Last week, the City of Fremont and autonomous technology company Pony.ai launched a pilot program offering rides to and from the Fremont Amtrak/ACE Station and City Hall as well as the City of Fremont Development Services Center for a group of City employees via Pony.ai’s shared, on-demand, autonomous last-mile service. This public-private partnership is one […]
Fremont being an entrepreneurial city (with more startups per capita than any other city in the nation!), we take supporting the growth of startups very seriously. A perfect platform that helps us accomplish that is Startup Grind, a community designed to educate, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs. Our local chapter hosts monthly meetups in Fremont featuring […]
Introducing the Inaugural Energy Resiliency Business Symposium In the final months of 2019, the Bay Area was rocked by a series of sporadic, wide-sweeping, and highly disruptive public safety power shutoff (PSPS) events. Though most Fremont residents and businesses were fortunate enough to avoid disruption, the incidents left many wondering what they could do to […]
The first StartUp Grind event of 2020 was a smashing success! I had the pleasure of hosting a fireside chat with Prem Talreja at our Startup Grind Fremont Chapter. Prem Talreja has lived in Silicon Valley since the 80’s and has spent time in the technology ecosystem as a marketing and management executive. Currently, he […]
The last Startup Grind meeting brought yet another accomplished speaker to share her words of wisdom – Irene Koehler, a respected social media marketing and personal branding expert, focused her talk on the importance of entrepreneurs’ personal brand and how it affects their business. Through her Ready Set Expert program, Irene prepares entrepreneurs and successful […]
The California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) is now accepting applications for the California Competes Tax Credit program. $236 million in tax credit funds are available for the 2019-2020 fiscal year. Objectively the highest profile and dollar value incentive program offered in the State, the Cal Competes program seeks to offset some […]
A decade ago, third-party logistics firms (3PLs) were primarily oriented toward staffing and running warehouses. They also managed transportation resources for clients to deploy the least expensive and most expedient way to move the client products from supplier to warehouse to storefront (or from supplier to warehouse to manufacturing center). Along the way, a 3PL […]
As data and AI capabilities continue to develop, so does the potential of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tools to improve marketing efficiency and customer engagement. CRM tools organize companies’ stakeholders on a single platform and provide advanced insight into campaign creation, planning, execution, tracking, and analysis. Through these tools, businesses of all sizes can save […]
We’re celebrating National Small Business Week and all of the contributions that small enterprises make to Fremont’s community and the economy. This network of small businesses in our historic business districts, downtown, and Warm Springs District give our city its unique and authentic character. One of these businesses is German-style brewery DasBrew, Inc. that offers […]
