[Startup Digest] Summary: SNAP Summit’s FailCon 2009

The last startup event for review today is SNAP Summit’s FailCon 2009 put on by event organizer extraordinaire Cassie Phillips and her company Room Full of People. Out of all the events I have attend this year, the theme of this conference was one of the most unique and interesting. Here it is in their own words:
About SNAP Summit
“SNAP Summit: FailCon” is a full-day conference focusing on the trials and tribulations of now successful entrepreneurs. You aren’t a real entrepreneur until you’ve had to deal with failure, and recovering from it – financially, emotionally, and practically – can be challenging. Hear how some major players in the industry have dealt with startup troubles, recovered, and kept a positive, tenacious, and energetic attitude through it all.
This year’s conference brings together a full spectrum of attendees, including independent developers, up-and coming startups, all the way up to large companies looking to get in on the next big thing.
The conference will debate questions such as:
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- What variables do VCs watch for to preemptively prevent a company going under?
- How do you financially prepare for the possibility of failure: legally, fiscally, and in your team?
- What have some of the leading executives today learned from their past experiences?
- What are you watching out for with the current social web and rising companies?
- How do you layoff or fire an employee or partner?
- How do you save a failing company?
- How do you recover from a failed product or marketing campaign?
They brought a great line of speakers to the event http://snapsummit.com/speakers/ who got a chance to speak freely and openly about failures. One of my favorite talks was by Max Levchin who talked about his company before PayPal which failed during his trip to Chicago trying to raise capital. And instead of thinking about why this happend he just jumped right into his next company with no fear, all because of his desire to create something great and follow the entreprenuerial excitement.
Sadly there isn’t a full collection of video’s
but here is some media about the event, a video of one speaker, and pictures.
Video of Mark Pincus’ talk
http://www.justin.tv/failcon
FailCon Pictures
http://www.sivajitv.com/movie-gallery/failcon-2009-meet-photos.htm
NPR Interview with Max Levchin
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114271856&ft=1&f=1006
Article about the event
http://www.womenentrepreneur.com/2009/11/failcon-entrepreneurs-explain-where-they-went-wrong.html
Interview with Cassie Phillips
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/jenniferlindsay/2009/08/21/Featured-Guest-Cassie-Phillipps-Organizer-FailCon
[Startup Digest] Summary: Startup School 2009
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I’m probably a little late in writing a summary about Startup School 2009, but this is one of my favorite events of the whole entire year. I’ve been to Startup School twice (2008 and 2009) and the agenda both times has had some of the highest quality speakers in the shortest period of time, and some of the highest quality attendees from all around the country.
For everyone not familiar with Startup School, it’s an annual conference put on by YCombinator, Paul Graham, Jessica Livingston, and BASES. There is not official description of the event on their website http://startupschool.org/ but basically its an invite only full day conference which brings together some of the top startup entrepreneurs of our times http://startupschool.org/speakers.html and brings together a diverse mix of geeks, technical founders, and aspiring entrepreneurs (very much the YCombinator crowd)
Below are a collection of videos, pictures, reactions, summaries, and press about the event.
My favorite talk by Jason Fried from 37 Signals
Here is a collection of videos from all the speakers on Justin.tv
http://www.justin.tv/startupschool
High quality pictures of all the speakers from Gary Tan
http://garry.posterous.com/yc-startup-school-2009-thanks-to-yc-and-the-s
Awesome summary of all the speakers talk by Mark Bao
http://journal.markbao.com/2009/10/startup-school-2009-summary/
Official Startup School Wiki
http://wiki.startupschool.org/doku.php?id=start
TechCrunch Coverage
http://eu.techcrunch.com/2009/10/29/startup-school-2009-37-signals-has-some-lessons-for-european-startups/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/24/startup-school-ev-williams-and-biz-stone/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/24/startup-school-tony-hsieh-on-delivering-happiness/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/24/startup-school-sequoias-greg-mcadoo-on-the-opportunities-of-a-recession/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/24/startup-school-paul-buchheit-on-why-he-sold-to-facebook/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/24/startup-school-an-interview-with-mark-zuckerberg/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/24/startup-school-wired-editor-chris-anderson-on-freemium-business-models/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/24/startup-school-mark-pincus-talks-about-becoming-a-great-ceo-with-tony-robbins-help/
[Startup Digest] Summary: Finance4Founders – Startup Hiring: I’ve hired all my friends – now what?

