$15,000 LEGAL SERVICES FOR NEW & GROWING STARTUPS: NELSON MULLINS

GOLD Sponsor Nelson Mullins offers special deals on legal services to both new and established startup OCSC Member companies.

Founders who have not yet incorporated can take advantage of their "Formation Package". This offers Delaware incorporation, bylaws, stock option plans, equity and service agreements, and other filings and services to set you up for financing, all for a fixed fee of only $1500. And, already established startups can benefit from the firm’s deferral of $15,000 in legal fees until financing (and this is a flexible cap). Free initial consultations with their experienced startup financing attorneys are available for new clients, too.

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Startup Investors Directory

Discounted access to the #1 low cost startup investor research platform for founders.

Join StartupInvestorsDirectory.com to find the best investors for your startup. Its easy-to-use search tools help you to efficiently identify the RIGHT investors based on their industry sector, stage, location, and previous portfolio investments. PLUS, StartupInvestorsDirectory.com is the ONLY startup investor research service where you can search by additional criteria to find investors who specialize in female founders, Black/Latinx/Immigrant/LGBTQ, rural, veteran status, and more.

Don’t waste time chasing the wrong investors. Use StartupInvestorsDirectory.com to find investors already interested in you!

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12 Months Free Zendesk Customer Support

OCSC startup company Members can get a year of Zendesk for free while getting their startups off the ground.

Qualified OCSC Member companies can receive a monthly credit of $218 for 12 months (equivalent to 2 seats of Zendesk Suite professional plan or used across Zendesk’s Support, Chat, Guide, and Talk products).  Applying companies must be Members of the OCSC, a new customer of Zendesk, Series B or below, with fewer than 100 employees. 

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MANAGE YOUR EQUITY ON CAKE- SAVE 20%

Cake Equity is an online platform that specializes in easy and affordable management of stock options, capitalization tables, and all the related agreements and calculations. If you’re challenged by startup equity management (who isn’t??), Cake Equity can help you, your team, and your investors to document, issue, track, and report your company’s equity ownership, including employee option pools, grants, vesting, and 409A valuations, too. Cake streamlines the onboarding of new employees globally, making it easier for all stakeholders to see, share, and understand their equity ownership. Plus, Cake Equity is far easier to use and cheaper than Carta!
OC Startup Council members save 20% off!

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HubSpot for Entrepreneurs Discount Program

The HubSpot for Entrepreneurs program offers OCSC member companies Entrepreneur Friendly Pricing on its Growth Stack Software package.  This includes All-in-one CRM, Sales, Marketing, and Services plans for customer relationship management, social media marketing, content management, lead generation, web analytics, search engine optimization, live chat, and customer support, too.  

The program offers OC Startup Council member companies a big savings of 30% Off in the first year on new services (or upgrades from starter products), plus 15% Off in the second year.  This yields an average savings of $5,700 in the first year! Plus, HubSpot offers tons of educational resources including templates, toolkits, videos, webinars, and training sessions.

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BREX CORPORATE CREDIT CARDS FOR STARTUPS

Brex is the first corporate credit card designed for startup founders. They provide corporate cards with no personal guarantee, a best in class rewards program, 10-20x higher spending limits than traditional cards, and built-in expense management software. Plus, OCSC Members get fees waived for life!

Brex offers OCSC Startup Company Members:

• No founder liability or security deposit needed - just a quick 10 minute online application

• ​High value rewards & multipliers on the spend categories most useful to startups:

  • 7x reward points from Rideshare services (Uber, Lyft, taxi, scooter)

  • 7x rewards from Work From Home Tools (Zoom, Slack, GoToMeeting, Gong, and Monday)

  • 3x rewards from Food Delivery (Caviar, DoorDash, Uber Eats, Grubhub, and Seamless)

  • 2x rewards from Recurring Software Charges

  • 1x rewards from Everything Else

• No caps on reward points. 

• Add new employees with a simple email invite and set their user limits easily.

• $5,000 in AWS credits over two years

• Plus waived card fees for life as an OC Startup Council startup company member!

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PUBLICITY SUPPORT, SPEAKING, & SEO BACKLINKS

OCSC Members can benefit from the targeted publicity reach of the popular OC Startups news blog, our OC Startup Council Newsletters, and many other promotions. We can repost press releases and publish and promote “Thought Leadership” articles to help raise the profile of your company or services in the technology startup ecosystem, plus provide valuable links back to your website to help with search engine ranking (SEO) and traffic. Speaking opportunities are also available.

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MasterMinds OC Startup Accelerator Workshop Ticket Discounts

Sponsors and Supporting or higher level OCSC Members can attend our monthly “Master Minds” group meetings for tech company startup founders at discounted rates or even FREE!

It’s the best networking and support group for early stage ventures in Orange County. And OCSC Members are our Special Guests every month.

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