Long Beach Accelerator
A tailored 4-month program — 12 weeks of mentorship and workshops on market fit, strategy, and sales, followed by 4 weeks of demo-day prep. A public-private-academic partnership between the City of Long Beach, Sunstone Management, and CSULB, offering cohort members workspace in downtown Long Beach.
Early-stage tech startups and technology-focused small businesses
John Keisler
Co-Founder
Director of Economic Development for the City of Long Beach.
Wade Martin
Co-Founder
Director of the CSULB Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
John Shen
Co-Founder
CEO and Founder of Sunstone Management.
Publicly announced at Long Beach's Economic Forum in April 2019 by Mayor Robert Garcia, CSULB President Jane Conoley, and Sunstone Management CEO John Shen. Sunstone Management also runs Sunstone Management (Irvine Accelerator), separately listed in this directory.