While it’s awesome to be in the Startup of the Year community all year long, our featured event is our annual Summit and Awards Program where we crown one startup the Startup of the Year. Last year SoloFunds took the crown along with investment funds from Established Ventures (as did a few other top companies)!

Here’s how it works:

• 100 companies will be selected to participate in this special event
• Includes matchmaking sessions with investors and mentors
• Incredible speakers, networking and experiences
• Esteemed judges will down-select to Top 5 and then name the Startup of the Year
• Up to $50K in potential investment and other prizes!

Could you be the next Startup of the Year? Apply Today for free! No cost, no catch. Qualified applicants will also be invited to join our year-round community which offers monthly office hours with investors and other mentors, curated speakers, potential inclusion in Daily Dealflow newsletter and more!
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On this episode of the Startup of the Year Podcast, Frank Gruber, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Established and Co-Founder of Established Ventures, talks with Heather Wilde.

Heather is an author, CTO, Angel Investor, Coach, Speaker, etc. She was the eighth employee of Evernote, where she oversaw the company’s growth from thousands to millions of customers. She has published popular games, worked with the United States DoD, Navy, Air Force, and Space Force, trained Fortune 500 brands, advised hundreds of startups, and managed major multinational nonprofit-programs. Additionally, she is a fractional CTO through her company ROCeteer, a company that does coaching, mentoring, training, and consulting for individuals, teams, and brands.

Heather also talks about her book, “Birth of a Unicorn: Six Basic Steps to Success.”

Are you an entrepreneur developing a technology that is addressing a real-world problem? Have you thought about how that technology may also be a potential solution for some of NASA’s challenges?

NASA’s unique government initiative, NASA iTech, has issued a call for inventive technologies with both a commercial market path and application to NASA missions.

Submit your idea now for the upcoming 2021 Cycle II Forum, a NASA iTech event. The top 10 submissions will be selected to give their best pitch to NASA leaders, industry experts and investors as well as spend important time together in round table discussions, all designed to help the innovators propel their business.

Interested in Applying? It’s Easy! Download our NASA iTech Application Checklist to walk you through the process.

Created by the talent responsible for building the Tech.Co brand (acquired by an international publishing company), Established leverages decades of experience to help collaborators further (or create) their brand and accomplish their most important goals.