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Interested in Startup Business Ideas? Have an idea of your own, work for a startup, or want help growing your technology, software, life sciences, or medical device startup?
We are local entrepreneurs from Irvine, Costa Mesa, Laguna Beach, Newport Beach, Tustin, Santa Ana, Mission Viejo, Lake Forest, Huntington Beach, Anaheim, and across Orange County who want to succeed and share our success as entrepreneurs. Please join us!
We regularly help our members with questions about finding investors, web development, new product creation, internet marketing, SEO, raising venture capital, business plans, social media marketing, blogging, email systems, domain names, mobile app development, staffing/recruiting/outsourcing, UI/UX, legal issues, angel investors, e-commerce, PPC advertising, Amazon fulfillment, joint ventures, affiliate marketing, graphic design, crowdfunding, and more.
A service of the OC Startup Council (OCSC), these workshops are dedicated to supporting early stage venture founders and accelerating high tech entrepreneurship in Orange County: [https://OCstartupcouncil.org](https://ocstartupcouncil.org/)
Anything you may be facing in your own entrepreneur adventures, someone in the group will be able to help you.
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Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Global Entrepreneurship Congress 2025! | 6/2/25 - 6/5/25Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, IN
The Global Entrepreneurship Congress is returning to the United States for the first time since 2009!
The world's boldest entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers and ecosystem builders from 200 countries + territories are landing in Indiana, USA June 2-5, 2025 for one of the most impactful and influential live connections of global entrepreneurship ecosystem players. Join us!
Each year the annual GEC convenes a worldwide mix of founders, investors, ecosystem builders, and government policy makers in a different entrepreneurial city around the world. Past host cities have included Riyadh, Istanbul, Shanghai, Moscow, Rio de Janeiro, Milan, Capetown, etc.
This year's GEC is returning to the US for the first time since 2009. It's June 2-5 in Indianapolis, Indiana!
There will be 5000+ entrepreneurs, policymakers, startup investors, and entrepreneur support organizations in attendance. GEC is a great environment to build new relationships, learn more about new startups, ecosystems, and opportunities, share excitement about innovation with thousands of others who feel the same, and build our startup community's profile in the global ecosystem.
Speakers announced so far include Mark Cuban, Jeff Hoffman, Brad Feld, and the Startup Council's Scott Fox again, too.
The Global Entrepreneurship Congress welcomes everyone in the ecosystem, including investors, entrepreneur support organizations, service providers, academics, and of course especially startup founders from 200+ countries and territories.
This is a unique chance for groundbreaking globalization discussions, fostering direct connections with global leaders and investors. Founders at every stage of development, along with government officials, investors, and support organizations from every corner of the globe, are coming together to collaborate, innovate, and drive economic growth.
JOIN THE STARTUP COUNCIL DELEGATION (and Save 50% Off!)
Learn more at the GEC website here, including speaker updates: https://startupcouncil.org/gec2025
Plus, we have a 50% off Discount Code for members of our delegation - So don't register without telling us here if you want the 50% off code first!
The Global Entrepreneurship Congress is the only place where founders at all stages of development and policymakers, investors, and support organizations from all economies are in the same room, collaborating to bring ideas to life, driving economic growth and expanding human welfare.
Join the Startup Council and thousands of startup voices from 200 countries in Indiana for GEC 2025!
But don't register without telling us here if you want the 50% off code first!
Thanks to the Global Entrepreneurship Network for hosting Global Entrepreneurship Congress again this year. StartupCouncil.org is an official partner of the Global Entrepreneurship Network.
