Startup Redding
Created by a group of founders, funders, and entrepreneurs who believe you can create a startup ecosystem in any city in the world. So, they started one in theirs, Redding, CA.
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 34 minutes
- Episodes
- 25
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2019
Ep 25 Jenna Zint Discovers the Obvious...She's an Entrepreneur
Jenna of Turbans for Tots built a top 100 Esty Store and sells 1000's of baby bows. She manufactures them with a team of seamstresses in Redding, CA. After 5 years she is willing to acknowledge the o…
Ep 24 Nathan Slafter Entrepreneurship and Bull Riding
Nathan Slafter, President of Rentevate (www.rente.io) explores how his love of riding bulls as a young man revealed his inner entrepreneur. And, how bull riding is both a great and dangerous way to a…
Ep 23 How To Start A Business And Not Fail
Lot's of people want to start a business. The upsides are clear: Be your own boss, unlimited earning potential, reap the fruit of your own labor, flexibility...this list goes on and on. But, it's als…
Ep 22 Dave Charlson on Accelerating Growth: A Story Of Hope Rediscovered
Dave Charlson started a company in a space he has succeeded in before. But, this time he was the CEO, in charge of everything. It's a wonderful opportunity and filled with new experiences and challen…
Ep 21 10,000 Reasons To Pitch An Angel Investor
There are lots of reasons to pitch your startup. 10K in free money might be the best. On this episode, Eric Hiatt, Executive Director of the Shasta Angels, describes how to pitch your business to inv…
Ep 20 Joy Monster: A Company On The Brink. . .
Everything did not go as planned when Joy Monster received funding from the Shasta Angels two years ago. They learned, pivoted and reorganized. Now Joy Monster finds themselves with a new focus and i…
Ep 19 Building Our City With Rachel Hatch
Rachel Hatch might have the coolest job in the world. She is a community vitality officer for the McConnell Foundation. The foundation has made a 10-year commitment to supporting the revitalization o…
Ep 18 Embracing Innovation And What Craft Beer Can Teach You
Kirk is joined by Lauren Jerome for a conversation about the current state of innovation and how it impacts the new economy. Startup enthusiasts consistently look to thought leaders like Lauren for p…
Ep 17 Women in Entrepreneurship: The Journey - The Struggle - The Awards
Women make up a significant part of Redding Startup ecosystem and help define what it means to be an entrepreneur in Redding. We celebrate this with the Women in Entrepreneurship Award. It was shared…
Ep 16 Finding a Co-Founder: Theory Collaborative's Story
Sam Larobardiere and Joel Taylor share a behind the scenes look at what it took to create the partnership that fuels Theory Coffee. It was not easy to build a powerful relationship but it was worth i…
Ep 15 Startup Weekend: Todd Jones Built a Startup in 54 Hours.
The 2018 Startup Weekend was another huge success. In this episode, Todd Jones the winning team's founder shares his experience and perspective on Startup, entrepreneurship and leading a team to vict…
Ep 14 Six Reasons You Should Not Be an Entrepreneur
In this light-hearted episode, JDM and Kirk try to talk you out of becoming an entrepreneur by exploring the hardships of the journey. If you stick with them to the end you may have what it takes to …
Ep 13 The Origin of Mindbox: A Story of Failing Up
It's amazing how hard failing is. If we are not careful it can take us out. In this episode, Kirk is joined by Josh Johnson, Co-founder and President of Mindbox Studios on this episode. He tells the …
Ep 12 Validation: Don't build a product that is perfectly prepared for a world that doesn't exist.
This episode could save you tons of money! Luke Miner joins us to share his thoughts about customer validation as presented in a recent Pub Talk. Listen in as he explores ways to find out what your c…
Ep 11: The Information Age Is over! Now what do entrepreneurs do? (Part 2)
We continue our conversation with Dan Morrow, CEO of SOF-TEK Integrators and longtime Redding entrepreneur. The conversation remains focused on entrepreneurship: What it is, how to do it and what's i…
Ep 10: The Information Age Is over! Now what do entrepreneurs do? (Part 1)
Dan Morrow, CEO of SOF-TEK Integrators, Inc. holds the unofficial "record" (because who is really keeping track) for founding Redding's longest startup. Dan is one of Redding longtime Entrepreneur an…
Ep 9: Designing and developing our future with Eric Casequin.
If you are a designer or developer, interested in becoming one or trying to hire one this episode is for you. Eric Casequin is the co-founder of Redding Area Designers and Developers (R.A.D.D.) and h…
Ep 8: Round Table: What the heck is a startup ecosystem?
Jack, JDM, Eric, Luke, and Kirk are back to continue the discussion they started in Ep 7. This time they are asking two questions. First, what do we mean when we say ecosystem and, given what we know…
Ep 7: Round Table: Is it really a startup?
We use the word Startup all the time, but what do we mean when we say startup? In some ways it probably obvious but Eric Hiatt, Luke Miner, Josh Miller, Kirk Wayman and Jack Burgess discover that the…
Ep 6: Limelight Health: A story of a Redding startup.
In 2014 Garrett, Alan, Jason, and Michael set out to reimagine how the insurance industry quotes benefits. This is their story of starting Limelight Health told by Garrett Viggers. Garrett unfolds th…