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Halleh Abedi is a trailblazing entrepreneur with contagious energy and passion for design. Her expertise comes from over ten years of leadership in product and brand solutions for a diverse range of clients; from Nike, IBM, Samsung and other Fortune-100s to emerging startups. She shares compelling insights on what distinguishes UX vs. UI, the value of quality experience design and how cultivating UX culture levels-up an entire organization. Halleh is the founding Principal/Creative Director of Five Acres Agency, an active runner, ocean-lover, and mom to two strong, independent daughters.

Preparing for COVID-19 Webinar

Join us for an informative webinar where we will talk about the issues most pressing to small businesses. We’ll cover: *Public messaging for your employees and clients *How to decide whether to cancel or postpone a mass gathering event *When to implement telework practices for your staff *What you can expect over the next few months *How to craft an action plan for your business for COVID-19 *Where to find accurate and up-to-date information and resources

Coffee & Conversation

Don't miss free coffee and great networking opportunities!

QuickBooks 101 (Online Version) Webinar

Learn how to set up your company with QuickBooks Online! This free webinar will lead you through Online QuickBooks with selling, buying, inventory and sales taxes. This webinar will be led by Cal Poly Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship's Director of Finance and Operations, Damon Watkins. Registrants will be emailed a zoom webinar link one day before the event. Registration is limited to 25 people.

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AngelCon 2020

Cal Poly’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) Small Business Development Center (SBDC) will virtually host six brilliant tech-driven startups from the region in a pitch competition to win up to $100,000 in equity-backed funding at the third annual AngelCon 2020. The event will take place June 30th, 2020 on YouTube live from 4 - 6 PM. Tickets are available on Eventbrite and are $10. Registered attendees will receive the event link via email, one day before the event.  AngelCon 2020 Agenda: Update from 2019 winner, De Oro Devices Update from AngelCon Fund 3 Investors Six Competitors' Pitches Keynote Speaker Winner Announcement Visit our page for more information. Purchase your tickets here. Thank you to AngelCon's event sponsors and vendors for making this virtual event possible with the implementation of social distancing and precautionary health measures.

$10

Coffee & Conversation

  Hear from three Angel Investors as they share their experience being part of AngelCon 2020. 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. AngelCon 2020 investors Chad, Donica and Jolie will share what the process was like, what they seek in a startup and why they invested in Atlas Alpha. Q & A will be available for attendees. Register here.

Coffee & Conversation

Join us for coffee and hear from a great guest speaker! Katerina Axelsson CEO and Founder of Tastry, will share her entrepreneurial experiences and journey to creating a company in San Luis Obispo. Katerina, is a graduate of Cal Poly with a B.S. in Chemistry. While in school, she worked at a custom-crush facility and noticed that one of their batches imprinted with two different labels received drastically different industry scores: it was then that she knew there had to be a more science-based way to score wine. Thus, Tastry was born. Tastry is a sensory sciences company that uses advanced chemistry, machine learning and artificial intelligence to match consumers to products they will love

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