What we’re about
Welcome to Startup Founders & Investors Orange County! Do you have startup ideas or want to start your own business? Maybe you’re a serial entrepreneur, a skilled developer, or a marketer looking to go out on your own, or corporate life simply isn’t for you?
We bring together startup co-founders, advisors, and partners to help you to get your business off the ground or to take it to the next level for OC entrepreneurs with software, hardware, and technology-related ideas and growth companies.
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 profitable niches, 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), our events are dedicated to supporting early stage venture founders and accelerating high tech entrepreneurship in Orange County. https://OCstartupcouncil.org
This Meetup is an extension of Scott Fox's MasterMinds Startup Entrepreneur Coaching Forum - the friendliest, most helpful online resource for solopreneurs, startup founders, entrepreneurs, and small business owners.
These in-person Meetups complement the online platform by bringing together entrepreneurs looking for co-founders with those people looking to join someone else's startup as a core team member.
Anything you may be facing in your own entrepreneur adventures, someone in the group will be able to help you.
While you're here, JOIN THE FREE EMAIL LIST FOR EVENT UPDATES & DISCOUNTS: https://www.MasterMindsOC.org
You'll get a FREE TICKET!
p.s. Interested in a MasterMinds Group but don't want to wait for our next meeting? Click here to learn more about joining the private MasterMinds Startup Founder Coaching Forum for friendly ONLINE business coaching - available 24/7 online!
By attending all attendees agree to release, indemnify, hold harmless, defend, and pay defense costs for all organizers from any and all liability or claims and consent to use and sharing of any photos or videos taken in any media.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs OC Happy Hour with Top Partner Schools 4/30/25Irvine, Irvine, CA
Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs of Southern California invites you to an Orange County Happy Hour in Irvine with Top Partner Schools!
Come to meet entrepreneurs, startup enthusiasts, investors and friends of alumni groups and clubs including host Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs of Socal as well as the Wharton Club of Southern California, Stanford GSB Alumni in Orange County, University of Michigan of Orange County, OCMBA, Yale University Accelerator and more!
We'll be mingling, making connections, and discussing the latest startup trends, news, investing opportunities, and local companies.
- When: Wednesday, April 30 from 5:30-6:30pm
- Where: Irvine (details available after RSVP)
### RSVP HERE: https://lu.ma/o05jzzw5
+Startup Investor Pitch Practice: Bring a 30 second elevator pitch pitch for your startup. Share it with the group for friendly expert feedback!
Co-Promoted by the OC Stanford Alumni Association, the OC Startup Council, Stanford Business School Alumni of Orange County, OCMBA, Wharton Alumni Club of Southern California, and University of Michigan Alumni Club of OC.
$20 registration gets your FIRST DRINK FREE + Cash Bar. (We will provide complimentary appetizers including flatbreads)
LOCATION DETAILS WILL BE SHARED IN THE CONFIRMATION EMAIL TO TICKETED ATTENDEES.
Parking is validated by the restaurant - be sure to bring your parking stub
Find the group OUTSIDE on the patio - look for the Stanford banner!Hope to see you there!
Learn more about Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs of Southern California here - including how to pitch your startup to the group!
- 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.
