping Sacramentans. It’s just a portion of the 285+ who have just concluded five days together 3,000 miles from home in DC – but (dare I say it) the lucky portion, since we’re on the non-stop home to SMF and...

Tagged entrepreneur, innovation, Next Economy, succeeding in sacramento
Sacramento Ranks Fourth for Fastest Growing Cities for Technology Jobs

Posted by sarta_blog
/ April 23, 2012 / 2 Comments

In the midst of our region’s economic struggles, it’s been generally hard to find positive economic news. But our tech sector has been doing relatively well. The latest hard evidence of that is found in a report issued last month from tech search firm Dice Holdings, Inc. that showed Sacramento...

Tagged entrepreneur, innovation, Next Economy, succeeding in sacramento
Entrepreneurs Wanted: Sacramento’s Virtuous Startup Circle

Posted by sarta_blog
/ March 15, 2012 / 6 Comments

Mark Randall is a serial entrepreneur, investor and Chief Strategist at Adobe. His career conceiving, designing and marketing innovative technology spans nearly twenty years and three successful high-tech start-ups. He has fielded over a dozen world-class products which combined have sold over a million units, generated over $100 million in...

Tagged entrepreneur, innovation, Lean Startup, succeeding in sacramento
Trust Your Crazy Ideas

Posted by meg_arnold
/ March 1, 2012 / 6 Comments

On Thursday of last week, a man from New Orleans threw down a challenge to our capital region: “trust your crazy ideas” about advancing innovation and entrepreneurship, just as the coolest startup city in America has done. (INNOVATE was great. If you missed it, you definitely missed some inspiration.) So...

Tagged entrepreneur, innovation, Next Economy, succeeding in sacramento
What If Everybody Cared?

Posted by stephane_come
/ January 6, 2012 / 1 Comment

By Guest Blogger, Stephane Come, President and CEO of LCS Technologies Inc. It’s a few days into the New Year and I trust that most people are still standing by their New Year’s resolutions. But will it last? As a business owner, will you truly listen to your customers? As...

Tagged entrepreneur, Next Economy, succeeding in sacramento
Thinking Big in Texas – by Copying California

Posted by meg_arnold
/ October 5, 2011 / 1 Comment

Jacqueline Northcut, CEO of BioHouston, spent Monday of this week in Sacramento, at the invitation of SARTA Board member Steve Currall, Dean of the UC Davis Graduate School of Management, and spoke with a group of tech sector representatives. Jacqueline runs both BioHouston and, more recently, the Texas BioAlliance –...

Tagged entrepreneur, innovation, med tech, regenerative medicine, research discovery, succeeding in sacramento, tech transfer

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