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Join us as we discuss Christie Garcia's journey from the corporate business world to launching her own business, Mindful Choice, focused on improving the leadership skills of individuals in the workplace. She now seeks to reintroduce the human element into leadership development and immediately make an unignorable, positive impact on a person’s overall potential. Christie Garcia is a Leadership Coach & Ego Management Expert, Speaker, Facilitator and Founder of Mindful Choice Leadership Academy. She has 17 years of experience in sales, recruiting, and coaching. For the last 10 years she has worked with current and upcoming leaders from fast growing organizations including Airbnb, Twitter, Movement For Life and Sunrun. REGISTER HERE

Coffee & Conversation with Chris Delaney

Join us to kick off the new year for our first 2022 Coffee and Conversation! Chris Delaney of Glenn Burdette will be covering “How to Best Prepare for Taxes Your First Year as a Startup.” Chris knew early on that he had a knack for numbers, as he remembers being banned from certain school math games because he could outperform the other kids. Now having worked for a decade in the accounting field, Chris finds it to be a rewarding path, and appreciates the opportunity to work alongside clients and transform their future. He enjoys delivering personal service and explaining tax subjects in a simple, clear manner that clients can understand. REGISTER HERE

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Coffee & Conversation with Connor McCarthy

Join us as we discuss growing and scaling success at the seed level with Connor McCarthy. We will cover trends in successful startups from VC and operations years. Connor is an investment associate at Trust Ventures. He has previously served as Chief of Staff at Esper, a leading govtech company. He has also previously worked at 8VC, Andreessen Horowitz, and Capitol Counsel. Connor holds an A.B. in Philosophy with a minor in African-American Studies from Georgetown University. REGISTER HERE

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Coffee and Conversation with Pipsticks

Join us and Maureen, founder of Pipsticks, as we discuss her experience with running a business through the COVID-19 pandemic. Pipsticks delivers subscriptions for sticker lovers. Their commitment to fun and great design inspire their curated sticker packs each month. REGISTER HERE

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Coffee & Conversation with AngelCon 2022 Investors

CIE HotHouse + Zoom 872 Higuera St, San Luis Obispo, CA, United States

Hear from three Angel Investors as they share their experience being part of AngelCon 2022. An angel investor (also known as a private investor, seed investor or angel funder) is a high-net-worth individual who provides financial backing for small startups or entrepreneurs, typically in exchange for ownership equity in the company. While most people know AngelCon as a pitch competition that happens once a year; becoming an investor is a year-long training process that leads up to the main event. REGISTER HERE

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Coffee & Conversation with David Walker, Firestone Walker Brewing Company

THE SANDBOX Paso Robles + Zoom 1345 Park St, Paso Robles, California, United States

Join us as David discusses the curious, passionate, and at times, precarious past 25 years of the company.  Born in a humble shed on the back-forty of the family vineyard, Firestone Walker is a California beer company like no other—founded by two brothers-in-law who simply wanted to make the perfect beer. Since then, the craft brew industry has transformed dramatically; particularly in Paso Robles. Throughout all those changes, Firestone Walker has stood out as an industry leader and carved the way for many others to follow in their footsteps.  REGISTER HERE

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Coffee and Conversation with Alla Weinstein

CIE HotHouse + Zoom 872 Higuera St, San Luis Obispo, CA, United States

This month, Alla Weinstein of Castle Winds will join us to discuss the upcoming changes to the Morro Bay coastline. In Jan 2016 Trident Winds submitted an unsolicited lease request to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for the development of a commercial offshore wind farm off the coast of Morro Bay.  By the end of this year BOEM will be conducting a competitive lease auction that will see 3 developers securing sites off the coast of Morro Bay.  The original site defined in 2916 lease request is now part of the Morro Bay lease areas. She will provide an overview of the process that will be followed from now till the auction and what will take place post the auction, including offshore wind technologies that will be used for the installation of offshore wind in the water depths found off the coast of Morro Bay and along the West Coast. REGISTER

Coffee & Conversation with Chris Labasky

CIE HotHouse + Zoom 872 Higuera St, San Luis Obispo, CA, United States

The Art of the Pivot - Finding Opportunities in a Sea of Despair Chris will share the story of Abound’s transition from a consumer facing financial app into a business facing API, along with some of the hard learned lessons.  Chris Labasky is the CFO and Co-Founder of Abound. He is an avid technologist and serial entrepreneur, having previously been a Co-Founder at Favor (acquired HEB). As a software engineer and CFA charterholder, he is particularly fascinated by the intersection of finance and technology. REGISTER

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SBDC: Coffee and Conversation with AngelCon 2022 Winners

CIE HotHouse + Zoom 872 Higuera St, San Luis Obispo, CA, United States

The winners of AngelCon 2022 will join us this month to talk about their journey after winning a total of $205K in equity investment. Acre Cloud - Winner ($135,000) AcreCloud’s farm-management platform offers growers and contractors customized control over their operations, extensive auditing capabilities, and access to new products, such as AcrePay and AcreAnalytics. It is the rare marriage of fintech and agtech. Novocuff - Runner-Up ($70,000) According to the World Health Organization (WHO), preterm birth complications were responsible for approximately 1 million deaths in 2015. Novocuff is designing a minimally invasive, non-surgical device that will help prevent preterm birth. REGISTER

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