Rocket Hatch Update June 2015

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June 2015 Update

WHY CLEANTECH?

Today the constant is change, and the rate of change is increasing.

SALIM ISMAIL EXPONENTIAL ORGANIZATIONS

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Typical F500 Co

Google (1998)

Facebook (2004)

Tesla (2003)

Uber (2009)

Whatsapp (2009)

SnapChat (2011)

Oculus Rift (2012)

TIME TO $1B M A R K E T C A P

SENSORS (LIDAR) $20,000 (2009) è $79 (2014)

250x in 5 years

SOLAR $30/KW (1984) è $0.16/KW (2014)

200x in 20 years

P R O G R A M S

B R A I N T R U S T

June 2015 UPDATE

C O M M U N I T Y M E T R I C S

1,600+ Total Community

880 Interested

573 Engaged

115 Volunteers

38 Mentors

963 897

Followers

41% Women

25-34 Median Age

40+ Rocket Hatch

EVENTS

1,224 Attendees

50++ From other

communities

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23 Sponsors

22 Partners

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Partner Events

3rd Cycle Starts July 6th

Demo Day July 28th

August 19-20

Next Event: August 6th

November 19th Global Entrepreneurship Week

NEXT COHORTS (FALL)

CO.STARTERS

CO.STARTERS for Causes

NEW!

GENERAL MEETING

� Monthly 3rd Tuesday 5:30pm AL.com Building

BRAIN TRUST

Tennessee Accelerators Alabama Startups

Media Bit ARK Labs Branch Technologies

Jumpstart Foundry

VitalMetrix

IXH

REGIONAL ACTIVITY

$300K Investment + Acceleration Investment

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