The Startup Cafe
Unifying the Los Angeles tech scene one startup at a time.

BlogWorld & New Media Expo, the world's first, largest and only industry-wide social media event, is making its Los Angeles debut November 3-5 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. In addition to expanding to two shows this year, and moving its Western U.S. event from Las Vegas to Los Angeles, BlogWorld has unveiled several new event...

In August we were in West Hollywood. In September we were in Santa Monica. In October we're coming to Pasadena! Come join us at Villa Sooriso, and please invite a friend...

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...

Hank Green of the VlogBrothers has officially announced the dates of this year's Video Conference. Further details to come!

KCRW presents

Enjoy indie music on the KCRW Stage, great brews by Wurstküche and Angel City Brewing, arts & crafts, good food, and eco-friendly fun at the 2011 BloomfestLA in the Los Angeles Downtown Arts District … where art in the streets happens every day!

Enjoy our Green Village by Whole Foods and our Flea-Market and live printing by...

Once again, we have chartered the largest yacht that can dock in the marina for the 4th Annual thinkLA Schmooze Cruise, presented by Pictela.

This year’s theme is “Capture the Moment: Prom Night Schmooze Cruise.” All decades and styles welcome!

Join over 500 of your closest industry friends as we head out to the main channel and toast to a...

TechZulu is ramping up to do it all again with an all new group of companies and the all electric car company CODA as the SuperDemo. This could be your company’s chance to shine in the Spotlight. We invite you to Apply Here and let us know all about your company and what you would like to put in the Spotlight. join us in proving there’s more...

Come mingle with the top social networks of L.A and learn how successful CEOs & founders of <a href="http://www.mylife.com/">MyLife</a> & <a href="http://neighborgoods.net/">NeighborGoods</a> built their business by bringing people together on & offline, changing the face of internet startups....

Giant Steins of craft beer + delicious German / Mexican / Korean food + great conversation re: code / startups. Who could ask for more?
A note regarding our cancelled regular meetup:

Hey guys, unfortunately, due to a perfect storm of 3 separate scheduling conflicts we've had to cancel our June meetup at coloft. However, we'll be having a...

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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Join us for a discussion with Micki Krimmel, founder of NeighborGoods. She will be talking about her startup that aims to facilitate sharing of goods between neighbors.

Micki has been building online communities for almost a decade. She founded the interactive department at Participant Media, where she created the company’s first online...

Special VIP Screening -- Twittamentary: A Documentary on How Twitter is Transforming our Lives
What: Social Media Club LA Presents "Twittamentary" by Director Tan Siok Siok
When: June 28th, 2011
Where: NextSpace.us 9415 Culver Boulevard Culver City, CA 90232
Time: 6:30 PM
Food & Drinks: Happy Hour Drinks, Food, & Desserts! And...

Are you finding email inefficient to manage all your work? The tools you're using inflexible and disconnected? Come share your story and check out Podio.

The App Camp is your chance to meet the Podio team, build your own apps, and discuss how you can change the way you work. Everyone can build apps on Podio, so bring you laptop, and join us. ...

Join us for a discussion on the Future of Work, meet the Podio team, enjoy free drinks and help us create an unforgettable party!

Future of Work:
Is the ‘Hollywood’ project the future of how work gets done, where producers pull together a team for a movie or a TV series, and then the team is done? What are the likely models of work in an...

CreativeLA is a philanthropic event created by thinkLA to unite the Los Angeles Advertising community and raise funds to benefit The Advertising Industry Emergency Fund (AIEF), Light Bringer Project/L.A. Futures Academy and the Multicultural Advertising Training Program (MAT).

This first ever fundraising event will be held on Sunday, June 26th at...

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7pm / Doors & Happy Hour Drink Specials
Mix and mingle with the most exciting minds of LA and enjoy music, hors d'oeurvres, games & prizes! Arriving early? Food Trucks will be serving up delicious treats from 6:45pm...

The world has changed. Traditional brands, media agencies and even celebrities are looking for innovative ways to get noticed and connect with their consumers; and they're looking to consumer technology startups to help. But what does that relationship look like?

Landing a deal with a big name brand could mean instant-fame for your startup....

Jason Calacanis broadcast the first episode of This Week in Startups in May 2009, interviewing his old friend Brian Alvey at a simple white table.

Two years later, TWIST has a massive, loyal following that tunes in twice a week for Jason's insightful interviews with top entrepreneurs, news roundtables, international meetups, and caller...

Join this networking event with bestselling author and TV personality Robert Pino. Pino will share his secrets to help you close deals, sign partnerships and generate revenue. This event for entrepreneurs will increase your negotiation skills for your startup.

Registration & more information: http://www.efactor.com/24lawsla
Drinks and food...

E3 Expo 2011 (2011 Electronic Entertainment Expo) takes place June 7-9, 2011 in Los Angeles, CA.

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E3 Expo, produced by IDG World Expo, is the world's premiere trade show for computer and video games and related products. The show is owned by the Entertainment Software Association...

From May 31 to June 2, 2011, D creators and executive producers Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher will put the industry’s top players to the test at our ninth annual D: All Things Digital conference. Since its debut in 2003, The Wall Street Journal’s D: All Things Digital conference has been breaking news, highlighting innovation, and bringing you...

Vator Splash has become one of the must-attend high-tech events, where promising startups are discovered, lessons from prominent founders are learned, views from blue-chip venture capitalists are heard - and wine is continually served.

Now we're bringing our popular event to LA.

On the evening of May 26, we'll be holding our inaugural...

We are happy to finally host our first Tech Cocktail mixer event in Los Angeles to shine a light on all the great things happening in the LA tech community! Tech Cocktail events focus on connecting, educating and amplifying the tech community while offering a place to showcase some of the latest tech innovations.  Join us for an evening of fun...

We generally have presentations then mingle, and talk. Most of the value of the HN community is our people. You'll find a wide variety of people with a wide variety of expertise.