Chris Wake
Recovering employee. Startup Guy.

West Coast’s Largest Annual Multi-Cultural Celebration takes over the Mission District with a Festival and Grand Parade over Memorial Day Weekend.

One of the city's most spectacular traditions, San Francisco Carnaval showcases the very best of Latin American, Caribbean, African and fusion cultures and traditions with a diverse array of...

First SF Open Coffee will be Thursday May 19 in SOMA.

The team over at Adku has offered to host our first event and their will be coffee, orange juice, and some breakfast food for everyone.

Come hang out, talk tech, and enjoy some fresh coffee.

Any question: @adaugelli

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.

Update: Atlassian has decided to join in on the fun and will help ensure the bar stays open for most of the evening! :)

After a wildly successful inaugural meetup this past winter, we're happy to host another night of drinks and merriment for techies who enjoy hobnobbing it with their peers.

Join Plancast, Awe.sm, Flowtown and other...

Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco is back for another great year of sessions, speakers, and networking opportunities.

Registration is now open! Use discount code websf11fb20 to save 20% on all conference passes or code websf11fbe for a free Expo Hall Only pass.

The last Wednesday of every month, 6-9pm, we have a gathering at Nova Bar in San Francisco, and you're invited.
6pm to 7pm we'll have a Happy Hour -- half priced drinks!
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...

OnCompare & Twilio are teaming up to throw a LAUNCH conference after party at Bloodhound bar! This event is free and open to all, even those who can't attend the Launch Conference.

Why should you come?
1. FREE open bar from 5:30 – 6:30
2. FREE Chaiman Bao’s steamed buns for the first 100 people
3. FREE networking...

Introducing the LAUNCH conference

Fifty cutting edge, and never-before seen, technology companies will debut at the LAUNCH Conference on February 23rd and 24th, 2011.

There will be two competitions held at the event:

LAUNCH 1.0
This competition is for completely new companies that have never had any press, public demos and whose services are...

Think back to the last time you were in an old airplane hangar. What about an indoor trampoline park? It's been a while, huh? We thought so...

...which is why we teamed up with House of Air, the outrageous new trampoline park along the shoreline of Crissy Field, and 500 Startups, the crazy new seed fund and startup accelerator started by...

Event details, sponsorship and volunteer opportunities coming soon!
If you're already sure you're interested in volunteering or sponsoring, fill out the Google Spreadsheet here: bit.ly/a9qXgS

Good Morning, my fellow waffle lovers. Please join me for Startup Waffles at VonChurch's lovely little warehouse in the Dogpatch. My company, VonChurch, is chalk full of kids that love to eat, goof off and talk everything startup. We're located at 610 22nd Street, #312, San Francisco. Date: Jan. 28th...bring your appetites and wear...

The After Party starts after the party.
(CORRECTION: The afterparty starts before the Palace of Fine arts lets out)
Tip: I'd get there early

Crunchies are in its 4th year and this year will be at the Palace of Fine Arts

Celebrate with friends and interact with the unique exhibits on display. There will be a hosted bar, apps (to eat not just...

The 2010 Crunchies is our fourth annual competition and award ceremony to recognize and celebrate the most compelling startups, internet and technology innovations of the year.

The Town Hall is from 6pm to 7pm and the party is from 7pm to 9pm.

More details and RSVP info at
http://sxsw.com/node/6200

EVENT REGISTRATION HAS CLOSED -

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.

Thanks!
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...

Travel through a web wonderland with the CEOs of the hottest startups from Silicon Valley to New York at Canaan’s Web After Dark party. Mix and mingle in the living room of the future as you sample the next-generation of Internet TV platforms. We’ll be giving away the TVs and Microsoft's Kinect for Xbox360 to a few lucky guests. Don’t...

Hackers and Founders meets at a new place on November 4th! Please join us at Yelp’s posh new digs.

The Schedule:

The meetup runs from 6pm to 9pm, and we need to be out the door by 9:30pm.

The Location:

706 Mission St., San Francisco. Please enter at the gate directly west of the Rochester Big and Tall shop. Here's a Google Street View...

Meet the investors that made our $1MM round possible, and come meet all the amazing companies at SOMAcentral.

We'll be serving fresh & frosty margaritas, hors devours & lots of socializing. You'll get to meet some of the investors involved in our round.

PayPal X Innovate 2010

Register today and save 20% by using this promo code: XSPX
http://paypal-xinnovate.com/

Event overview
If you have an online or offline business, an app you're building, or even the seed of an idea that you're looking to monetize - there's only one developer conference that's dedicated to making payments...

Important: You have to show your Startup School name tag and a valid ID at the door to get in.

Silicon Valley Bank 2400 Hanover Street Palo Alto, CA 94304

Session 1: (2-3 pm) "Pitch More Faster" (private session - by invite only)

Session 2: (3:30-4:30 pm) TechStars For An Hour - Registration is required to attend.This is a small event with only 50-75 attendees and it will fill up quickly. Please be sure to attend if you...

Following TechCrunch's DISRUPT conference, join the founders of AudioDraft on September 27th for an evening of chill music and relaxing with fellow tech people, investors and international musicians. Just one block from the conference, so stop by and grab a drink with us!

Global Founders/Chill-Out Beats
Monday, September 27, 6 - 9PM
Mars...

DJs: Manju Masi (Atish Mehta + Mark Slee).

Parking: Complimentary parking for the event at 350 2nd St. (btwn Folson & Harrison).

Food: pizza and sandwiches in the early evening.