The other week I went to the Finance4Founder’s event put on by the Master of 500 Hat’s Dave McClure, Flowtown’s Dan Martell, and Event organizer extraordinaire Cassie Phillips.
Their monthly dinner is an invite only event and here is some more info about the dinner on their website:
ABOUT
Finance4Founders is a group of Silicon Valley geeks, entrepreneurs, & investors dedicated to educating and helping the next generation of internet startups around issues of fund raising, option pools, and term sheets. We meet monthly over dinner to discuss relevant topics in raising capital, working with investors, and compensating great teams.
The co-founders of Finance4Founders are Dave McClure & Dan Martell; organizers also include Cassie Philips & countless others. Finance4Founders draws inspiration from (and plagiarizes liberally) Startup2Startup, Round Zero, Silicon Forum, and numerous other previous & future Silicon Valley geek and entrepreneurial events.
The primary goals of Finance4Founders are:
- Learn about financing & startups
- Celebrating success stories
- Meet promising new geeks & entrepreneurs
- Eat, drink, & have fun
This month’s dinner was called “Startup Hiring: I’ve hired all my friends – now what?”and featured both Peter Pham of Billshrink.com and Dan Arkind of Jobscore.com Here is a bit on their bio’s from the Finance4Founder’s website:

Peter Pham
As CEO of BillShrink, Peter drives company expansion and is an advocate for customer rights and transparency among service providers. He was previously vice president of business development at Photobucket.com, where he was the fifth employee and was responsible for driving user acquisition, strategic partnerships and corporate development. Photobucket was acquired in 2007 by Fox Interactive Media, a division of News Corporation.
When Peter left in 2008, Photobucket had grown to more than 61M users, making it the #1 photo sharing site and the 38th most visited site in the U.S. Prior to Photobucket, Peter was in the enterprise space for more than 8 years working in sales, marketing, reseller channel development, product and strategy for multiple startups in the fields of mid-range server computing, software as a service, solid state storage and mobilization of enterprise software.
Peter holds a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences and a minor in business management from the University of California, Irvine.

Dan Arkind
Dan is a 14 year veteran of the startup recruiting wars. He has filled every role at venture backed startups from employee 0 to 100, including connecting founders with one another. Dan is currently the CEO of JobScore, an online recruiting solution in use by 50+ Bay Area employers. In 2006 Dan co-founded STIRR, an entrepreneur networking group.
Here are the Dan Arkind’s slides from the event rightfully called “Hiring Hacks”, blog post about the event, and twitter account for Finance4Founders:
Slides from SlideShare: http://www.slideshare.net/danarkind/hiring-hacks-for-founders
Dan Arkind’s Blog post on JobScore about the event
http://blog.jobscore.com/hiring-hacks-for-founders
Also be sure to follow the Finance4Founders twitter account for event updates and great tid bits about financing and startup issues
http://twitter.com/Fin4Founders
[Startup Digest] Summary: ETL Series at Stanford – Innovation in the Changing Music Industry: Quincy Jones III & Chamillionaire

If you haven’t heard of the Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL) Series Talks at Stanford, you should check it out here http://etl.stanford.edu/. I remember listening to these PodCasts in college on iTunes and now that I’m living in the Bay Area its been awesome to hear them in person and help out as a guest Staff member for a few of the talks.
Here is a short blurb about the ETL speaker series from their website:
What is ETL?
The DFJ Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar (ETL) is a weekly seminar series on entrepreneurship, co-sponsored by the venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson, BASES (Stanford’s entrepreneurship group), and the Stanford Technology Ventures Program.
The seminar is free and open to public. It also functions as a class called Management Science and Engineering 472.
And if you are around the silicon valley bay area here is when these talks take place
What is the time and location for ETL?
ETL takes place every Wednesday 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM in Skilling Auditorium, Stanford University. Click here for directions to Skilling Auditorium.
They are literally free and open to the public so if you are around the area I would highly suggest checking them out. At the talks expect to hear from some of the top innovators in the world like Eric Ries, Steve Jurvetson, Mark Pincus, Steve Blank, and may others with the occasional informal meetups after the talks with some entreprenuerial Stanford Students.
Last week they had a talk with Quincy Jones III and Chamillionaire about “Innovation in the Changing Music Industry”. Here is the video, reaction from others, and media covering the event.
