BERKELEY, Calif., June 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- This year's 15th Annual Silicon Valley Boomer Venture Summit and Business Plan Competition on June 20th and 21st at the Claremont Club and Spa, Berkeley, California features the annual Business Plan Competition where emerging companies pitch their ideas to a diverse panel of judges for feedback, funding and a $10,000 prize. The Summit includes angel investors, early stage and growth stage firms, and distribution partners all focused on investment in the longevity economy.
You want to launch a boomer/senior, home health tech, caregiving, product or service. Or other. Your new company gets ready to travel into battle for west coast networking, or you're back from San Francisco or Silicon Valley, consider this guidance, now that cards have been exchanged and follow-up emails sent. Soon your new or existing company will officially launch a new product or service, or a much-anticipated offering will finally ship. You read AARP and Pew survey research reports. Now look over this 6-month-old updated checklist. And you look back on the 2009 advice – which is still valid, especially about creating community around the product – more important than ever. And as for item 6 in this post, THIS MEANS YOU! Really now, are you ready?
April -- a veritable shower of data, press announcements, and pitches. It was a short but information-filled month of events, announcements, pitches. The month marked our first foray into the American Community Survey Census data about technology usage of older adults. Much more is possible with this data – including greater inspection of housing, family structure, income as correlated with technology interest (including telehealth). Each of the April blog posts can be (re)read in full by clicking on the paragraph heading.