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Orange County, CA
Software/Web Startup
     Community
          v0.2



      as of 12/31/2012

             1
Credits


This guide was put together based on the book Startup Communities by Brad Feld
and the similar guides put together for Boulder and Los Angeles.

•Brad Feld @bfeld book: “Startup Communities” http://www.amazon.com/Startup-
Communities-Building-Entrepreneurial-Ecosystem/dp/1118441540

•David Cohen “Hitchhiker’s guide to Boulder Startup Community”
http://www.slideshare.net/dgcohen23/a-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-boulder-startup-
community-1

•Sam Teller/LaunchPAD LA “An intro to LA startup community”
http://launchpad.la/private/33809102871/tumblr_mc2e6he2621rw790y




                                        2
Contributors



This guide was started after seeing the similar ones for Boulder and LA and how
useful they were and hope other tech founders based in OC or with information
about OC tech scene will let us know. please comment with additions or
corrections.

•Darius Vasefi @dariusvasefi
•Andrew Bermudez @andrewbermudez
•you :-)




                                        3
Characteristics of a vibrant startup
               community


•   Lead by entrepreneurs (i.e. tech startup founders)

•   Be all-inclusive, not owned by one person or group...

•   Have continual, meaningful activities for entire entrepreneurial stack
    (founders, sales, dev, mktg, legal, finance, etc.)

•   Mentorship-driven (not advisor-driven)




                                       4
About
    Orange
    County


•    Located between Los
     Angeles and San Diego

•    Population: 3,055,745 (7/11)

•    Traditional industries: Real
     estate/construction,
     automotive, apparel, ...




                                    5
Map




• Startup Genome - Irvine
• squeezedinorangecounty.com



                   6
Tech Startups
                     “Active” software/hardware/web/mobile companies based in OC
                                           [partial list - WIP]
                                           [partial list - WIP]
           Startup         Contact         [partial list - WIP] Product / service
                                            Stage                                    Vertical / industry

CatchFree                                public availability

                                                                                        Real estate
Dealworks                    @

                                                                                         Telephony
Drumbi                   @getdrumbi
                                                                                              ?

EyeOnJewels              @eyeonjewels     Pilot program                        e-commerce, retail, jewelry




Red 5 Studios Inc                                                                       gaming software


SignNow                   @signnow                                                  Electronic signatures




YouMail Inc.                                                                         Smart phone apps
                                                               7
Startup-friendly larger Tech companies
   with significant presence in OC




•   Google (Newport Beach)

•   Microsoft (Aliso Viejo)

•   SendGrid (Irvine)




                              8
Mentors
    People helping startups NOT expecting anything in return.
    People helping startups NOT expecting anything in return.




• Coming soon


                                9
Blogs


   www.daggle.com
   Danny Sullivan @dannysullivan Editor of SearchEngineLand.com 



www.startup-marketing.com
Sean Ellis




                                     10
Meetups
          (Useful, educational content - not just networking/party)
          (Useful, educational content - not just networking/party)



•   meetup.com/OC-Tech-Startup

•   meetup.com/StartupOC/

•   meetup.com/OCHackerz/ @OCHackerz

•   meetup.com/oc-php/

•   http://www.ocux.org

•   http://www.meetup.com/techcoastangels/

•   http://www.meetup.com/RockfieldLabs/

•   http://www.meetup.com/106MilesSoCal/ [some OC meetups]



                                     11
Events & Conferences

•   Startup Weekend: orangecounty.startupweekend.org

•   VC in the OC (biotech?)

•   Ted-X Orange County




                                   12
Universities


•   UC Irvine

•   Cal State Fullerton

•   Chapman

•   Community colleges




                               13
- Have office in OC
                             Venture Capital                                             - Invest in OC (software/Web)
                                                                                         - Active (at least 2-3 investments/year)
                                                                                         - Mentorship activities
                                                                                         - Contact/social: (blog, twitter, Linkedin, etc...)



