Founder and Executive Director Luke Erickson joined host George Alger on Our Ventura TV, the community program broadcast on Ventura’s Channel 6, for a segment titled “Startup Ventura: Connecting Early-Stage Founders with Mentors and Funding,” published September 30.
The conversation covers the whole arc of what Startup Ventura is building: a thriving technology ecosystem that attracts, launches, and scales innovative companies in Ventura County, and why that work matters in a region where the cost of living keeps pushing young people away. Luke walks through the accelerator and its partnerships with gener8tor and Plug and Play, how founders should think about fundraising, and the qualities that separate the founders who make it.
Watch the full segment above, on YouTube, or at ourventura.com. Our thanks to George Alger and the Channel 6 team for spotlighting the founders of Ventura County.