Startup Santa Barbara: Localizing Startup America

June 20, 2012 by Robin Eschler

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Startup Santa Barbara, as a local extension of Startup America, is being founded to help entrepreneurs expand their resources and contacts to facilitate growth and success. Gideon Rubin, a successful entrepreneur who has founded several successful businesses in technology, software, mobile phones, social media, marketing, education and more, shares the process for businesses to get involved with Startup America in order to enjoy the many benefits.

Startup Santa Barbara brings together a group of seasoned entrepreneurs and leaders from various Santa Barbara and California organizations to form the Startup California Santa Barbara Region. Startup Santa Barbara and Startup California are regions of The Startup America Partnership, a public private initiative founded by President Obama and former AOL Chairman Steve Case and that is backed by the Case Foundation and the Kauffman Foundation.

Reflecting our core American value, Startup America Partnership is based on the premise that young companies that grow create jobs. Entrepreneurship is critical to the country’s long term success.

Listen to learn how your business can benefit from Startup America regardless of where you’re located in the USA. Click here to get the resources and Startup America links you need to join the success.

Filed Under: Business Tagged With: gideon rubin, socially conscious investing, start up america, start up santa barbara, startup america, Startup California, startup santa barbara

About Robin Eschler

Robin L. Eschler, the founder of Social Impact Marketing, started her career in developing foundational marketing strategies for companies of all sizes, from Fortune 500 to individual entrepreneurs and local businesses. She has developed and implemented international campaigns to launch high tech products and services and guided new business owners to successfully navigate the difficulties of growing a business.

Her life-long passion for helping others led her into nonprofit work for over a decade. Early on, she recognized the need for nonprofits to adapt to a rapidly changing world in which technology dominates and for-profit business practices are central to success. Her determination to help social causes in a sustainable way led to her creation of the Women's Radio show Socially Conscious Investing.

Impact investing in for-profits with a mission of social change such as the fight against extreme poverty is a blossoming business sector around the world. With the economic decline, it's clear that Wall Street requires change. Social impact investing addresses that need in a way that provides financial and social ROI.

As the Host of Socially Conscious Investing on WomensRadio, Robin's goal is to educate people about the growth of social impact investing and social venture. Interviews are conducted with socially conscious business experts including foundations and nonprofits, social venture investment firms, micro-loan organizations, investors, educators, authors and social entrepreneurs.

This show's mission is to help change the world through sustainable business practices that contribute to the economy, combat poverty, end hunger and provide better lives to all.

Twice, Robin has been recognized and received the highest honorary award that Rotary International gives, the Paul Harris Award, for service above self. Her community work has included developing local programs for disadvantaged populations such as foster children, troubled teens, and people with disabilities.

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