                                                                    ’11/’12 OC Software/Web investments

                                     Miramar
                                      Okapi
                                     Palomar
                                         Sail




                                        Miramar Venture Partners
                                        Bruce Hallett                                                Okapi Venture Capital
                                        Bob Holmen                                                   B. MARC AVERITT
Sail Venture Partners                   Heiner Sussner
                                                                    Palomar Ventures
                                                                                                     Sharon Stevenson
Henry Habicht                           Rick Fink                                                    (949) 715-5555
                                        http://www.miramarvp.com    Jim Gauger
Walter Schindler                                                                                      www.OKAPIVC.COM
                                        Corona Del Mar,             Bob Obuch
Alan Sellers
                                        Early and Expansion Stage   Amanda Reed
Michael Hammons
                                        IT Services/Software        Scott Walters
Chris Rhoades
                                                                    http://www.palomarventures.com
http://www.sailcapital.com
                                                                    Irvine
Irvine
                                                                    Startup Seed, Early Stage
Startup/Seed, Early Stage, Expansion, Later Stage
                                                                    IT
Financial, Energy, IT Services, Software
                                                                       14
Angel Investors
                That are “actively” investing in OC tech startups
   “Active = have invested in at least 1 OC-based startup in past 12 months as
                            identified on AngelList (?)”
   “Active = have invested in at least 1 OC-based startup in past 12 months as
                            identified on AngelList (?)”
   “Active = have invested in at least 1 OC-based startup in past 12 months as
                            identified on AngelList (?)”

angel.co/orange-county

•Amir Banifatemi
•Matt Mireles


•Tech Coast Angels - group
•Ray Chan


                                       15
Accelerators & Incubators
                        Definitions: _______
                        Definitions: _______




•   K5 [k5launch.com]




                                 16
Support organizations
          Non-profit organizations “active” in helping tech startups
          Non-profit organizations “active” in helping tech startups




•   Microsoft BizSpark

•   Octane

•   Chapman university has a program?

•   Anything at UCI?

•   Cal State Fullerton?

•   TCVN

•   OCVG




                                      17
Newsletters


• Startup digest Orange County




                    18
Co-working spaces
                          & startup friendly offices
CO-WORKING:               & startup friendly offices

coport.org/
355 Old Newport Boulevard, Newport Beach (949) 478-0273

collaboc.com/

3151 Airway Avenue, Costa Mesa (949) 682-9141

coworkingfullerton.com/

111 North Harbor Boulevard #2, Fullerton (877) 747-3263



OFFICES:



TechSpace (Aliso Viejo & Costa Mesa)

                                      19
Legal

•   Bart Greenberg

•   SYCR




                       20
Banking & Finance


•   Banks

•   CPA / Accounting




                           21
Press


•   SocalTech / OC

•   OC Register




                       22
Recruiting & finding a job at a startup




• How to recruit
• What roles
• Help

                    23
Recruiters




• Cyber Coders


                 24
Dev/design shops




• need


                25
Other Products
                    (useful for startups)
                    (useful for startups)

•   SEO

•   Content

•   CC processing

•   Security/privacy




                              26
Hangout spots




• need


               27
Engage - add to this guide




We are looking for feedback from all Orange County startup folks to make this
guide more complete and useful. Please contact us with your comments and
information.




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Guide to Orange County software/web startup community