Official PodCast: http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=2278
Official announcement of event on Chamillionaire’s blog
http://www.chamillionaire.com/home/post.html
Stanford Daily’s summary and reaction to the talk
http://www.stanforddaily.com/cgi-bin/?p=1035441
[Startup Digest] November 2, 2009 – Top Startup Events in the Bay Area
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Tech and Entrepreneurship Eventsat Stanford, silicon valley, San francisco, and the bay area |
Table of contents:
1. Welcome Hi everyone and welcome to my second addition of the BASES Digest! For everyone new to the Digest here is where I publish the best tech and entrepreneurship events from BASES, Stanford, and the rest of the San Francisco Bay Area. Based on your feedback from the last digest we have changed the format somewhat to include featured events for dates beyond this week and highlighting feature event titles to make them easier to read. We couldn’t do Bold headings for all the events or more graphics but we will try to change this soon! Thank you for the feedback though and I would appreciate any more comments or questions emailed directly to me (see the last section). 2. Stanford and BASES Events
Date: Wednesday, October 14 Join us for one hour as Greg shares his thoughts. ETL seminars are free and open to the public. For more information, visit: http://etl.stanford.edu/ ========================================================= Date: Tuesday, October 20 Come hear Greg talk about entrepreneurship, taking healthy, sustainable ideas mainstream, and growing startup businesses STUDENTS ONLY, RSVP to dilyssun@stanford.edu with name, year, major ========================================================= Date: Saturday, November 14 A one day conference for young entrepreneurs by young entrepreneurs Cory Levy and Daniel Brusilovsky. For more information, visit: http://www.nextgenconf.com 3. Table of Contents========================================================= Highlights:
Wednesday October 14th Friday October 16th Saturday & Sunday October 17th and 18th Monday October 19th 4. Highlights========================================================= When: Tues Oct. 13 at 5:30pm Registration | 6:30pm Dinner | 7:00pm Program Michael Dell founded Dell 25 years ago; what′s his vision for the next 25? ========================================================= When: Thu, Oct 15, 2009, 08:30 AM The real-time web is creating new opportunities in business, media, communication and collaboration. We are bringing together industry leaders using the real-time web in social networks, financial services, media and nonprofit groups to discuss: ========================================================= When: October 15th @ 12 pm If you a startup founder, team member, or entrepreneur come join us for a free BBQ at Redwood City with a bunch of geeks, hot startups in the San Mateo, Redwood City area, CEO’s of PnP companies, investors, and our special guests. The event will be just a very informal BBQ to meet everyone who is a part of startups in the area and hang out on a Thursday afternoon. ========================================================= When: Thurs Oct. 15 at 6:30pm Registration & light appetizers | 7:15pm Program Sandberg′s view on Facebook and what′s next for the social web ========================================================= When: October 22, 2009 9:00 AM Come network with a community of over a thousand inspired entrepreneurs, angel investors and renowned business leaders. Expert speakers and business icons from Google, Yelp, Comcast Business Class, Skype, Virgin America, Elance, Constant Contact, Justin.TV, oDesk, WordPress, CBS 5 and Craigslist will share their insights and experience and help your business get up to speed in this economic downturn. BizTechDay is the most practical, hands-on and experiential conference for small business owners where you will learn specific strategies and online tools necessary to market and raise capital for your business. From building a strong brand on Google, Yelp, or Facebook to successfully raising funds; from building partnerships with Fortune 500 Companies to building your online community from zero to millions – BizTechDay will cover all you need to know to ensure your business forges successfully ahead. 