Aaron Franklin
Co-Founder http://www.lazymeter.com

INFO: http://thefailcon.com
TICKETS: http://failcon.eventbrite.com

FailCon is a one-day conference for over 450 technology entrepreneurs, investors, developers and designers to study their failures and prepare for success.

As an entrepreneur, you will inevitably encounter failure; it is overcoming it that is the biggest challenge. At FailCon, we...

You would think that a three day festival in the heart of San Francisco might cost some coin. You would be wrong. Hardly Strictly Bluegrass is completely free. How can they swing three days of music? A rich philanthropist named Warren Hellman gives the festival as a gift to San Francisco. Now that’s a party.

Coolers, blankets, and short-back...

The Splash event, hosted by Vator, is a single-track evening event and startup competition. Splash gathers leading entrepreneurs, innovators and financiers across technology to inspire and energize the audience about entrepreneurship and innovation.

Splash brings together high-caliber speakers who talk about how to build and scale great successful...

Join 200+ "habit designers" sharing best practices on sustainable habit development that lasts beyond 100 days.

Special guest appearance by Leo Babauta, Zenhabits.net blogger

Join us on September 22 for the University of Chicago's annual Phoenixphest event held in San Francisco.

Register today and see which friends are attending this celebration in honor of the University's 2011 graduates. This is a party you definitely won't want to miss!

The event will include an open bar of beer and wine, as well as...

TechCrunch Disrupt is a three-day, single-track conference and startup competition to immerse you in the debate about what's changing in technology right now, what's causing it and what we need to do about it to survive and thrive in real time.

TechCrunch Disrupt gathers the leaders and innovators of the technology and media industries...

Interested in the upcoming web and mobile Startup technologies, products, and the teams behind it all? Then you need to attend Pitch '11.

Join 2,000 attendees from the tech and Startup community and meet founders of the latest web and mobile Startups, get hands-on-demos, and make connections with other like-minded entrepreneurs.

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The Evernote Trunk Conference (ETC) is a full day of sessions, workshops and discussions designed to help you take advantage of the Evernote platform. You'll learn how to kick off your API project, hear success stories from fellow entrepreneurs and discover ways to improve your daily use of Evernote.

Who should attend?
All friends of Evernote...

Order tickets via Eventbrite:
http://www.seattle20.com/awards/register.aspx

This is the third edition of the Seattle 2.0 Awards. In 2009 and 2010 the event was a complete success and sold out! The house was full and filled with great people. Don’t miss the opportunity to be part of the 2011 edition and get your ticket today!

Visit...

It's time again to ask yourself the age-old questions: Do you love CHEESECAKE?!? Do you love BRIGID?!? Will you be in Seattle and available to enjoy BOTH on Wednesday evening?!?

If you answered YES to all three, come play with me!!!!!!!!!

Some lovely friends in the Leschi area have offered their home for the CHEESECAKE party before they...

What better way to start off the new year than by going to the first TechCafe event of the year at Appature? This team is moving fast and are so busy targeting their niche market, being profitable, raising money, and hiring rockstars (www.appatureinc.com/careers) that a good update on where they are at and how they are able to consistently perform...

Seattle 2.0 and Chris Pirillo have partnered to create Deploy 2010, a conference for technology builders and geeks. New languages, frameworks, storage systems, methodologies and devices are creating entirely new opportunities and also pose brand new threats. Deploy 2010 is a “Show & Tell” conference. Speakers will talk about hot new topics...

This is for participating locations in North America only. Arizona, Saskatchewan, Sonora, Greenland, Hawaii, and various islands off North America do not observe the time change.

And while you're changing your clocks, remember to check your smoke detector batteries. One third of all smoke detectors have dead, near dead or disconnected...

TechFlash will be taking over the Spitfire in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood on Oct. 27 for a free meetup, exclusive to TechFlash Fans on Facebook. This is a great opportunity to network with startup entrepreneurs, developers and other TechFlash readers, whether you’re in the technology industry or just looking to plug into the Seattle tech...

5-7 pm at TechStars Seattle aka The Easy
RSVP: http://dmfeveningsea.eventbrite.com/

Details and signup links for afternoon events can be found here: http://plancast.com/p/2itz

The Do More Faster book tour is graciously sponsored by Microsoft, Silicon Valley Bank, The Rackspace Cloud, and Cooley Godward Kronish, LP.

Where: TechStars Seattle aka The Easy

When:
Session 1: (1-2 pm) "Pitch More Faster" (this is a private session - by invite only)

Session 2: (2:30-3:30 pm) TechStars For An Hour - RSVP here: http://dmfhoursea.eventbrite.com/

Session 3: (4-5 pm) Angels in the Architecture: As part of the TechStars / Do More Faster book tour, Brad...

StartupDay 2010 is the conference for pre-entrepreneurs interested in founding or joining a tech startup. Learn what’s important for creating a tech business from scratch from successful entrepreneurs. Meet one-on-one with advisors like attorneys, angel investors, experienced startup founders and more. Learn how to pick the right idea, build your...

Imagine 1500 passionate and influential entrepreneurs and business leaders gathered together to strengthen your business and ventures in Seattle, New York and San Francisco.
That’s BizTechDay, an intensive one-day conference where you meet, learn and be inspired by the most practical business ideas and technology strategies. You will listen...

Whoah, what's this? A Leo birthday celebration that isn't being planned the day of?!? Crazy!

Come to Smith and hang out at the big table for drinks and maybe some food. They've changed up their poutine recipe and its delicious again! Stop by, say hi, help me ponder the mysteries of turning 28, and then go on to your super exciting...

A simple concept: startup culture in cities around the world gathers around a bar to have a pint and discuss what they are working on, what they need help with and what they can do for each other.

In Seattle, we generally meet on the last Friday of the month at a different neighborhood spot. On May 28th, we're meeting at The People's Pub...

f8 is officially sold out. Please become a fan of the f8 Page (www.facebook.com/f8) to continue getting updates and tune into the live stream.

What's f8?
f8 is a Facebook conference where developers and entrepreneurs collaborate on the future of personalized and social technologies.

At f8, members of the Facebook team and the developer...