Promote Your Startup Events in Orange County

OC Startup Event organizers: Want us to publicize your event for free to the Orange County startup ecosystem?

We'll be happy to promote your local conference, seminar, workshop, meetup, happy hour, or activity if the event helps build community among entrepreneurs and founders of high tech, software, biotech, life sciences, or medical device companies in Orange County, California.

Please review our criteria and use the FORM below to send us details
at least TWO WEEKS before your event.

To support the community, we'll post your submissions FREE to the largest audience of startup founders and friends in OC, including:

the OC Startups ecosystem blog
the twice-weekly free OCSC Newsletters
multiple Meetup groups, and
the OC Startup Community Events Calendar, too.

[FREE OC STARTUP NEWS & JOBS PUBLICITY, TOO: have a press release or local startup company news to share?: Submit OC Startup NEWS Here. Or, have a local OC startup job opening? Submit OC Startup JOBS Here.]

Startup Event Listing Criteria

Please review these criteria to see if your event qualifies for free coverage from us:

At least TWO WEEKS advance notice (3 weeks is better!)
Directly and primarily serves the high tech software or life sciences startup and entrepreneur community in Orange County, California.
Open to the general public or with attendance criteria clearly explained.
Professional networking or educational opportunities are prioritized over sales pitches. Real world f2f events are prioritized over virtual ones.
Events submitted by Sponsors and Members are prioritized over unaffiliated events. (Learn how to join us here.)
No multi-level marketing, "free" sales seminars, or self-promotional events.
All submissions may be edited and shared in social media, too.
No spammy, linkbait, or sales pieces please.
Please note that by submitting you warrant that you have all rights needed to share any information or images submitted for our publication.
Listings should include at least 250 words of text description and an image or graphic to fit our publishing templates.

Event Title *
Event Sub-Title
What type of event is this? *
Conference Happy Hour Meetup Seminar Virtual Other
Where do you want us to publish this event? (Check all that apply): *
OC startups blog OCSC startup events calendar OCSC newsletter Meetups All of the Above
Is your company a Member or Sponsor of the OC Startup Council? *
Yes, a Member. Yes, a SPONSOR. No, free listing only. No listing or membership... (Learn how & why to sign up to support us HERE.)
What is the general topic or purpose of this event? *
Event Description: Please provide multiple complete sentences or paragraphs. The template will look bad if you only include 1 or 2 sentences or bullet points: *
Enter 200 to 1400 words. Currently Used: 0 words.
Event Start Date: * MM/ DD/ YYYY
Event End Date (leave blank if one day only): MM/ DD/ YYYY
Start Time: * HH: MM: SS
AM/PM
End Time: * HH: MM: SS
AM/PM
Location: *
Parking Instructions (if necessary):
What company or organization is organizing and hosting? *
In what Orange County city is the event? *
What are 4-6 search engine keywords that attendees for this event would search for? *
Promotions & Giveaways: Can you offer any discounts, free tickets, affiliate offers, prizes, etc. to help us promote the event to our audience for you? *
Event Website Link: *
Ticketing Link: *
Contact: * First Last
That person's title or role: *
Email Address: *
Phone: ###- ###- ####
Any other comments or things we need to know?
IMAGES - VERY IMPORTANT

Please include any event promo graphic and your logo, plus any photos of previous events, too. The more pretty pictures you provide, the more publicity attention we can help you attract. Please upload only in compressed web ready format at least 400px wide.
Event Promotion Graphic - MUST BE AT LEAST 400px WIDE *
Logo, Event Photo, or other Image - MUST BE AT LEAST 400px WIDE - Optional:
How many times have you used the OCSC's free event publicity listing services? *
In exchange for our free event publicity services, can we request a once/year announcement about the OC Startup Council to your email audience in return? (We will provide the content.) Working together can help us grow to promote your events to an even wider audience in the future, *
Sure. Maybe, Let's see how helpful OCSC promotions are first. No, thanks.
Where did you hear about us? Please be specific. *
Any comments or feedback? Suggestions on this form or process?
I hereby submit the above materials for publication (in whole or in part or as edited) per the Terms & Conditions of this service as administered in its sole discretion. I warrant that I have and grant all appropriate rights and authority for publishing and promotion of my request's materials in all media, and indemnify and hold harmless this website and all its associates from any and all liability. *
YES, I agree with these terms. Thanks for this opportunity. NO thanks. [PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT THE FORM IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO OUR LISTING TERMS.]

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