2009 Rock stars Lineup include: * Craig Newmark – Founder of Craigslist.Org BASES Digest Read will save 30% if they register at www.biztechday.com/register/ Use the code: “BASESEntrepreneur “ ========================================================= When: Oct 22nd at 5p-7pm Meet new contacts in a relaxed, friendly environment. Bring plenty of business cards! Appetizers, wine, beer, and sodas will be offered. ========================================================= When: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 from 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM SNAP Summit: FailCon” is a full-day conference focusing on the trials and tribulations of successful entrepreneurs. You aren’t a real entrepreneur until you’ve had to deal with failure, and recovering from it – financially, emotionally, and practically – can be challenging. Hear how some major players in the industry have dealt with startup troubles, recovered, and kept a positive, tenacious, and energetic attitude through it all. 5. Events 10/12 – 10/19M&A: Three Views of the Elephant Women 2.0 Startup Essentials – Developer Night Aardvark Fall SF Meetup FAILpocalypse “LEARN HOW TO GET A JOB OR PROMOTION NOW!” Venture Funding Trends for Medical Device Startups Social Fundraising for nonprofits, featuring givezooks! A Historical Perspective on the Development of the VC Industry in Silicon Valley–Are We in a New Era Women 2.0 Startup Essentials – Legal Night Steve Bernardez – Principal, ONSET Ventures THE PLATFORM REVOLUTION & THE INFLUENCE OF DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY CXO Leadership Forum: Hooking up with Angel Investors StartOut – For Gay and Lesbian Entrepreneurship – Networking Event Women 2.0 Startup Essentials – Public Relations Night VC Breakfast Club with George Ugras, General Partner, Adams Capital Management Focus: Digital Media, Electronics and Enterprise How the Search for Executive Positions Has Changed and What That Means for YOU Developing a Strategy to Accomplish More By Doing Less The cheapest car in the world: low-cost disruptive innovation by Tata Motors 6. Feedback, Suggestions, Contact Info, and Even More Events========================================================= Sign up for BASES and the BASES Digest And if you want even more events check out these event calenders: |
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The new direction of Entrepreneurial Activism
I’ve been on a kind of hiatus or sabbatical from this blog for awhile but I am now ready to start publishing content again on Entrepreneurial Activism!
I started publishing a small events list of tech / entrepreneurship events in Silicon Valley and San Francisco a couple weeks ago and just last week I was asked by Ricky Yean one of the VP’s of BASES (Stanford’s entrepreneurial organization) to republish this list to their 10,000+ members on their BASES Digest list.
So I will also be taking this events list and republishing it here on the blog as well so check back often and subscribe to get a weekly update of all the top tech and entrepreneurship events in the San Francisco and Silicon Valley area.
Tech & Entrepreneurship Events in the Bay Area – 10/5 to 10/12
Tech & Entrepreneurship Events in the Bay Area
Contents
- Announcements
- Plug and Play Tech Center & BASES Events
- Table of Contents
- Highlights
- Events 10/5 – 10/12
- Feedback, Suggestions, and Contact Info
1. Announcements
Hi everyone! As some of you may know I started publishing an events list a couple weeks ago of tech/entrepreneurship events in the San Francisco Bay Area.
I’m excited to announce that my friend Ricky Yean of BASES (the entrepreneurial organization of Stanford University) asked me to publish my list and the BASES events to their email list of 20,000+ entrepreneurs!!
Feel free to share and republish this list wherever you want and email me back directly if you want to be taken off this list for whatever reason. Also this is my first event announcement with them so feel free to send me any feedback or suggestions directly.
2. Plug and Play Tech Center & BASES Events
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“Startup Beer Pong” at Plug and Play Redwood City
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When: October 7th @ 5pm
More Info: http://www.meetup.com/PlugandPlayTechCenter/calendar/1148…Come join some of the top startup founders, investors, and startup team members for an fun and exciting tournament of Beer Pong! If this is your first time hearing about Beer Pong don’t worry we invite people of all experience levels to come join us. At our last tournament the team that won never played beer pong before so don’t be shy.
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DFJ Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar presents: Steve Jurvetson
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Time: 4:30 PM
Location: Skilling Auditorium, Stanford University(add description of talk topic)
ETL seminars are free and open to the public.
To see this quarter’s lineup, visit: http://etl.stanford.edu/
To catch all the videos and podcasts, visit: http://ecorner.stanford.edu/We look forward to seeing you there!
