Chikodi Chima
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Baratunde is swinging through SF on a west coast tour. The author of "How To Be Black," former director of digital at The Onion and founder of Cultivated Wit will only be there a few hours, but that's plenty of time to continue the whiskey friday tradition even though it's Wednesday.

FInd out what's next in this crazy...

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WeWork Labs SF - the new home of SF Nightowls - is opening on May 14 and to celebrate we're throwing a big party from 6-9 pm. Come drink, snack on hors d'oeuvres, check out the space and talk tech.

Is there an open bar?

Yes there is, you lush.

What is WeWork Labs?
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IMPORTANT: NO PARKING THIS TIME. AT ALL. BALL GAME.

The Icebreaker Crew would like to share our awesome space and the sunshine and views that come with it with you this Sunday. Please join us to discuss big and small ideas, be silly and relaxed, nap in a hammock, share wine and food, inspire and be inspired, learn to slack line, make and bring new...

Three things I love:
- sketchy dive bars
- home grown dance parties
- all of my friends
...some things never change.

So for my 30th i'm combining all three at the ever-mysterious Peacock Lounge. We have the whole place to ourselves, drinks are cheap and the music will be rad, so come celebrate!

Where: The ambiguously gated, totally ghetto,...

SPARC Showcase with Mophono

FREE w/ RSVP and open to non-patients: http://sparcsf.org/gkr

Each fourth Friday of the month, SPARC in association with Grown Kids Radio brings you a brand new series of live music for your early evening. Expect some of the Bay Area's emerging musicians, visual artists, and food businesses to spark your palette....

The purpose of this event and conversation is to convene people and organizations interested in the intersection of technology, investing, and Africa. The Meltwater Foundation, the Omidyar Network, and ioVentures will be sharing success stories of (investor supported) African tech companies that have grown into international businesses. Blaise...

That's right, I'm bringing an outdoor photo booth to the next BBQ - except instead of some black curtain, the background of the pictures is gonna be the whole SF panorama from the top of Buena Vista Park! Yep, complete with those little photo strip print-outs to take home.

If you can, please support the booth & burger cause with a...

50+1 Strategies is a Bay Area-based political consulting and organizing firm. Our central goals are to win elections and advocacy campaigns for our clients and build grassroots organizing capacity in diverse communities.

Our name comes from what people in our business call “the win number” – 50 percent of votes cast, plus that one...

Great Italian Dinner, music and a lot of fun!

We'll cook for you two kinds of amazing pasta!

Penne zucchini and ricotta

and the star of the dinner, Spaghetti alla carbonara (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbonara)!

If you bring some beers or wine you are awesome!

Private event.

VERY VERY IMPORTANT:
You have to register to get inside!...

Come through for a very special Whiskey Friday with "How To Be Black" author Baratunde Thurston.

This is an informal gathering of people who love whisk(e)y and blackness. Baratunde will be signing books that you bring and will have a limited quantity on-hand to sell via cash or credit card purchase.

For more info on the book see...

TICKETS: https://www.eiseverywhere.com/ereg/index.php?eventid=28933
INFO: http://www.insidesocialapps.com/

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.

Inside Social Apps...

Are you building the next Facebook or Google? Startup World is a global competition to find the next Jobs or Zuckerberg. The competition will be held in 36 cities world-wide, the regional winners will fly to Silicon Valley for a grand showdown to battle it out in front of a panel of expert judges to be crowned the world's best startup.

Much...

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Ladies and gentlemen,

The nuts at Peanut Labs have been cooking up something tasty for marketers... come have a bite of our cool new online tool at our launch party Wednesday, Nov 30.

The event will be held in the Banking Hall of the Bently Reserve.
(301 Battery Street San Francisco, CA 94111)

For your entertainment, special guests Sister...

We are launching in the U S of A! That’s right we are having both LA and San Francisco launch parties on the 10th and 17th November 2011, so make sure you mark them in your diary for some fun times!

We will be flying out some of the team from London so you can meet them for a gin and tonic or two.

We always have massages and champagne at our...

Hollywood and Silicon Valley are converging as Hollywood looks to Silicon Valley and the global entrepreneurial revolution for content in films like The Social Network.

There are a new set of Hollywood stars straight from YouTube and Hollywood's existing movie stars are using tools built in Silicon Valley to reach more fans through apps and...

Once again, come out, connect, and network with the Black Founders! This month we will be back in San Francisco at the Sugar Cafe. Come meet other entrepreneurs and tech professionals, share the latest on your project, and have a good time. See you there!

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...

Erica's birthday is coming up, and what better way to celebrate than to do what she likes best. That's right - Jameson, hot wings, superheros and men playing rugby. Oh and her favorite sports bar that's stumbling distance for her, and no dresses.

She has the back room of the Kezar reserved. We'll celebrate at the Kezar right...

We're doin it big at 1021 Divis - BBQ in the evening, house party into the night! Come over around 6:30 or 7:00 if you want some grillfare, or just show up after nightfall and join the festivities! What should you bring? Drinks.

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...

We've been working our *** off the last months making some big improvements ready for the world. It's going out on Thursday. So it's time to celebrate and have some drinks. We would love for you to join us.

So, this is the spontaneous after work, happy hour, celebration of 'new things coming out' for the friends of Podio...

Many have asked for an unconference. So here's the first of an unconference meetup to discuss some of the issues surrounding black entrepreneurs in tech with the focus to create action plans as a community. In addition, Black Founders will reveal some of the programs planned for next year. We would love to have your feedback and suggestions....