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Register Here: http://entrepreneurforecast.eventbrite.com/

TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2012 Startup and Entrepreneurial Forecast. We have a line up of amazing speakers who will share their insights and forecast for startup trends in 2012. Topics of discussion will be Saas, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are...

The LA tech scene is like an iceberg, still barely visible over the horizon on the Silicon Beach. What appears to be insignificant at first glance, is in fact powerful and intimidating just below the surface … and let’s not forget, Hollywood is its backyard. In a city of blondes, botox, and plenty of “talk,” Los Angeles may not be perceived...

Enterprise Software sucks, and if you're an engineer or product designer, we invite you to join this hackathon to reinvent business 2 business software. The goal is to take the complicated out of softwares like CRMs and project management tools and turn them in to simple, beautiful and usable products.





Prizes:

First Prize: $3,000...

API Hack Day brings developers together for an all-day coding fest focused on building apps and mashups with APIs. Developers of all experience levels can share ideas, collaborate on existing projects, start new ventures, and find out about great tools and new APIs to play with. Free admission, food and drink provided!  Hackers will also hear...

Continuous Deployment takes continuous integration one-step further, where every commit goes live to production servers. When this process is described it is frequently met with skepticism around site reliability and the ability to scale a business this way, but it works, it scales (with challenges) and it is embraced by the entire organization.
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Registration begins May 2nd @ noon.

Our first event in Southern California! ideakickLA: Where you start when you want to start something.

7:00-8:00 - Drinks and hang out
8:00-9:00 - Idea pitches and feedback
9:00-10:00 - More drinks and hang out

Look at yourself - you're not sleeping, you're not eating, and you can talk for hours about why it's so fantastic: You're an entrepreneur in love, and there's eric ries telling you to dissect your darling like a frog in formaldehyde. Think of UX as a wizened older brother, who can help you make sense of the...

TechZulu and Walker Corporate Law Group have come together to bring you the must know legal mistakes you could be making when building your startup. Topics Of Discussion: IP Ownership Choice of Entity Place of Incorporation Vesting Restrictions Securities Law Issues Splitting Equity and more... This is part one of a two-part series.  The...

Come learn how startups can do some kick ass PR on a tight budget!

More info: http://coloftPRsession.eventbrite.com

Coloft officially turned one on February 15th, and we are going to party like it's no one's business, even though it's our business... ha ha... ehem, anyways... come cuz it's the first annual Coloft fest!
We want you there because you helped us get here. Without you, we would not exist, so this is really a celebration of you. ...

What does it take to be a successul Entrepreneur?

Les McKeown is the author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller Predictable Success, Huffington Post contributor, and launcher of 40 companies.

He now is a trusted consultant to virtually every type of leader – CEOs of global multinationals, SVPs of large non-profits, owner/managers of...

Watch insightful presentations and mingle with like minded hackers and entrepreneurs at our monthly meetups.

We are so excited to have Kamran Pourzanjani!
*Free for Colofters! (with discount code)*

Join us for a December monthly LAPHP talk. This time we will try expand our horizons and have a joint meetup with the Los Angeles Semantic Web group (http://www.meetup.com/los-angeles-semantic-web). We will have a special guest speaker from Europe: Denny Vrandecic from AIFB will talk on Semantic MediaWiki.

More details and RSVP here:...

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Why do we cook the way we do? Join Jeff Potter, author of "Cooking for Geeks" (O'Reilly Media, 2010) for a conversation that looks at the science behind your dinner.

By understanding food science—the composition of ingredients, the importance of temperature on chemical...

5 Entrepreneurs will have 4 minutes to pitch their company to both a panel of experts & a live audience -- the winner is chosen by the audience by investing ‘FUN’ money in the venture of their choice.
APPLY to pitch by NOVEMBER 2nd!

This month's meetup will cover:
1) JavaScript Performance Patterns: Tips and tricks for measuring and improving JavaScript performance
2) Introduction to YUI3

This event is limited to current or recently graduated students interested in software engineering internships and careers. The event is free for students.

Meet a mix of founders, CTOs and engineers and learn what the following companies are hiring for:
[Gold Sponsors]
- Athlete's Performance (http://www.athletesperformance.com/)
- Convertro...