OCCE-20 | February 29, 2020
Join Southern California's universities for a celebration of entrepreneurs and innovation.
Event Overview
Entrepreneurs are vital architects within the U.S. economy. Our mission is to celebrate individuals who foster the entrepreneurial spirit. Orange County Celebrates Entrepreneurs (OCCE) 2020 will be an annual event to enable guests through storytelling, to gain a deep understanding of the entrepreneurial journey and its impact on our lives.
The inaugural event will be held at Cal State Fullerton on February 29, 2020. It will bring together entrepreneurs, investors, service providers, students, business leaders. To celebrate our diverse region and the innovations which have come before and are coming next. Through shared stories we will honor community members helping entrepreneurs and innovators build their own American Dream. Our goal is to help make OC a globally recognized leader in innovation and entrepreneurship and be a catalyst to moving the OC culture forward toward greater prosperity.
This event is a collaboration between UCI, Cal State Fullerton and Concordia University-Irvine.
The Journey
Since our founding, America has been continually reshaped by entrepreneurs working to advance their ideas into realities. These innovators gave us the lightbulb, the ability to travel through air and space, and the personal computer. They commercialize new technologies and pioneer new business models that keep our nation productive and growing. Year over year, they are responsible for nearly all of the net new job creation.
Our shared history of entrepreneurship has, in many ways, defined our country and the American Dream. We are grounded in the belief that individuals who exhibit an entrepreneurial spirit and have acquired entrepreneurial knowledge can add significant value to any working environment from the smallest startup to the largest business, from non-profits to government agencies. Our mission is simple—to celebrate individuals fostering the entrepreneurial spirit.
Together with Orange County’s vibrant business-civic-academic community, to support job creation and economic growth, we will celebrate OC entrepreneurship. OCCE 2020 will be the inaugural event of this annual festivity.
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