Startup Labs
What is Startup Labs?
UCLA’s student-run startup accelerator
What do you call someone who is starting a business?
Entrepreneur
Who is the founder and current CEO of the Santa Monica-based company Bird?
Travis VanderZanden
Which popular social media company did Facebook purchase in 2012?
Name two famous startup accelerators.
Y Combinator, Techstars, Amplify LA, 500 Startups, AngelPad, etc.
What is a primary resource Startup Labs provides?
Mentorship or Networking
What do you call someone who provides money and resources to startups in exchange for equity?
Venture Capitalist
An actress who co-founded Honest company with UCLA alum Brian Lee.
Jessica Alba
Which popular streaming service did Taylor Swift famously write a letter to?
Spotify
Which popular platform is used for finding funding information for private and public companies?
Crunchbase
What is the Scholarly Innovations Lab?
Workspace reserved in YRL
What do you call a brief presentation that entrepreneurs use to present their business plans?
Pitch Deck
Which famous UCLA alumna co-founded Broadcom?
Henry Samueli
Which millennial-friendly consumer beauty company received $52 million in Series C funding this year?
Glossier
Which famous founder is the author of over 150 essays about entrepreneurship?
Paul Graham
When is our application deadline?
10/30/2018
What is a term that describes the amount of money one puts into a business?
Capital
Who is the founder of the popular fitness startup Classpass?
Payal Kadakia
What is the name of the athleisure wear startup that makes the world’s most comfortable shoes and recently raised $50 million?
Allbirds
The "top" startup accelerator in the nation.
Y Combinator
Name one of Startup Labs’ alumni companies.
Playfull, Logos, Vanth, etc.
What is the difference between a Venture Capitalist and an Angel Investor?
Angels invest earlier than VC’s. Angels are typically individual, wealthy investors who invest with their own money. VC’s represent larger companies + investment firms and use money from pooled funds to invest.
This entrepreneur started a fellowship that gives a $100,000 to select individuals for dropping out of college and pursuing other things.
Peter Thiel
What is the name of the Silicon Valley biotech startup that was once valued at $9 billion but is now crippled by scandal of a massive fraud?
Theranos
Which online publishing platform has become a popular forum for entrepreneurs to share articles and essays?
Medium