Crowdsourcing is a powerful and rapidly growing way to improve your business and get things done cheaply that otherwise might costs thousands of dollars. This group will be for those who want to learn how to use this resource for their startup or existing small business. Whether it's programming you need done (or any other contracted work), funding for a project or expansion, customer acquisition or involvement, or really just about anything, there is the potential to crowd-source it. We'll be a …

Thanks for your interest in California Crowd Funding. Why This Group?      This group is needed to rally public support for a crowd funding law letting entrepreneurs raise startup money from the general public. Silicon Valley and California is bursting with small companies ready to launch. The 2008 crash slowed Angel investments in startups.      So to create new jobs and let people pursue their business dreams, a California Crowd Funding exemption is needed.      Crowd funding lets the general …

Are you a budding or experienced entrepreneur? Pitch Mixer is guided by the principle that ideas don't flourish as meta-thought, rather they gain momentum out in the open, with support of evaluations, feedback, and iteration by resourceful people.  Pitch Mixer engages the East Bay  startup community by running monthly entrepreneur forums where entrepreneurs can pitch their ideas to a judging panel who will evaluate the idea and provide feedback and recommendations based on the quality of the pit …