EvoNexus CEO Rory Moore Speaks at SoCal Startup Day 2025
“Accelerators and incubators exist to give founders tough love, not ribbons for showing up. You’re here because you’re talented engineers with strong ideas, but every early-stage company needs a great deal of help. You need people who can push you to see new paths, new pivots, and real timing to market. A true incubator becomes the sixth man on a five-man basketball team — stepping in exactly when you need support the most, and never shying away from giving you the hard truths that make the difference.”
EvoNexus Co-Founder and CEO Rory Moore shared his perspective that captures the heart of our work with early-stage founders At Wednesday’s Incubators & Accelerators Panel led by Joerg Rose at SoCal Startup Day alongside fellow panelists Michael Hill, Vivian Shimoyama, Sarah Solorio M.A., Michael Sawitz and Brian Mac Mahon.
EvoNexus is the place where early-stage ideas are tested, challenged, and strengthened. We provide our founders with the rigor, mentorship and environment that will pressure-test their assumptions, point out blind spots, and keep them accountable to the pace the market demands, because that’s what turns ambition into execution.
