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A student-led home at Santa Monica College for builders, founders, and the relentlessly curious. Weekly meetings, hard feedback, and a flagship pitch night that’s earned a name — Sharks’ Valley.
Sharks' Valley — Spring Showcase
HSS 165 · Santa Monica College
Sign upFour rooms,
one feedback loop.
Weekly Meetings
Every week at 1900 Pico Blvd. Frameworks, founder AMAs, and whatever the week demands.
Workshops
Hands-on sessions on validation, fundraising, landing pages, cold outreach, and AI build tools.
Pitch Nights
Smaller practice stages leading up to Sharks’ Valley. Bring a deck or an idea on a napkin.
Networking Nights
Alumni founders, local operators, and investors in one room. Casual, high-signal, no pitching required.
What members actually say.
I came in with zero plan and left with a co-founder and a real product. The pace of this club is unlike any other org on campus.
Sharks' Valley was the single most formative night of my college experience. I pitched, I failed, I rebuilt, I shipped.
The board actually shows up for you. It's not a résumé line — these are the people I text when something's on fire at 2am.
Went from 'someday maybe' to 'incorporated in Delaware' in one semester. The gap is smaller than you think.
Every week I leave with a new idea I want to chase. Dangerous in the best way.
The feedback is brutal and that's exactly why you grow. No one here is here to be polite.
Show up.
Start building.
- Where
- Santa Monica College
1900 Pico Blvd - When
- Weekly meetings
Day & time pinned in Discord - How
- Scan the QR, or
click through below - Flagship
- Sharks’ Valley
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