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#OUREntrepidNetwork – Introducing Todd Connor and Bunker Labs

www.BunkerLabs.org
www.BunkerLabs.org

Empowering our military veterans as leaders in innovation and entrepreneurship

In their own words (www.bunkerlabs.org/about-the-bunker)

BUNKER LABS IS A NATIONAL NOT-FOR-PROFIT 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION BUILT BY MILITARY VETERAN ENTREPRENEURS TO EMPOWER OTHER MILITARY VETERANS AS LEADERS IN INNOVATION.

Through local chapters across the U.S., Bunker Labs provides educational programming, access to resources, and a thriving local network to help military veterans and their spouses start and grow businesses.

We work to Inspire, Educate, and Connect veterans with the right resources and people locally to be successful, while also providing national tools and resources like: Launch Lab Online or our Community Mobile App to support aspiring entrepreneurs where ever they may currently live or be stationed.

INSPIRE. Through our online entrepreneurship challenge, the Bunker in a Box offers hundreds of hours of content as well as interviews with military veterans who have successfully transitioned from the military and started their own business. Learn how they did it and start your own journey towards entrepreneurship as well.

EDUCATE. Aspiring entrepreneurs with an idea for a business are invited to participate in the Entrepreneurial Program for Innovation and Collaboration (EPIC) whether through one of our virtual cohorts or in person at one of our chapters. In this program you will learn and apply the practical steps of launching your business from entrepreneurs who have been-there / done-that.

CONNECT. Bunker Labs invites veterans, entrepreneurs, investors, and subject matter experts to join our national community through our monthly Bunker Brews meet ups in each of our chapter cities, as well as through our Muster Across America tour. Whether returning home after active duty, starting a business, exploring new careers, or growing a business—building your network is critical.

https://bunkerlabs.org/in-the-news/

To find out more about Bunker Labs, what they’re up to, find local chapters and more, visit www.BunkerLabs.org.

Please help support CEO Todd Connor and the Bunker Labs team and Our Veterans by giving this a LIKE, SHARE it with your wider networks and JOIN their communities on Linkedin, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Here WE Grow!

Doug Parker | Linkedin – kickassdoug

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#OUREntrepidNetwork – Introducing Matt Petersen and the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI)

www.laincubator.com

A strategic imperative to build a green economy

CEO Matt Petersen and the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator team are helping promising cleantech startups create a green, inclusive economy.

In their own words (source – https://www.linkedin.com/company/2310734/)

The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) is a private non-profit organization helping to accelerate the commercialization of clean technologies by offering flexible office space, CEO coaching, mentoring, and access to a robust network of partnerships and capital. LACI was founded in 2011 as a cluster-driven economic development initiative supported by the City of Los Angeles, The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) and the Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles. Recognized as one of the most innovative business incubators in the world by UBI, LACI identifies local entrepreneurs across multiple cleantech business sectors and guides them to market, creating jobs that advance L.A.’s green economy. In just five years, LACI has helped 67 companies raise $134M in funding, created 1,500 jobs, and delivered more than $335M in long term economic value for the City of Los Angeles. LACI operates out of the La Kretz Innovation Campus, with satellite offices at California State University, Northridge and Silicon Valley, is the organizer of an annual Cleantech Global Showcase and founder of the Network for Global Innovation (NGIN).

In the news.

SoCal Tech – March 15, 2017 – Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator Aims at Diversity Inclusion with New Effort

To learn more about the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator visit www.laincubator.org

Please help support Matt Petersen and the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator team by giving this a LIKE, SHARE it with your extended social networks and JOIN their communities on Linkedin, Twitter, FaceBook and G+.

Here WE Grow!

