Charles Hudson
CEO and Co-Founder, Bionic Panda Games. Venture Partner at SoftTech VC with @jeff. Working on lots of projects in games and startups.

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Inside Social Apps 2012 takes place February 8-9, 2012, at the San Francisco Design Center and brings together the world’s leading entrepreneurs to weigh in on the future of social and mobile app and game monetization.

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I'm not so big on birthdays but I'll be having a drink or two at Mercury Lounge. No pressure and no worries if you guys can't make it. After all, it's a school night and we're not 21 anymore ;) Invite whoever.

Dana and Sam are moving to New York. Let's send them off with a bang.

Casual Connect is the place to learn more about an industry which entertains 300 million people each month. Learn all about iPhone, Social, Android, Flash, Browser MMO and Download Games.

For more information on the Startup Lessons Learned conference, please visit http://www.sllconf.com

Startup Lessons Learned 2011 is the sequel to last year's inaugural event, which brought together nearly 400 entrepreneurs and executives interested in building and supporting lean startups. The goal for this event is to give practitioners and...

Google I/O brings together thousands of developers for two days of deep technical content, focused on building the next generation of web, mobile, and enterprise applications with Google and open web technologies such as Android, Google Chrome, Google APIs, Google Web Toolkit, App Engine, and more.

Venture capitalists invested $21.8 billion in 3,277 deals in 2010, an increase of 19 percent in dollars and a 12 percent rise in deals over the prior year according to latest MoneyTree Report, which tracks the industry. The rise in venture investments in 2010 represents the first time the annual investment level has increased since 2007.

Now that...

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All proceeds go to benefit FORGE (www.FORGEnow.org).

This is NOT a stuffy fundraiser, but the beginning of what should become a VERY FUN NIGHT. The door and part of the bar will benefit FORGE, but...

Is there a tech bubble or should we popping the cork with the bubbly to celebrate the resurgence of tech valuations, IPOs, M&A and start-up activity? Mark Silva leads a panel of today’s top VCs to discuss their take on the subject, how they’re addressing and evaluating in a high-growth capital environment.

Panel includes:

Moderator: Mark...

Come get some poolside food and drinks (including Veev cocktails) at the Klout #Krib for SxSW. The UserVoice Challenge Cab will be shuttling as many people to the event as possible for free – AND giving out nifty prizes. If you can’t get in the challenge cab, we’ll also have a limo for additional transport.

UPDATE: We're excited to...

An official SXSW Interactive track on March 12th from 9:30am - 6:00pm, The Lean Startup SXSW is a full day of talks and sessions on lean startup methods led by entrepreneurs who are killin' it.

Too much junk in the trunk? Get rid of those startup love handles at SXSW with 500 Startups & Eric Ries.

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South by Southwest (SXSW) is a combination of film, interactive and music festivals & conferences that take place every March in Austin, Texas.

Five days of presentations, networking events, and more showcasing the best new emerging technology, digital works, video games, and innovative ideas.

GDC 2011, 27 Feb-4 Mar, is coming up with expected 15 000 plus visitors. Nordic Game will host a booth in the South Hall Expo at the Moscone Center, booth #1910.

Remember to stop by to say hello and to pick up an invite for the famous NORDIC PARTY on 2 March - this year sponsored by Funcom and created in co-op with The European Game Conference...

Produced by 500 Startups in partnership with OtherInbox and AwayFind...

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A 1-day conference on the future of email and the inbox as a platform, covering topics like platform wars, the social inbox, email behavior (in reality), email as a CRM, marketing & distribution, customer acquisition,...

A Conversation on Personalizing Education

Admission to the Tutorpedia Foundation Fundraiser is just $35. This is also the same cost of providing one hour of free one-on-one tutoring to low-income students. All money raised at the event provides free tutoring for low-income students.

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Fireside chat

Note: event is by invitation-only

“Twenty-one” is a great number, isn’t it? Legal drinking age…one of our favorite card games…and it also happens to be the amount of funding we recently landed, thanks to Rho Ventures and all of our previous investors.

To celebrate, we’re throwing a Blackjack-themed party at our hip new offices in downtown San Francisco. We’ll have...

Know the Score.

The Gamification Summit (January 20-21, 2011 San Francisco) brings together top thought leaders in game mechanics and engagement science for the first time. Hear what works and what doesn't in this dynamic and fast-moving field through case studies, workshops, keynotes and panels delivered by experts such as Gabe Zichermann...

This is a private event.

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We're in a tiny loft, so if you hadn't RSVP'd by Tuesday, 12/14 by 5pm PT, you're not on our official guest list.

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Fiona & Team Foodspotting

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If your startup were a cocktail, what would it be? Here's your chance to share it: Foodspotting is hosting our first Startup Cocktail...

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Social Gaming Summit East is a one day event produced by Charles Hudson, Mediabistro, and SocialTimes, and will focus on building, monetizing, and growing social games. We're bringing together the leaders in free-to-play games, social networking, and payments infrastructure for a...