Tracy Lee
Head Entrepreneuress, Foodie and textual stimulator at @Battledish. Maximizing Serendipity. ;)

Hope everyone's January has been fantastic!

Come out to Los Gatos on Jan. 24th, and stroll the beautiful downtown this winter. Per usual, we will be crawling through four tasty treats on this one epic night, while meeting the faces behind the food.

Hope to see you all there!
Reserve your tickets now at: ...

Come out and support small businesses in San Jose's very own The Alameda Dishcrawl! We will be crawling through this quaint neighborhood with guest visitor Councilmember Pierluigi Oliverio! Enjoy some amazing food and meet great people. We'll noms on some yummy treats including thai style papaya salad.
Whether you're gifting a...

Japantown San Jose's
Monthly Wine Walk

Every 2nd Saturday from 2pm - 5pm

Tickets can be purchased for $30 per person
online at www.dishcrawl.com/winewalkjtown
or at any of the participating businesses.

Tickets are redeemable the day of the event between 1:45pm and 4pm at either check-in location for a signature wine glass and passport.
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Join us for a casual Sunday in Saratoga. We'll waltz through a few restaurants, but keep it casual by visiting cafes and other local haunts. Betcha you haven't been to them all. :)

To reserve your seats, please register quickly. Tickets tend to sell out and are sold for $35.00. www.dishcrawl.com/saratoga

For those of you lucky to get...

Join Women 2.0 this December for our latest Founder Friday!

You need to RSVP : http://ffsf1202.eventbrite.com/

The event takes place on Friday, December 2nd from 6-9pm at The Hatchery in San Francisco.
Founder Friday is open to aspiring and current entrepreneurs, technologists and investors and is free to those who attend (this is an open...

This marquee event is widely recognized as one of the Bay Area's best networking events for entrepreneurs and business professionals, and brings together several hundred of the entrepreneurs, advisors, funders and community leaders that are working together to create quality inner city jobs and wages.

We're going to do more for our...

This month we’ll be at Pampas in downtown Palo Alto. We have reserved most of the bar area for our event that night. Pampas is on Alma street, across from the CalTrain station. Come early to enjoy the Happy Hour specials from 5pm to 7:30pm (extended 30 minutes for our event). The lounge menu is half off, Beer on tap is $4.00 and Specialty Drinks...

FounderFuel is a Montreal based accelerator program featuring a cohort of 9 teams.

Having arrived in Montreal on August 15th 2011, the FounderFuel teams are supported and intensely mentored by an ecosystem of 120 startup veterans.

Building their web/mobile businesses as quickly and effectively as they can, the program culminates with investment...

The Location for Chef’s Lounge will be at Astaria Restaurant from 3 to 6 P.M. Monday November 7th
Our format will be the same Chef Alicia will be making some Appetizers, but we invite you to bring your own wine and goodies to share (not mandatory) Most importantly bring your good cheer and conversation, and get ready for 3 hours of escapism...

Join Women 2.0 this November for our latest Founder Friday!

The event takes place on Friday, November 4th from 6-9pm at the Press Club in San Francisco. Founder Friday is open to all levels of female entrepreneurs, both aspiring and established and is free to those who attend.

Hosting this month are:
Sumaya Kazi, Founder of Sumazi
Priya Haji,...

This month in San Francisco, ERT is bringing you Margaret Wallace as keynote speaker followed by talks/demo from our very interesting startup founders. Margaret had started several VC backed game companies and she'll talk on "How Funding Choices Impact Your Start-Up".

RSVP: http://ert4vcbackedstartups.eventbrite.com/

About the...

Please join Margaret as she kicks off her campaign for Santa Clara County Supervisor! $75 community, $125 Friend, $250 Supporter, $500 Sponsor. Contributions may be made online at www.mak4supervisor.com.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

TICKETS
You have to bring your tickets to Pier 40 with your IDs. Otherwise we wont be able to let you get on board. If you don’t have a ticket yet : http://pirates2011october.eventbrite.com/
Tickets are NON-TRANSFERABLE.

BOARDING TIME & LEAVING PIER 40
Boarding time is 6.15pm sharp and we will leave Pier 40 at 7PM...

The last Wednesday of every month, 6-9pm, we have a gathering at Mars Bar in San Francisco, and you're invited.
6pm to 7pm we'll have a Happy Hour!
7pm to 9pm we'll be in mixer mode -- come meet someone new, and enjoy a drink or two.
Haiku: This meetup is free / to attend. Buy your own drinks, / and drinks for a friend... :)
See you...

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...

On October 20th, the editors of Venture Capital Journal are bringing together GPs and LPs for a candid discussion and networking event on successful strategies in the venture business. Venture fundraising is heating up, and VCJ's Venture Alpha event provides the perfect forum for managers and investors to engage both in general discussions and...

Web 2.0 Summit brings the intelligence, innovation, and leadership of the Internet industry together to discuss and debate the most critical issues and strategies driving the Internet economy now and in the near future.

Dishcrawl is coming to Seattle! We couldn’t think of a better way to kick this off than by taking on Capitol Hill.

Join us in this social food tour of some of Capitol Hill’s favorite spots. We’re making dining out just a bit more social as you take this food tour with other local food lovers at four different restaurants through the night....

Come join Women 2.0 this October for our latest Founder Friday!
RSVP: http://founderfridaysf.eventbrite.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=151389634950195

Founder Friday is open to all levels of female entrepreneurs, both aspiring and established and is free to those who attend.

Sposored by France based Telecom company, Orange...

Come join Women 2.0 this October for our Launch of Silicon Valley Founder Friday!
RSVP on Eventbrite then share on Facebook.

The event takes place on Friday, October 7th from 6-9pm at the Color HQ in Palo Alto. Founder Friday is open to all levels of female entrepreneurs, both aspiring and established and is free to those who attend.

Hosting in...

Come help us celebrate the launch of Hipster.com!  Our team is super excited about the product, and we can't wait to share it with you! The Hipster launch party will be a great opportunity for you to both use the product in the wild, and have a great time doing so! Specifically, our party is going to feature: Hourly party bus tours of San...

FREE Webcast: The event is oversubscribed but you can join the live webcast at http://www.svb.com/accelerator-ceo-summit/

Examinging what's in our genes that make us want to be entrepreneurs and what are the elements that'll scale our venture toward success, we bring you Bjoern Hernamm, the co-author of the Startup Gnome Project and creator of the subsequent Startup Genome Compass tool. He will share with us about his research results.
Register here:...

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...

www.ccice.org/siliconvalleyconnect2011

Experience Silicon Valley! Join our local team September 29-30 in experiencing all that Silicon Valley has to offer in building networks, meeting innovators and seasoned industry leaders, and being a part of creating the next big thing.

Our two day conference is designed to immerse international companies...