Does AWS power your Orange County startup? The OCSC can help your startup get $10,000 or even $25,000 of FREE service credits for Amazon Web Services. If your business is an AWS customer (or would like to be) these FREE AWS SERVICE CREDITS are essentially non-dilutive funding that Orange County startup company Members can use to grow their businesses. “Cloud... Read more →

Everybody has a network: Your boss, colleagues, mentors, lawyers, investors, accountants, classmates, startup friends… Could you please forward this newsletter to them with a quick invitation to subscribe for free? We could use your help expanding the reach of the work the OC Startup Council does to support local entrepreneurs and deal flow for our community. Twice every week the... Read more →

Congresswoman Young Kim (CA-39) celebrated Congressional Startup Day with the OC Startup Council. Congressional Startup Day is national, bipartisan celebration of entrepreneurship held all across the country each August. It's designed to help our elected representatives connect better with the early stage ventures in their home districts. Here in Orange County, the OC Startup Council was pleased to host Representative... Read more →

Would you like AWS to power your Orange County startup? If so, the OCSC can help your startup get $10,000 or even $25,000 of FREE service credits for Amazon Web Services. If your business is an AWS customer (or would like to be) these FREE AWS SERVICE CREDITS are essentially non-dilutive funding that Orange County startup company Members can use... Read more →

Thanks to Rutan & Tucker for helping the OC Startup Council engage with startup entrepreneurs by returning as a Sponsor of the MasterMinds Startup Accelerator Workshop series. A top local law firm for over 100 years, the attorneys at Rutan & Tucker are great supporters of start-ups and other entrepreneurial ventures. While the landscape and industries in Orange County have... Read more →

MBA Consulting for Your Company Is your organization in need of FREE consulting work? Westcliff University’s Strategic Management of Applied Research and Technology (SMART™) capstone program enables MBA students who are in their final semester to apply the latest graduate-level theories of business management to help local, national and global enterprises. (500-1000 hours) - Minimum commitment needed from the company... Read more →

Does AWS power your Orange County startup? The OCSC can help your startup get $10,000 or even $25,000 of FREE service credits for Amazon Web Services. If your business is an AWS customer (or would like to be) these FREE AWS SERVICE CREDITS are essentially non-dilutive funding that Orange County startup company Members can use to grow their businesses. LEARN... Read more →

Does AWS power your Orange County startup? The OCSC can help your startup get $10,000 or even $25,000 of FREE service credits for Amazon Web Services. If your business is an AWS customer (or would like to be) these FREE AWS SERVICE CREDITS are essentially non-dilutive funding that Orange County startup company Members can use to grow their businesses. LEARN... Read more →

Are you listed in the OC Startups Directory yet? Where's your startup? Or is your accounting firm, design agency, software development team, law firm, or venture capital fund listed in the OC Startup Ecosystem Directory? How about the school, incubator, non-profit, or community group you work with that helps early stage founders? WHAT? Not listed yet? Why not?? The OCSC... Read more →

If you're reading this, can you help...? If you're active in the Orange County startups ecosystem, hopefully our twice-weekly free local startup newsletters are helping your business. We’re a volunteer organization dedicated to supporting startup formation, investment, and deal flow for everyone in the community. Orange County startup founders, investors, community groups, and service providers of all kinds benefit from... Read more →

Amazon Web Services can help Members of the OC Startup Council accelerate their startup success. If your local Orange County tech startup could use $10,000 or even $25,000 of FREE service credits for AWS services, let us know. We have a super FREE AWS SERVICE CREDITS DEAL for our Executive and Premium level startup company members. LEARN HOW YOUR COMPANY... Read more →

OCSC Members - Just a reminder: You can now access TWO more great Member Benefits! Local OC startups can now also get great discounts on HubSpot marketing tools, plus waived fees for life on new corporate credit card accounts from Brex. (Don't forget - this is in addition to huge AWS credits, KPMG accounting services, Rutan & Tucker legal work,... Read more →

Brex is the first corporate credit card designed for startups - and you can get one! SPECIAL OFFER: Now OCSC Startup Company Members can get a Brex card for your company with NO FEES for LIFE and great benefits - including up to $5000 in AWS credits! Brex provides corporate cards to startup company founders with no personal guarantee required,... Read more →

HubSpot is well known for its popular all-in-one CRM, Sales, and Marketing tools that help startups worldwide. Now OCSC Startup Member companies can get a BIG DISCOUNT on HubSpot tools! Use them to help your startup with customer relationship management, social media marketing, content management, lead generation, web analytics, search engine optimization, live chat, and customer support, too. HubSpot for... Read more →

Could your startup use thousands of $$$ of FREE service credits for Amazon Web Services? We’ve now got LOTS of AWS to share exclusively with OC Startup Council Members! Thanks to so many of you who completed our quick “Do you use AWS?” survey recently. You gave us the info we needed to go back to AWS and negotiate a... Read more →

OC Startup Council member companies can now get up to 9,000 hours of FREE Cloud Hosting credits from Oracle. Oracle is offering our OC startup company members a unique acceleration program that starts with free cloud and expands to rich collaboration opportunities to engage with Oracle’s vast network of mentors, product experts, and customers. Qualified OC Startup Council Member companies... Read more →

MasterMinds OC Startup Accelerator Ticket Discounts & Giveaways for OC Startup Council Members! Sponsors and Supporting or higher OCSC Members can attend our monthly “Master Minds” group meetings for tech company startup founders at 20% discounted rates, or even FREE! These private group coaching sessions are the best networking and support group for early stage venture founders in Orange County.... Read more →

New for Orange County startups: 12 Months of Free Zendesk Customer Support Services! OCSC startup company Members can get a year of Zendesk for free while getting their startups off the ground. Qualified OCSC Member companies can receive a monthly credit of $218 for 12 months (equivalent to 2 seats of Zendesk Suite professional plan or used across Zendesk’s Support,... Read more →

6 Months Free Startup Bookkeeping and Accounting from KPMG Spark. Thanks to our SILVER Sponsor, KPMG, OC Startup Council Members get 6 months free bookkeeping. KPMG Spark is the all-in-one online accounting solution that provides startups with bookkeeping and tax preparation, as well as payroll facilitation, all online for a simple, low monthly fee. The platform gives you instant insight... Read more →

$10,000 in deferred legal services for startups from Rutan & Tucker. Thanks to our GOLD Sponsor, Rutan & Tucker, OCSC Member startups can get first class legal services at great rates from a top local law firm with deep roots here in Orange County. By working with Rutan & Tucker, qualifying local startups which are Members of the OC Startup... Read more →

Joining the OC Startup Council isn't just a great way to meet new people and learn new things, now it's also a way to SAVE your startup money. Our NEW Membership Benefits offer exciting discounts and free services to our startup company members! OCSC member companies can now benefit from our association’s partnerships with top services dedicated to helping tech... Read more →