Join us at GFX Venture Summit next week on Oct. 9th and 10th! Growth Factory’s annual Venture Summit & Startup Showcase on October 10th to connect and engage in the Greater Sacramento region’s vibrant tech & entrepreneurial ecosystem. Register below and USE CODE: FRIENDSOFGF to get 50% off your tickets. Register Here: https://lnkd.in/d4DWc5tE Keynotes include: - What Makes a Great AI Product with SC Moatti, Managing Partner of Mighty Capital and Founder of Neon | Products that matter - Behind the Curtain: Ethics Lessons from Theranos with Tyler Shultz, - Theranos Whistleblower, Scientist & Founder And more… - Learn from Industry Panels in Climate & Transportation, Food, Health & Medicine, GovTech and Enterprise SaaS. - Gain insight into local innovation with 30 Startup Pitches. - Explore the Backyard Expo featuring over 90 startups, ecosystem builders, and industry partners. - Celebrate top startups, investors, and innovators at the Backyard Awards Party presented by Stoel Rives LLP. - Connect for 1:1 meetings with conference attendees via the Brella event platform. We are a proud sponsor of this event and look forward to seeing you all out there next week! #innovation #venturesummit #GFX #startup #entrepreneurship #BackyardAdvantage Five Star Bank - California Natoma Wealth SMUD Sutter Health Sacramento Business Journal Greater Sacramento Economic Council Sacramento Entrepreneurial Growth Alliance City of Sacramento City of Roseville ChicoSTART StartupSac MedStart FourthWave.io Monique Brown Nikki Sims Rick Spencer Mark Haney Dale Carlsen Arlene J. Miranda Brian K. Gladden, DBA Jessie Becker Alexander Cameron R. Law Laura Good Bryan Merica Ian Alexander May Chinavanichkit Ken Mak Zach Hansen Nadja Geipert Christopher Chediak Michael Wong Franklin Burris, MPA Josh David Miller
Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Economic Programs
Sacramento, California 5,979 followers
Making entrepreneurship simple, accessible, & pervasive throughout the Greater Sacramento Region.
About us
Our mission is to make innovation and entrepreneurship simple, accessible, and pervasive throughout the Greater Sacramento Region. Our vision is to become the premier center for regional innovation and entrepreneurship in the country. We aim to do this by offering all Sacramento State students, faculty and staff, no matter their major or discipline, the ability to learn, explore and build on their business or non-profit ideas. The Center welcomes alumni and community members as well. Offering practical experience in experimentation and innovation, coupled with networking and collaborative opportunities, the Center nurtures the entrepreneurial spirit of those who want to explore pathways to solve problems and take solutions to market. The Center helps drive the regional economy as it supports those who dream big in areas such as technology, governmental, and/or social entrepreneurship. Our structure and approach is unique as we are interdisciplinary and interrelated allowing us to create cross-collaboration, team-building, and solution-building across disciplines. https://www.csus.edu/center/carlsen/
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https://linktr.ee/CarlsenCenter
External link for Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
- Industry
- Economic Programs
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Sacramento, California
- Type
- Educational
- Founded
- 2018
- Specialties
- innovation, entrepreneurship, networking, ecosystem building, mentoring, ideation, and design thinking
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6000 J St
Sacramento, California, US
Employees at Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
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Cheryl Beninga
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Josh David Miller
I facilitate the launch & scale of startups (and other innovations) 🚀 I write about traction, growth, and fundraising. If you have a startup, let's…
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Kim Box
Independent Board Director | Digital Transformation | AI & Cybersecurity Oversight | Committee Chair
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Jessie Becker Alexander
Entrepreneur in Residence at the Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship | Co-Founder at Alydia Health
