Want to find a lawyer for expert legal advice on your startup’s financing, incorporation, intellectual property, or litigation?
Lawyers qualified to specialize in startup ventures can be difficult to find...
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A Thought Leadership article we liked from VC Unfiltered:
From Idea to Product-Market Fit: 8 Key Questions Startups Should Ask
A common adage in the startup world is that the product you launch rarely ends up being the one you scale…
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An article we liked from Thought Leader Chris Tottman of Notion.vc:
The Startup Fundability Checklist: Are Your Metrics Investor Ready?
A founder’s guide to the essential benchmarks — CAC payback, retention, efficiency and growth — that determine whether investors see your business as fundable…
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Is your company listed in the OC Startups Directory yet?
Try something NEW this year and apply to get your startup, accounting firm, design agency, software development team, law firm, or venture capital fund listed in the OC Startup Ecosystem Directory!…
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An article we liked from Thought Leader Ruben Dominguez of The VC Corner:
Win the First 5 Seconds: The YC Landing Page Formula for Early-Stage Startups
A practical field guide for first-time founders + 180 YC Landing Pages That Helped Raise $400M+…
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OC Startup Events - there are more new startup events for techies and software companies listed every day in our OC Startup Council Events Calendar!
Check out the Orange County tech startup conferences, happy hours, workshops, meetups, and seminars our members are posting here…
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Thanks to these Sponsors who support the OC Startup Council’s work accelerating innovation and diversity in the local tech startup ecosystem.
Their investments in the local startup economy help power small business creation, job growth, the #GrowthOC movement and the many free services the Startup Council offers to support diverse local founders, entrepreneurs, and startup ventures…
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Our free Startup Fundraising Video Office Hours help early stage company founders raise money for their startups.
The fun, friendly live video Q&A sessions answer financing and strategy questions from entrepreneurs from all over the world with FREE expert startup advice.
The latest free lunchtime session hosted by our CEO, Scott Fox, was November 18...
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How FHIR and AI Are Helping Payors Reduce Customer Support Costs
When James, a claims representative at a national health insurance company, reviewed his queue one Monday morning, he noticed something unusual…
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We accept job listings for high tech, software, and life sciences career opportunities if you are hiring in OC.
Our audience is full of Southern California software programmers, marketing and sales execs, medical researchers, designers, engineers, regulatory experts, customer service reps, clinicians, investors, business development pros, attorneys, financial experts, etc…
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Thank you to Rutan & Tucker, a Bronze Sponsor of the OC Startup Council!
Rutan & Tucker has been a pillar of the Orange County business community for over 100 years...
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OC Startup Events - there are more new startup events for entrepreneurs and startup companies listed every day in our OC Startup Council Events Calendar!
Check out the Orange County tech startup conferences, happy hours, workshops, meetups, and seminars our members are posting here.
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This month's free Startup Fundraising Office Hours #livestream is Tuesday, November 18 at 9:00PM PT!
- Special Edition for Global Entrepreneurship Week! #GEW2025 -
Startup Founders: Bring your startup questions and challenges to the Startup Council’s FREE founder support online “Office Hours”. Get FREE expert Silicon Valley advice to help you start and grow your venture…
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Fund Math for Dummies
For Most Venture Funds, the Math Aint Mathing
The Only Two Things That Matter: Ownership and Outliers…
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The OC Startup Council is excited to announce a valuable new resource for the Orange County startup ecosystem:
The new OCSC Startup Service Providers Chart!…
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Beyond the Feature List: How to Avoid the Custom Software Build Trap
What does success look like when building custom healthcare software? That depends on your desired outcomes…
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