Create & Pitch a Business Plan (w/AI copilot)

Business Plan & Pitch Contest hosted by BASICS, a UC Berkeley Pre-Accelerator, Springroll AI and Sunryde. Attendees will use our startup plan copilot to create complimentary business plans, pitch decks and proformas for their businesses. The best plans will pitch our expert panel. While preparing plans, Joshua Lee (Ardius and Gumshoe Ventures) will host a roundtable discussion with other successful founders on the future of AI in startup operations. Joshua Lee is currently loving life as an investor and entrepreneur in Southern California's growing "Silicon Beach." As an avid venture investor / advisor, start-up founder, and board member, he has consistently found a passion in starting, growing, and leading Saas / fintech / B2B companies, especially those in the early startup and growth phases. Ty Cameron is a senior media executive with 20 years of experience in sales, content partnerships, production, and business development across traditional, emerging media and brand partnerships. Ty served as the President of Ebony Studios, and the Head of Content Distribution for LeBron James's Sports Media Company Uninterrupted. Jonathan Meyrowitz, from Up.Labs, will also participate in the discussion. He is a seasoned Talent Acquisition & People executive with experience scaling both established and early-stage teams in eCom, Venture Capital, Fortune 100, Retail, HealthTech, Mobility, and Entertainment environments. An employer branding, culture, and talent attraction expert - Jonathan prioritizes creating a diverse, personable, and tech-enriched recruitment & people process; while also sitting on advisory boards for new & unicorn recruiting technology companies including Calendly and others. Eden Hirschfield is a Startups Manager for the Google Cloud for Startups program, where she supports early-stage companies in building and scaling on Google Cloud. As the primary point of contact for startups in the Los Angeles area and Arizona, Eden helps founders access the resources they need to drive growth and innovation. A former founder herself, Eden brings first-hand knowledge of the challenges startups face and is committed to helping them navigate the journey to success in a competitive environment. Eden will be at the event to discuss how Google Cloud for Startups can help your company! Michael Jacobs, CEO of Springroll AI, is a founder with 2 exits. Springroll AI helps any business become an AI-first organization with the tools needed to build and manage AI-driven projects and products. As an instructor at UC Berkeley’s AI-powered BASICS accelerator, Michael is also building the future of Al education and entrepreneurship. We believe that many of the future's top founders will come from cognitive science, data science and quantitative social psychology educational backgrounds. Those majors teach students to understand human-computer interaction at the highest levels. Event host, Arkadiy Okhman, started from humble beginnings to become a transportation designer, innovator, and entrepreneur. His experience in the automotive industry gave him a deep understanding of the mobility and transportation sectors. While building Sunryde, Arkadiy played a pivotal role in shaping the micromobility space, making it more sustainable, affordable, and profitable for both hosts and renters. Through Sunryde's peer-to-peer marketplace platform, he is helping create a more accessible future in transportation. Sunryde empowers individuals, bike shops, and students to rent out bikes and scooters, offering a sustainable and affordable transportation option while creating additional income opportunities for hosts. Event sponsor Ardas is a software development company with over 19 years of experience specializing in SaaS and AI solutions for businesses worldwide. We help startups and enterprises alike with services ranging from full-cycle MVP development and product design to AI integration and workflow automation. Our expert team is committed to turning innovative ideas into scalable, successful products. Ardas is offering exclusive prizes for the top business plans at the event, providing up to $10,000 in services to bring your project to life. Refreshments for the meet-up are provided by Ardas. Attendees should bring their laptops to edit plans. You will all receive an invite to create your plan one week before the event. This event is a part of #TechWeek - a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. https://www.tech-week.com/