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The Silicon Valley Factor Competition
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The Innovation Center Denmark Silicon Valley, YouNoodle, and BASES presents a startup picking competition. Winners of ‘SV Factor’ will be heading to Denmark’s Venture Cup Finals in Copenhagen, Denmark in June. Meet and network with hundreds of judges, students and entrepreneurs at one of the largest student entrepreneurship events in northern Europe. Must be a Stanford student to participate. Find out more at: http://bit.ly/2WI2P
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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> HYSTA Annual Conference
> Stanford Grad Entrepreneur Dinners
> Don’t Fly Blindly- Startup Acceleration and Metrics with Hiten Shah and Sean Power
> Clean Tech Awards GalaMonday, October 5th:
> Sustainable Solutions for the Built Environment
> Qualys Security Conference 2009
> Sweden & California: Potential Collaborations & Opportunities in Sustainable Innovation
> Email Marketing 101 for Business Owners
> In depth Cloud Computing discussionTuesday October 6th
> Cloud Summit Executive
> Juice Pitcher
> Breakfast Blogging Club October MeetUp
> SVASE Main Event: An evening with Randy Komisar on Getting to Plan B
> South Bay Blogger MeetingWednesday October 7th
> Creating & Managing Successful Tech Alliances with VCs, Start-Ups and Industry PeersThursday October 8th
> Mergers & Acquisitions 2009 : What You Need to Know Now
> Learn how to develop for Android, beyond the HelloWorldFriday October 9th
> Women Leading Innovation
> Serial Entrepreneur Discusses Taking the Long View in BusinessSaturday & Sunday October 10th and 11th
> Have a great weekend!Monday October 12th
> Oracle OpenWorld4. Highlights
“HYSTA (Hua Yuan Science and Technology Association) Annual Conference”
Where: Santa Clara Convention Center
When: Saturday, October 3, 2009
More Info: http://www.hysta.org/ac2009/The conference brings together top industry leaders from both Silicon Valley and China and is targeting business executives, high-tech professionals, investors and those interested in entrepreneurship.
This year’s conference will focus on how to not only survive in business during global economic hardship but to also thrive; grow and expand, a new leader emerging from the pack. The conference will feature keynote speaker Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft to share his insights on the opportunities for US and China that exist in an unstable market.“Stanford Grad Entrepreneur Dinners”
When & Where: Various locations and Time
More Info: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0ArGncqiVw7rOdGM1…The GSB Entrepreneur and Energy Clubs are organizing a series of small group entrepreneur dinners throughout the week of Oct. 12 so that entrepreneurial-minded grad students across the entire university can better get to know each other in an informal context.
Our hope is that this will facilitate getting to know people outside of our respective grad schools and allow people to discuss entrepreneurship and specific topics in a small and informal environment.
“Don’t Fly Blindly- Startup Acceleration and Metrics with Hiten Shah and Sean Power”
Where: The British Bankers Club, Menlo Park
When: Friday, October 9th @ 6pm-9pm
More Info: http://livekiss.eventbrite.com/Most of you know how important metrics are, but the big problem is – Where do you start? What do you look at? How much do you look at and when is “enough” enough.
Participate in this active discussion as they share their ideas and experiences on startup acceleration, analytics and metrics.
Hiten Shah is the founder of ACS, Crazy Egg & KISSmetrics and Sean Power is the co-founder of Watching Websites & co-author of O’Reilly’s Complete Web Monitoring.“Clean Tech Awards Gala”
Where: The Masonic Center, 1111 California Street, San Francisco
When: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 @ 10am – 6pm
More Info: http://www.cleantechopen.com/app.cgi/events/view/84The culmination of the world’s largest clean technology business competition is our annual Awards Gala designed to showcase the boldest cleantech ideas, the most ambitious entrepreneurs and the brightest, most engaged investors, venture capitalists and prospective technology customers.
