The new trend in the startup world is to build a business around a layer of technology. This is referred to as a full stack or whole product company. In the past, software would be created and sold off. But, now many innovative companies will instead take a specific piece of technology and build a […]
Having recently learned about storyhacking, Startup Grind Fremont tackled the topic of growth hacking at our April event – no coding experience required! According to entrepreneur investor Rana Gujral, growth hacking is a series of fast-paced experiments using a variety of skills (marketing, product development, and sales), and conventional and unconventional methods, to achieve growth. […]
Our Startup Grind Fremont March guest speaker, Tile founder and CEO Mike Farley is a problem solver turned startup entrepreneur. The idea for Tile stemmed from his desire to help people, like his absentminded spouse, retrieve their lost items. This innovative IoT startup has gone on to help millions of forgetful people find missing keys, […]
This past week, a dynamic panel of four female CEOs shared their experiences starting and/or running successful businesses, with three of the panelists running their companies in Fremont. The panel was moderated by entrepreneur Dorian Webb, owner of Dorian Webb Lifestyle and consultant at the Alameda County Small Business Development Center. The panelists shared several […]
Our March 1st Startup Grind Fremont speaker, Ritika Puri, has been telling stories since she was eleven years old. Now, she is in the business of helping others tell their stories − from IBM to Shopify to accelerators to security teams – as co-founder of Storyhackers, a content studio, media brand, and education company hybrid. […]
Last month, more than 5,000 founders and investors representing 200 Startup Grind chapters across 98 countries congregated in downtown Redwood City for the Startup Grind Global Conference. This year’s conference featured 40 keynote presentations and fireside chats, and a Startup Showcase. The Showcase was filled with 50 startups from across the world that are working […]
Startup Grind Fremont’s guest speaker in January and participant of our first 2017 fireside chat was Bastin Gerald, founder and CEO of Apptivo. Bastin shared his insights about running a profitable cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) software company. Since its 2011 founding, Apptivo has received many industry awards such as […]
The ecosystem that supports startups is undoubtedly vital for their success. Our November guest, Prashant Shah, plays a key role in this support system, growing entrepreneurship with The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) Silicon Valley chapter. TiE is a global non-profit founded in 1992 by successful Indian immigrant entrepreneurs that sought to support other newcomers through mentorship, […]
Localization of manufacturing is a hot topic these days. So, it’s no surprise that it took center stage at a recent convening of the Silicon Valley Manufacturing Roundtable. As moderator, I had the chance to engage with four growing players in the local hardware scene: Type A Machines, Kaptivo, Product Realization Group, and BriteLab. The […]
