Ready to explore entrepreneurship?
Regional & Countywide Pitch Events
Entrepreneurs can showcase their businesses and compete for cash grants to help launch or grow their ideas.
Over $25,000 in cash prizes are currently available, and organizers are working to expand the prize pool as the program grows.
Give yourself a couple hours a week to bring your future into focus
SJC Incubator classes and cohort sessions carve out the time you need to succeed.
If you have ever wanted to make your side hustle your full-time job, work for yourself, make that app, develop a product, or deliver a service, this is your chance.
Come and workshop your ideas and get support as you develop a business from idea to launch.
Workshops & Events
Online Orientation
Getting Started with the Incubator
Location: Online
Join us and get started with the SJC Incubator. Our Orientation goes over the program and gives us time to understand where you are in entrepreneurship and how we can get you started. These sessions can be done in a group or individual setting.
RegisterMarch
3
2026
Pitch Event Breakdown Workshop
Location: Online
Time: 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Join us to learn how to qualify for our Regional and Countywide Pitch Events. Whether you're starting with a rough idea or something more developed, you'll learn how to craft a pitch and compete for funding.
RegisterMarch
10
2026
Perfect Pitch: Building a Winning Pitch Deck
Location: Online
Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Learn how to turn your ideas into a clear, compelling story that grabs attention and builds confidence. In this welcoming, hands-on workshop, you'll walk away with a polished deck and the skills to pitch it like a pro.
RegisterMarch
17
2026
Pitch Event Breakdown Workshop
Location: Online
Time: 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Join us to learn how to qualify for our Regional and Countywide Pitch Events. Whether you're starting with a rough idea or something more developed, you'll learn how to craft a pitch and compete for funding.
RegisterMarch
26
2026
Perfect Pitch: Building a Winning Pitch Deck
Location: Online
Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Learn how to turn your ideas into a clear, compelling story that grabs attention and builds confidence. In this welcoming, hands-on workshop, you'll walk away with a polished deck and the skills to pitch it like a pro.
Register
Innovation is not a single sudden brilliant idea- it is a process that can be learned.
SJC Incubator cohorts meet weekly with Open Innovation Centers to learn by doing. One week will be hands on workshops the next week applied work towards your idea.
Participants learn and work alongside a group of peers as they take ideas through the innovation cycle. It starts by identifying a problem you want to solve then research and build your solution prototype. We will then user test and iterate your solution until you find what works.
Business Mentorship with SBDC
When ideas are ready to leave the prototype lab, the SBDC (Small Business Development
Center) is here to support entrepreneurs with mentorship on how to succeed as a
business.
The SBDC supports businesses at all stages of business development with
mentorship ranging from business plan development, to raising capital or using quickbooks.
Whole Person Approach
We understand that solving problems and building business solutions don't happen in a vacuum. Our approach includes:
- Self and entrepreneurial discovery
- Mental health support services
- Community-focused cohorts
- Individualized mentorship
By supporting the whole person in the present- we strengthen future entrepreneurial success.
Ready to make the jobs you want to see in San Joaquin County?
Join the SJC Incubator Program and turn your ideas into reality.