Join us at the elegant Masonic Center in the heart of San Francisco for a Clean Technology Expo, displaying the most promising clean technology companies throughout the country and throughout the world. In the main auditorium, watch cutting edge technology pitches and demonstrations from clean technology entrepreneurs. Audience members are invited to participate by voting for the “Peoples’ Choice Award” of their favorite companies and technologies. Finally, enjoy the high caliber keynote speakers and celebrate with us as we announce the 2009 National Cleantech Open Grand Prize Winner and present the $250,000 prize package.5. Events 10/5 – 10/12
“Sustainable Solutions for the Built Environment”
When: Monday, October 5 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Where: NetApp HQ, Building 3, 495 E Java Dr, Sunnyvale
Cost: $40 on site registration or $100 for ongoing membership
More Info: http://www.fountainblue.biz/cleanenergy.html“Qualys Security Conference 2009″
When: Monday, October 05 at 08:00 AM
Where: The Palace Hotel, 2 New Montgomery St. San Francisco
Cost: There is no cost to attend but Registration is required
More Info: http://www.qualys.com/company/events/tradeshows/qsc09/san…“Sweden & California: Potential Collaborations and Business Opportunities in Sustainable Innovation”
When: Monday, October 05 @ 09:00 AM to 05:00 PM
Where: Greenv Sustainable Center of South San Francisco, 1 Chestnut Ave, South San Francisco
Cost: $65.00
More Info: http://www.sustainableinnovationevent.com/“Email Marketing 101 for Business Owners”
When: Monday, October 05 @ 06:00 PM to 08:30 PM
Where: SBA Entrepreneur Center, 455 Market St. 6th floor San Francisco,
Cost: Free
More Info: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/386105853“In depth Cloud Computing discussion”
When: Monday, October 05 @ 07:00 PM to 09:00 PM
Where: Avalon at Mission Bay North 255 King S 19th floor lounge San Francisco, CA
Cost: Free
More Info: http://www.meetup.com/cloudcomputing/calendar/11454409/“Cloud Summit Executive”
When: Tuesday, October 06 @ 09:00 AM to 07:00 PM
Where: Computer History Museum 1401 N Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View, CA
More Info: http://www.interop.com/newyork/conference/cloud-summit.php“Juice Pitcher”
When: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 from 6:00 PM – 9:30 PM
Where: Microsoft Silicon Valley Campus – Building 1, 1065 La Avenida, Mountain View, CA
More Info: http://juicepitcher.eventbrite.com/“Breakfast Blogging Club October MeetUp”
When: Tuesday, October 06 @ 09:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Where: Z Cafe & Bar, 2735 Broadway, Oakland, CA
Cost: $35.00 per person
More Info: http://www.meetup.com/Breakfast-Blogging-Club/calendar/11…“SVASE Main Event: An evening with Randy Komisar on Getting to Plan B”
When: Tuesday, October 06 @ 06:00 PM to 08:30 PM
Where: Herrington and Sutcliffe LLP 1100 Marsh Road, Menlo Park, CA
Cost: Members – $20.00 ; Non-Members – $49.00
More Info: http://www.svase.org/?q=node/3204“South Bay Blogger Meeting”
When: Tuesday, October 06 @ 07:00 PM to 09:00 PM
Where: Coffee Society, 21265 Stevens Creek Blvd. Suite 205-411, Cupertino, CA
Cost: Free
More Info: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1365116/“Creating & Managing Successful Tech Alliances with VCs, Start-Ups and Industry Peers”
When: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 from 5:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Where: Microsoft – Executive Briefing Center, 1065 La Avenida Building 1, Mountain View
Cost: $26.61
More Info: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/408145775“Mergers & Acquisitions 2009 : What You Need to Know Now”
When: Thursday, October 08 at 09:00 AM
Where: PLI California Center, 685 Market Street, San Francisco, CA
Cost: Online Registration
More Info: http://www.pli.edu/product/seminar_detail.asp?id=48702“Learn how to develop for Android, beyond the HelloWorld”
When: Thursday, October 08 @ 06:30 PM to 08:30 PM
Where: Marakana Classroom, 1071 Mississippi St., San Francisco, CA
Cost: Free
More Info: http://www.sfandroid.org/calendar/11347898/?eventId=11347…” Women Leading Innovation”
When: Friday, October 9 from 11:30 a.m – 1:30 p.m.
Where: EMC Corporation, 2831 Mission College Boulevard, Santa Clara
Cost: $20 members, $25 partners, $30 general
More Info: http://www.whenshespeaks.com“Serial Entrepreneur Discusses Taking the Long View in Business”
When: Friday, October 09 @ 07:00 AM to 09:00 AM
Where: Omega Restaurant, 90 S. Park Victoria Drive, Milpitas, CA
More Info: http://www.bootstrappersbreakfast.com/“Oracle OpenWorld”
When: Oct 12th – 15th, All Day
Where: 555 DeHaro Street, Suite 424, San Francisco, CA
More Info: http://www.oracle.com/us/openworld/index.htm“Venture Wire Technology Showcase 2009″
When: Tuesday, October 13 at 08:00 AM
Where: Sofitel San Francisco Bay, 223 Twin Dolphin Drive, Redwood City, CA
Cost: $1695
More Info: http://showcase.dowjones.com/6. Feedback, Suggestions, and Contact Info
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Events to promote in the Digest? Digest feedback or suggestions?
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