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Are you a founder of a pre-seed stage startup? Are you looking to understand what a pathway to Product-Market Fit would look like? Join us for Catalyzing Growth: The Path to Product Market Fit – an essential four-part series designed to equip you with the strategies and tools needed to refine your #product, #validate market fit, and secure funding. This series is ideal for startups that are venture-backable and geared towards innovation and are seeking investment to scale their operations. Register at no-cost here: https://lnkd.in/gX76UWWU 📅 Event Dates & Topics: - Customer Discovery & Validation (Nov. 5): Learn effective methods to validate your product and align with market needs. - Product Development/MVP & Positioning (Nov. 7): Build a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) that truly resonates with your audience. - Go-To-Market Strategy & Execution (Nov. 12): Craft a strategy that maximizes your product’s potential and boosts customer engagement. - Fundraising (Nov. 14): Master the art of fundraising and prepare your pitch to attract investors. We're proud to partner with Tech Futures Group through the Sacramento Entrepreneurial Growth Alliance - Accelerate CA Hub designation by the California Office of the Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA). 🔗 Don’t miss this opportunity to get your startup on the fast track to growth. #ProductMarketFit #PreSeedStartups #Innovation #Entrepreneurship #GoToMarketStrategy #Fundraising #TechStartups
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Last weekend, the Carlsen Center at Sac State hosted another inspiring Startup Challenge, and I was thrilled to participate. Revisiting the fundamentals of building a sustainable business was refreshing. Working with diverse participants highlighted the unique perspectives that come from inclusion and diversity. Special thanks to my teammates, Jeff Nokkeo, MBA, IDEC, ACUE and Joyel Joseph, for their patience and collaboration on this rollercoaster journey. I'm grateful to Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship team for their energetic support throughout the weekend. To everyone I connected with, thank you for making this experience unforgettable. The insights and connections are truly priceless.
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Building something great with the great team Last Weekend 52hrs of iteration and learning networking at the Startup Challenge🥇 #ballstothewall #behindthesceneswork #moredoinglesstalking Special thanks to Cameron R. Law Josh David Miller & Million Dollar SacStartup and big hearted individuals at Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship for an indispensable and invaluable expedition to startups in Sac Looking forwards to celebrating Cameron at GFX 2024✈️ Whoohoo! 🎉
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Another Startup Challenge in the books! What an amazing weekend of doing #entrepreneurship. We are humbled and inspired by all of our participants as they got out of the building, talked to customers, learned and pivoted! We wanted to congratulate our winners for making tremendous #traction! We had teams go from #idea to #revenue just in 48 hours. Traction Cohort: 1st Place - DoneDeal (Duke Morales, Sirena Rios, Sho Tamura, Paisely Weigel) 2nd Place - ELAK HEALTH (Dr. Sarah Almilli, PharmD, APH, IA) OTB (On the Brink Award) - HatchTracker (Jessica Henman and Kristin Million) Catalyst Cohort: 1st Place - PrepPal (Vincent A., Jeffrey Serpa, Bryson Cormier, Bennett Kao, Benjamin Arriaga, Scott Walters, and Scott Sorgent) 2nd Place - Smart Start AI (Jeffrey Mrizek, Matthew Hoesch, William Jagger, Glenda Johnson, Kevin J. North) Special thank you to our organizing and facilitator team for making it happen as well as our judges and coaches! Organizer Team and Coaches: Josh David Miller Laura Good Arlene J. Miranda Cameron R. Law Brian K. Gladden, DBA Judges: David Bland Sara Ledterman Douglas Younger III Lastly, thank you to the City of Sacramento for supporting this program! #innovation #entrepreneurship #doinghardthingss #entrepreneurship #entrepreneurshipishard #traction StartupSac Sacramento Entrepreneurial Growth Alliance NorCal Entrepreneur Hub ChicoSTART The Right Box Zero to Traction 1 Million Cups Sacramento
