Sierra College and Hacker Lab Team Up for Startup Bootcamp

Startup Hustle participants at Hacker Lab powered by Sierra College

California's Sierra College is partnering with community makerspace Hacker Lab to offer an immersive bootcamp for entrepreneurs. The eight-week Startup Hustle will help participants develop the skills to turn their ideas into successful businesses.

Program content is delivered via online live video lectures, in-person guest speaker events and community-building, and an online learning management portal (including videos, worksheets and a discussion board). Students also receive guidance from industry mentors. Assignments culminate an optional demo night event, where participants can pitch their business to the community. Past Startup Hustle participants have built apps for auto mechanics, produced inventions for the eye care industry, expanded a custom long board company and started an art community.

The application deadline for Startup Hustle is March 17. Participation is free for Hacker Lab members and Sierra College students; the fee is $149 for other participants.

"Students who want to start a business or work for a company where innovation is valued will benefit from participating," said Carol Pepper-Kittredge, director of the Sierra College Center for Applied Competitive Technologies. "Our students are gaining real world experiences as a result of Sierra College being one of the first community colleges in the United States to establish a public-private partnership with a community makerspace."

About the Author

Rhea Kelly is editor in chief for Campus Technology, THE Journal, and Spaces4Learning. She can be reached at [email protected].

Featured

  • abstract pattern of interlocking circuits, hexagons, and neural network shapes

    Anthropic Announces Cautious Support for New California AI Regulation Legislation

    Anthropic has announced its support for an amended version of California’s Senate Bill 1047 (SB 1047), the "Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act," because of revisions to the bill the company helped to influence, but not without some reservations.

  • interconnected cubes and circles arranged in a grid-like structure

    Hugging Face Gradio 5 Offers AI-Powered App Creation and Enhanced Security

    Hugging Face has released version 5 of its Gradio open source platform for building machine learning (ML) applications. The update introduces a suite of features focused on expanding access to AI, including a novel AI-powered app creation tool, enhanced web development capabilities, and bolstered security measures.

  • AI-inspired background pattern with geometric shapes and fine lines in muted blue and gray on a dark background

    IBM Releases Granite 3.0 Family of Advanced AI Models

    IBM has introduced its most advanced family of AI models to date, Granite 3.0, at its annual TechXchange event. The new models were developed to provide a combination of performance, flexibility, and autonomy that outperforms or matches similarly sized models from leading providers on a range of benchmarks.

  • sleek fishing hook with a translucent email icon hanging from it

    Report Identifies Rise in Phishing-as-a-Service Attacks

    Cybersecurity researchers at Trustwave are warning about a surge in malicious e-mail campaigns leveraging Rockstar 2FA, a phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) toolkit designed to steal Microsoft 365 credentials.