Dan Ball, Program Manager at the new HUB 101 at the Center for Entrepreneurship in Westlake talked with host Mark about running an incubator and co-working space. HUB 101 is a part of California Lutheran University.

There was a lot of ground covered in this conversation, including:

what's the target demographic for the HUB?

The "School for Startups" - 10-week program

Stress-test your idea with real customers

STARTUPNEXT

Recycling success back into the community

Think of us as a gym membership for entrepreneurs

Classes and Programming

Startup Boot Camp - PACE program in the evening

High School student consultant story - a great one

Market Validation

Success Stories - 80 members now since the first of the year

Metrics for success

Event attendance - it's growing

Funded projects - attracting investors

Getting a nice mix of people to the space

Quantified success of the members

Coaching and Mentoring