Recap of 1/10/23 Proposal to the Folsom City Council
The Startup Folsom team had spent weeks preparing for the proposal to the Folsom City Council. The PowerPoint presentation itself went through several revisions. Our first snag was that when we sent our PowerPoint, to the City Clerk, she told us that she couldn’t add the presentation because the deadline to submit it was noon. I just sighed. This is a great metaphor working with the government. Simple things aren’t so simple. Not to be deterred, we made handouts for each council member so that they could follow along with the presentation. In addition to the Startup Folsom Presentation, we had several members of our community speaking on our behalf including Opeeka Founder Dr. Kate Cordell, Boomers Thriving Founder Mike Curtin, and PromptKrafter Cofounder Jacob Rangel. The recording of our presentations can be seen below.
Our take away is that trying to get funding from the City is going to be a long process and we have to be persistent. Our plan is to do a drip campaign where we will continually present at every City Council Meeting and have entrepreneurs speak to for Folsom to invest in their entrepreneurial environment.
We would appreciate your support at this upcoming council meeting. If you are a resident of Folsom or have a business in Folsom, we would like you to attend and tell the council that Folsom needs to invest in our startup ecosystem. Here’s information on the next meeting:
Date: Tuesday, January 24, 2023
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Folsom City Hall, 50 Natoma Street, Folsom, CA 95630.
If you like to address the council personally, they will allow you to speak for 3 minutes. Just fill out a blue card at the beginning of the meeting and hand it to the City Clerk.
Before I end this blog, I would like to point out that we got coverage from local media including the Sacramento Business Journal and Capital Public Radio:
About Rich Foreman
As founding CTO, Rich led the team that developed the CordicoShield / CordicoFire Wellness App. Cordico was honored with the Sacramento Innovation Award in 2021. After achieving a 7 digit ARR, Cordico was acquired by Lexipol in 2020. Rich has a BS in Industrial Engineering from the University of Washington, an MPA from Troy State University and was an officer in the U.S. Navy.
Rich co-authored his book, "Tap into the Mobile Economy." Rich's blog was listed in Top 20 Marketing Mobile Blogs of 2014. He has been featured on KCRA3, NEWS10, 1170 Tech AM PowerDrive, Business Radio Money 105.5, SiliconIndia, the Sacramento Business Journal, and the Sacramento Bee. Rich is also the Founding Director of the Sacramento Chapter of Startup Grind and served a term as Utility Commissioner for the City of Folsom. Rich is a regular contributor to TechWire.net and StartupSac.com. Rich was the Co-founder of Apptology which was named Small Business of the Year in 2014 by the Sacramento Asian Pacific Chamber.
