Chris Eben
product manager, entrepreneur, startup weekend organizer, blogger, husband, father, and so much more... I hope

On May 10th, 2012 at the Lula Lounge, Dancing With Parkinson’s will host “WE CAN DANCE!”  A night of live music, dancing and entertainment featuring Barenaked Lady Jim Creeggan, Radio host Andy Barrie, the hottest salsa band CACHE and performances by the DWP dancers! (www.dancingwithparkinsons.com) On May 10th, in addition to musical...

Come celebrate the release of our third album entitled STAR with us at the Cameron House.

Sprout Up is a monthly event for forward-thinking entrepreneurs to gather and mind-meld. A great chance for startups to get friendly, discuss current trends, and network in a casual, open, and focused setting. Sprout Up events have been held in cities around the world including Toronto, Montreal, NYC and London, and regularly have over 300...

This meetup will focus on strategies and tools for being effectively lean on mobile where a series of major challenges are faced:

1. Major restrictions on deployment natures and times

-> Lack of A/B Testing on iOS.

-> Forced onto longer deployment cycles.

2. Worse tools, particularly for unit testing.

-> Unit tests are slower, less...

Tickets for the Toronto Timeraiser are now SOLD OUT. Join the waitlist here: http://9thtorontotimeraiser.eventbrite.com/?ref=ecount&ebtv=C

On March 24th 2012, help us raise 10,000 hours for Toronto's non-profit organizations by bidding your volunteer time on some stellar artwork.

The Timeraiser is part volunteer fair, part silent art...

Night #1 Lineup:
Doors: 7:30 PM CT
*Doctor P - 12:45-1:35 AM CT
*Flux Pavilion - 11:55-12:45 AM CT
*Chuckie - 11:05-11:55 PM CT
*Santigold - 10:10-11:00 PM CT
*Theophilus London - 9:20-10:00 PM CT
*Outasight - 8:55-9:15 PM CT
*Neon Hitch - 8:30-8:50 PM CT
with guest DJ Alex English (Girls & Boys) - 7:30-8:30 PM CT

- Official...

The Mashable SXSWi House 2012 will break the mold of traditional SXSWi events. Working with SXSWi and our partner sponsors, on Sunday, March 11 we will offer an exciting evening of music and networking. In addition, the Mashable editorial team will be in Austin in full force.

DETAILS

Date: Sunday, March 11, 2012
Time: 9pm-2am
Location: Buffalo...

Let's meetup at SXSW!

Kirtsy + Guy Kawasaki invite you to the fourth annual

GIRL + GUY PARTY @ SXSW
Saturday, March 10th
6pm-midnight
Stubb's BBQ Outdoor Amphitheater
Free Admission!

Guy Kawasaki and the girls of Kirtsy invite you to celebrate "What's Next" on stage, on tap, and on and-on-and-on in the ATX for SXSW Interactive. And to celebrate...

Join TechCocktail.com as we celebrate some of the hottest startups in all the land on the grand stage at SXSW. To wrap up the day of activities at SXSW, Tech Cocktail will be hosting its third annual mixer style event at SXSW (check these links out in case you missed the last two years

SxSW is just around the corner!!!! We are hosting the SxSW-North of 41 "Preparty" in Toronto on Feb 16th at Spice Route from 5:30pm until 7:30pm.  This is an event and meetup for individuals and companies that are heading to Austin for SxSW Interactive on March 9th,10th and 11th, 2012. Our group again has organized a "Canada...

It's BACK!  Toronto has been long overdue for another Startup Drinks and you're all invited! It's all about keeping the spirit of the startup community alive -  one pint at a time! No formal presentations or pitches, just a friendly and casual way to meet other entrepreneurs, bloggers and investors to share your war stories and...

This is the downtown edition of a meeting we had uptown a few months ago. While most of our previous conversations have focused on the smart phone, the mobile OS tablet is quickly becoming the most profitable segment of emerging IT markets. At its current growth rate, analysts believe the tablet will sell more than 115 million units in 2014.
In...

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-7 night vacation for 2 to Turks and Caicos in an amazing 2 bedroom villa at Villa del Mar
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Register now for the world’s first CCSVI EXPO ~ 36 hours of live broadcast featuring YOU, CCSVI researchers and doctors, and the CCSVI online community! Beginning Sunday, November 20 at 10 AM (Pacific Time) you'll be able to log in to this first online CCSVI Expo! We will wrap up our 36 hours of broadcasting by Monday night at 10 PM...

Learn about the business evaluation approach SRI uses to develop top secret R&D projects like SIRI, which was bought by Apple last year for $200 million.
<a href="http://blog.twg.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/SRI-NABC-Approach.pdf">**DOWNLOAD 2 PAGE PDF**</a>
NABC Highlights:
Needs, Approach, Benefit, Competition -...

We're excited to start holding our Sprout Up events for the Toronto community again. Event details TBA, but make sure to come out for our final event of 2011.

TBA

The lineup for our October meet up has been set.
They are <a href="http://www.scanly.ca/">Scanly.ca</a>, where student discounts are a scan away; <a href="http://hipsell.com/">Hipsell</a>, a new local marketplace for mobile phones and the web that offers a completely rethought and streamlined buying and...

Leanists:
To celebrate day 2 of 'The Week of Lean' <a href="http://twg.ca">TWG</a> will be hosting LeanMimosasTO on the 6th floor of the Burroughes Building.
We'll bring the Mimosas (and coffee) but ask each of you to bring a story of how LeanCoffeeTO has impacted you over the last year.
It could be a project...

Eric Ries is one of the two leading public speakers/thinkers on the Lean Startup and is speaking in Toronto on Monday to promote his new book. Those seeing him speak can help guide the conversation by sharing what they learned but if you have the time and can't make it to his talk, here's a video of a presentation he recently did:

MOBILEINNOVATIONWEEK in Toronto will showcase global mobile thought leaders, developers, innovators, institutions and industry professionals coming together for an exciting and engaging series of events all focused on exploring new mobile Internet frontiers, applications and business ideas.

Let's discuss this article:
<a href="http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/08/st_qareis/">http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/08/st_qareis/</a>

The topic for this week is "Raising your First Round". For some of us, being able to raise a round of funding will make or break us but for everyone, there are best practices and