Startup Labs
UCLA's student-run startup acclerator
What is Startup Labs?
Someone who is starting a business
What is an entrepreneur?
Larry Page, Sergey Brin
What are the founders of Google?
A popular social media company did Facebook purchase in 2012
What is Instagram?
A show involving startups and tech companies on HBO
What is Silicon Valley?
Workspace reserved in YRL
What is the Scholarly Innovations Lab?
Someone who provides money and resources to startups in exchange for equity?
What is a Venture Capitalist?
An actress who co-founded Honest company with UCLA alum Brian Lee
Who is Jessica Alba?
A popular streaming service did Taylor Swift famously write a letter to?
What is Spotify?
The "top" startup accelerator in the nation
What is Y Combinator?
10/30/2018
What is the application deadline?
A brief presentation that entrepreneurs use to present their business plans?
What is a pitch deck?
This entrepreneur started a fellowship that gives a $100,000 to select individuals for dropping out of college and pursuing other things
Who is Peter Thiel?
A millennial-friendly consumer beauty company received $52 million in Series C funding this year?
What is Glossier?
Relatively early funding round that raises between $500,000 and $2 million for a company
What is a seed round?
Playfull, Logos, Vanth, etc.
What are alumni companies?
A term that describes the amount of money one puts into a business?
What is capital?
A famous UCLA alumna that co-founded Broadcom
Who is Henry Samueli?
Athleisure wear startup that makes comfort shoes and recently raised $50 million?
What is All-Birds?
A popular platform is used for finding funding information for private and public companies
What is Crunchbase
Spring Quarter Culmination Event
What is Demo Day
A company that is valued at over $1 billion
What is a unicorn?
The founder and current CEO of the Santa Monica-based company Bird?
Who is Travis VanderZanden
A Silicon Valley biotech startup that was once valued at $9 billion but is now crippled by a scandal involving massive fraud.
What is Theranos?
VC firm that hasn't actively invested in years
What is a zombie firm?