  • 1. Orange County, CA Software/Web Startup Community v0.2 as of 12/31/2012 1
  • 2. Credits This guide was put together based on the book Startup Communities by Brad Feld and the similar guides put together for Boulder and Los Angeles. •Brad Feld @bfeld book: “Startup Communities” http://www.amazon.com/Startup- Communities-Building-Entrepreneurial-Ecosystem/dp/1118441540 •David Cohen “Hitchhiker’s guide to Boulder Startup Community” http://www.slideshare.net/dgcohen23/a-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-boulder-startup- community-1 •Sam Teller/LaunchPAD LA “An intro to LA startup community” http://launchpad.la/private/33809102871/tumblr_mc2e6he2621rw790y 2
  • 3. Contributors This guide was started after seeing the similar ones for Boulder and LA and how useful they were and hope other tech founders based in OC or with information about OC tech scene will let us know. please comment with additions or corrections. •Darius Vasefi @dariusvasefi •Andrew Bermudez @andrewbermudez •you :-) 3
  • 4. Characteristics of a vibrant startup community • Lead by entrepreneurs (i.e. tech startup founders) • Be all-inclusive, not owned by one person or group... • Have continual, meaningful activities for entire entrepreneurial stack (founders, sales, dev, mktg, legal, finance, etc.) • Mentorship-driven (not advisor-driven) 4
  • 5. About Orange County • Located between Los Angeles and San Diego • Population: 3,055,745 (7/11) • Traditional industries: Real estate/construction, automotive, apparel, ... 5
  • 6. Map • Startup Genome - Irvine • squeezedinorangecounty.com 6
  • 7. Tech Startups “Active” software/hardware/web/mobile companies based in OC [partial list - WIP] [partial list - WIP] Startup Contact [partial list - WIP] Product / service Stage Vertical / industry CatchFree public availability Real estate Dealworks @ Telephony Drumbi @getdrumbi ? EyeOnJewels @eyeonjewels Pilot program e-commerce, retail, jewelry Red 5 Studios Inc gaming software SignNow @signnow Electronic signatures YouMail Inc. Smart phone apps 7
  • 8. Startup-friendly larger Tech companies with significant presence in OC • Google (Newport Beach) • Microsoft (Aliso Viejo) • SendGrid (Irvine) 8
  • 9. Mentors People helping startups NOT expecting anything in return. People helping startups NOT expecting anything in return. • Coming soon 9
  • 10. Blogs www.daggle.com Danny Sullivan @dannysullivan Editor of SearchEngineLand.com  www.startup-marketing.com Sean Ellis 10
  • 11. Meetups (Useful, educational content - not just networking/party) (Useful, educational content - not just networking/party) • meetup.com/OC-Tech-Startup • meetup.com/StartupOC/ • meetup.com/OCHackerz/ @OCHackerz • meetup.com/oc-php/ • http://www.ocux.org • http://www.meetup.com/techcoastangels/ • http://www.meetup.com/RockfieldLabs/ • http://www.meetup.com/106MilesSoCal/ [some OC meetups] 11
  • 12. Events & Conferences • Startup Weekend: orangecounty.startupweekend.org • VC in the OC (biotech?) • Ted-X Orange County 12
  • 13. Universities • UC Irvine • Cal State Fullerton • Chapman • Community colleges 13
  • 14. - Have office in OC Venture Capital - Invest in OC (software/Web) - Active (at least 2-3 investments/year) - Mentorship activities - Contact/social: (blog, twitter, Linkedin, etc...) ’11/’12 OC Software/Web investments Miramar Okapi Palomar Sail Miramar Venture Partners Bruce Hallett Okapi Venture Capital Bob Holmen B. MARC AVERITT Sail Venture Partners Heiner Sussner Palomar Ventures Sharon Stevenson Henry Habicht Rick Fink (949) 715-5555 http://www.miramarvp.com Jim Gauger Walter Schindler www.OKAPIVC.COM Corona Del Mar, Bob Obuch Alan Sellers Early and Expansion Stage Amanda Reed Michael Hammons IT Services/Software Scott Walters Chris Rhoades http://www.palomarventures.com http://www.sailcapital.com Irvine Irvine Startup Seed, Early Stage Startup/Seed, Early Stage, Expansion, Later Stage IT Financial, Energy, IT Services, Software 14
  • 15. Angel Investors That are “actively” investing in OC tech startups “Active = have invested in at least 1 OC-based startup in past 12 months as identified on AngelList (?)” “Active = have invested in at least 1 OC-based startup in past 12 months as identified on AngelList (?)” “Active = have invested in at least 1 OC-based startup in past 12 months as identified on AngelList (?)” angel.co/orange-county •Amir Banifatemi •Matt Mireles •Tech Coast Angels - group •Ray Chan 15
  • 16. Accelerators & Incubators Definitions: _______ Definitions: _______ • K5 [k5launch.com] 16
  • 17. Support organizations Non-profit organizations “active” in helping tech startups Non-profit organizations “active” in helping tech startups • Microsoft BizSpark • Octane • Chapman university has a program? • Anything at UCI? • Cal State Fullerton? • TCVN • OCVG 17
  • 18. Newsletters • Startup digest Orange County 18
  • 19. Co-working spaces & startup friendly offices CO-WORKING: & startup friendly offices coport.org/ 355 Old Newport Boulevard, Newport Beach (949) 478-0273 collaboc.com/ 3151 Airway Avenue, Costa Mesa (949) 682-9141 coworkingfullerton.com/ 111 North Harbor Boulevard #2, Fullerton (877) 747-3263 OFFICES: TechSpace (Aliso Viejo & Costa Mesa) 19
  • 20. Legal • Bart Greenberg • SYCR 20
  • 21. Banking & Finance • Banks • CPA / Accounting 21
  • 22. Press • SocalTech / OC • OC Register 22
  • 23. Recruiting & finding a job at a startup • How to recruit • What roles • Help 23
  • 26. Other Products (useful for startups) (useful for startups) • SEO • Content • CC processing • Security/privacy 26
  • 28. Engage - add to this guide We are looking for feedback from all Orange County startup folks to make this guide more complete and useful. Please contact us with your comments and information. 28