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Join us and fellow members of our region's #AgriFoodTech #entrepreneur community this Thursday evening, October 3rd, to hear local founder and innovator Matthew Amicucci Ph.D. share his journey with one.bio - a University of California, Davis spinout, incubated locally at Bayer Crop Science | Innovation Ecosystem, at HM.CLAUSE, and AgStart, having raised funding and now scaling their innovation in their own leased facility in Sacramento StartupSac - UC Davis Venture Catalyst - Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship - HumanBulb - Growth Factory - Greater Sacramento Economic Council - CITY OF WOODLAND, CALIFORNIA -
Mark your Calendars! Join us October 3rd for our monthly meetup session to hear Matthew Amicucci Ph.D., Co-Founder & VP of R&D at one.bio, share his firm's journey pioneering complex carbohydrates (food) as medicine #foodasmedicine. StartupSac - HumanBulb - UC Davis Venture Catalyst - Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship - Greater Sacramento Economic Council - CITY OF WOODLAND, CALIFORNIA - Growth Factory - AgStart - HM.CLAUSE - Bayer LifeHub
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Join us this afternoon and early evening for the Business Focus 2024! This event will support you in understanding how you can prepare your business for sale at a maximized value! This offering is led by CVF Capital Partners, Weintraub Tobin, and BFBA, LLP! Register here at no-cost: https://lnkd.in/gt8sK5RR #BusinessFocus #maximizevalue Brian Hoblit Christopher Chediak Jim Clarke Nicole Woolsey Biggart Anthony Romano Scott Gregory Derek Chase Rich Foreman
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Mrizek Global | SmartStart AI | Workforce Economic Developer | Social Entrepreneur | Real Estate Broker
Weekends are for Innovation! AND winning SECOND Place!!! #StartUp #Challenge #SacState #StingersUp #CarlsenCenter #Traction #Innovation #Entreprenuership Go #SmartStart_AI Team! Gigi, Kevin, Matt, William, Jeffrey HUGE Thank You to: Cameron R. Law Josh David Miller Laura Good Arlene J. Miranda
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Growth Factory's Annual Venture Summit & Startup Showcase, is the Backyard Advantage in action with events over 3 days, October 8-10th, that bring together #entrepreneurs, #investors, business and public sector #leaders, #students and #creators to build companies, build community, build our economy, build our future...We hope you can join us! Check it out: https://lnkd.in/gtc8_RuZ We are a proud sponsor of this event so come join us Oct. 8-10th for this high-energy and impactful set of events! #GFX #SacramentoProud #SacTown #entrepreneurship #innovation #ecosystem Sacramento Entrepreneurial Growth Alliance NorCal Entrepreneur Hub StartupSac Greater Sacramento Economic Council AgStart CleanStart MedStart Five Star Bank - California Monique Brown Nikki Sims Rick Spencer Mark Haney Dale Carlsen Arlene J. Miranda Brian K. Gladden, DBA Jessie Becker Alexander Cameron R. Law
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Are you a procrastinator? Are you putting your entrepreneurial dreams on hold? Wait no longer, we have the offering for you to take action and make a massive step forward in bring your #idea to reality! The Startup Challenge is an amazing opportunity to learn how to launch and grow a startup in just one weekend! Register here: https://lnkd.in/gN8w5AwS You’ll have the opportunity to: - Convince fellow entrepreneurs to work on your idea — or find a fun idea to join! - Prove there’s a real opportunity by validating it with real customers. - Present your progress to a panel of experts for awesome prizes. Here’s the agenda: Friday Night — form teams around the most exciting (promising?) ideas Saturday (all day) — Get out of the building, talk to customers, prove your idea is on the right track, and pivot if it’s not! Then, rinse and repeat. Sunday (all day) — With the support of a team of mentors and coaches, gather what you’ve learned and turn it into a cohesive story that you can present to a panel of judges. The team that gathers the most convincing evidence wins! #startupchallenge #innovators #entrepreneurship #founders StartupSac 1 Million Cups Sacramento Startup Folsom Startup Grind Sacramento NorCal Entrepreneur Hub Laura Good Josh David Miller Arlene J. Miranda Cameron R. Law