Doug Parker | Linkedin – kickassdoug

@LACIncubator, #cleantech, #incubator, #startups, #LosAngeles, #California, #OUREntrepidNetwork, #HereWeGrow, #ForgeYourOwn

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OUR Entrepid Network – Introducing Judy Mahan, Tod Nelson, Jonathan York, Lori Jordan and the Cal Poly CIE | SLO HotHouse

www.cie.calpoly.edu

Make Your Big Ideas REALITY

In their own words; source – http://cie.calpoly.edu

The Cal Poly Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) helps students and community members acquire the tools, develop the skills and cultivate the mindset of an entrepreneur so that they may create economic and social value throughout the world. While it can mean starting a new business, entrepreneurial careers can be found or created in just about every field, industry, and organization.

At the center, students are immersed in the entrepreneurial process through hands-on innovation programs focused on our three distinct areas: LEARN, PREPARE and LAUNCH.

To find out more about the Cal Poly CIE | SLO HotHouse visit them at www.cie.calpoly.edu

In their own words; source – http://cie.calpoly.edu/slo-hothouse/

The SLO HotHouse is a community space created through the efforts of Cal Poly, the city and county of San Luis Obispo, the business community, and the Cal Poly Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE). The goal of the SLO HotHouse is to support students and community members as they work to create new innovations and start entrepreneurial business ventures.

To learn more about the SLO HotHouse go to www.slohothouse.com.

Past and present SLO HotHouse sponsored companies include: Reduce.Reuse.Grow., Current Solutions, BoltAbout, Mantis, WhiteFox Drone Defense Technologies, FarmBot, HIGEA, gatherologie, SPECTRVM, MojaGear, InPressTechnologies, Z Living Systems, BOTTLEFLY, Favor, LiftGator, Calivore Spirits, FLUME and ObserVR.

Have a business idea? SLO HotHouse is seeking more community startups; The Tribune, March 10, 2017.

Please support Judy Mahan, Tod Nelson, Jonathan York, Lori Jordan and the Cal Poly CIE| SLO HotHouse team by giving this a LIKE, SHARE it with your extended networks and consider joining their communities on FaceBook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, YouTube and Snapchat.

Thank you Judy, Tod, Jonathon, Lori and Cal Poly SLO for your vision, leadership and commitment. You encouraged the development of something special; a vibrant and engaged community of innovators, ‘doers’ and champions. The impact of your example is significant, far-reaching and sustainable. #youkickassmyfriends

Here WE Grow!

Doug Parker | Linkedin-kickassdoug

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OUR Entrepid Network – Introducing Gerhard Apfelthaler, Mike Panesis, Greg Monterosa and HUB101

www.hub101.la

START SOMETHING!

In their own words; source – http://www.hub101.la

Operated by Cal Lutheran University in Westlake Village, CA, Hub101 is dedicated to supporting entrepreneurs. By offering co-working, incubation and community for entrepreneurs and small business owners to start, grow, and scale their startups with the help of mentors, coaches and service providers.

Hub101 is a place for experimentation, discovery, and growth. Early-stage startups will find within Hub101, a community built with a backbone of entrepreneurship, fully dedicated to helping the ideas of today become the industry-defining operations of tomorrow. Hub101 thrives on creative disruption.

Startup teams who join our co-working space gain access to a variety of resources powerful in fueling growth. Hub101 ensures members have exposure to educational opportunities that provide background and practical advice on how to operate within the startup world. Hub101 is also staffed with a variety of mentors with varying backgrounds who are dedicated to seeing our co-working teams succeed.

Hub101 is open to members 24/7, because we know your work-space should be as flexible as you.

To find out more about HUB101 visit them online at www.HUB101.la.

Please support Gerhard, Mike, Greg and the HUB101 Enterprise by giving this a LIKE, SHARE it with your extended social networks and join the HUB101 communities on FaceBook, Medium, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram.

Here WE Grow!

Doug Parker | Linkedin-kickassdoug

Thank you Gerhard, Mike, Greg and Cal Lutheran University for your vision, leadership and commitment. You encouraged the development of something special; a vibrant and engaged HUB101 community of  innovators, ‘doers’ and champions. The impact of your example is significant, far reaching and sustainable. #youkickassmyfriends