Startup Grind

Startup Grind
Private Corporation
Industry Entrepreneurship
Founded Mountain View, Santa Clara County, California, United States (February 2010 (2010-02))
Founder Derek Andersen, Spencer Nielsen
Headquarters Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, United States, United States
Number of locations
 175
Area served
 Worldwide
Key people

Derek Andersen (Co-founder and CEO)

Joel Fernandes (CTO)
Number of employees
 4 (plus about 200 Directors)
Website startupgrind.com

Startup Grind is a Silicon Valley-based organization that educates and mentors entrepreneurs through monthly business events and speaking series in cities across the globe.[1][2][3] Their events have featured speakers including Clayton Christensen (The Innovator's Dilemma), Ben Silbermann (Pinterest), Vinod Khosla (Sun Microsystems),[4] Jessica Livingston (Y Combinator), and Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn).[5][6] The program is powered by Google for Entrepreneurs.[7][8] Startup Grind has a presence in 170 cities and sixty countries.[7]

History

Derek Andersen and Spencer Nielsen founded Startup Grind in 2010.[9] Startup Grind's first event was held in Mountain View, California in Andersen's office.[5][10] In Fall 2011, after an entrepreneur expressed his penchant for the program to Andersen, Startup Grind spread to Los Angeles and New York City.

The first annual Startup Grind Global Conference was held at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California on February 4–6, 2013. By August 2013, the organization had fifty chapters in twenty nations.[5] Startup Grind claimed its one hundredth chapter in April 2014 and as of that date, the company existed in forty-two countries.[11]

The second annual Startup Grind Global Conference was held at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California February 3–5, 2014.[12]

Fireside Chat Interview Format

Startup Grind events, hosted monthly in each city, follow a 'fireside chat' format where the speaker and the host are sat in armchairs facing the audience while the host asks questions of the speaker to draw out the speaker's personal circumstances, experiences and lessons learned on the way to their success for the benefit of those watching.[13]

Directors Day

Startup Grind Directors Day is held the day before the Startup Grind Global Conference each year. Many of the Directors who operate local chapters gather to network and exchange ideas about on best practices, celebrate each other's successes and discuss the future of the organization.

Selected speakers

See also

References

  1. ↑ Weidner, David (11 February 2013). "Monetize, Monetize, Monetize: Startups need to make money fast.". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Boitnott, John (19 May 2014). "Entrepreneurship is all over the world -- not just the U.S.". USA Today. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  3. ↑ " Startup Space - Cowork Memphis developing entrepreneurial resource, educational hub". The Daily News. by Andy Meek
  4. ↑ "VINOD KHOSLA: "YOU DON'T NEED A CEO," YOU NEED A FOUNDER TO LEAD & INNOVATE". Startup Grind, by Andrew Broadbent February 29, 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Steimle, Joshua (4 February 2014). "Startup Grind Grows To 75 Chapters Worldwide". Forbes. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Pierre, Carl (15 May 2013). "Startup Grind DC to Host Nigel Morris, Cofounder of Capital One and QED Investors". DC Inno. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  7. 1 2 "It’s a real Grind, all this keen networking". Cambridge News. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  8. ↑ Beeche, Mat (2 August 2013). "Startup Grind announces global partnership with Google for Entrepreneurs". Startup Daily. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  9. ↑ Crawford, James (5 December 2014). "Startup Grind Charleston Educates, Inspires & Connects Entrepreneurs". Silicon Harbor Magazine. Retrieved 27 January 2015. Startup Grind is a global startup community founded in 2010 by Derek Andersen and Spencer Nielsen. Powered by Google for Entrepreneurs, it now has chapters in 125 cities and 55 countries.
  10. ↑ "Monetize, Monetize, Monetize". Wall Street Journal, by David Weidner February 11, 2013.
  11. ↑ Taylor, Colleen (25 May 2014). "Now 100 Cities Strong, Startup Grind Aims To Spread The Entrepreneurial Bug Worldwide". TechCrunch. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  12. ↑ "Y Combinator is proof that modest launches can still spell long-term success- report". Venture Capital Post.
  13. ↑ Startup Grind Greenwich: 14 Pieces of Advice from the Man Who Helped Build Virgin Airlines, AlleyWatch.com March 21, 2014
  14. ↑ Natalie Spencer (February 18, 2015). "The World According to Dan Fredinburg". Startup Grind. Retrieved April 27, 2015.

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