Dominik Grolimund
Co-founder and CEO of Wuala, acquired by LaCie in 2009. Previously founded Caleido. Studied computer science at ETH Zurich and TU Delft. Love realizing ideas.

Learn from a team of pros how to build a money-making startup. Silicon Valley's top VCs, CEOs and Engineers will share the insight into how successful start-ups work.

You will learn:

1. How to write a bullet-proof business plan

2. How to build the rockstar team

3. How to get to profitability fast

4. How to raise capital without loosing...

Learn about hot new web technologies and mingle with 200+ fellow entrepreneurs, investors, bloggers, and tech enthusiasts. This meetup fills up quickly, so be sure to RSVP two weeks early each month.
We announce the lineup the day of the meetup, and we always feature four interesting companies.
The first hour of the meetup will be demos (actual...

TechCentralSF and Google Places are partnering again to launch The Startup Mixer + 60 second spots on December 28th at 6 pm. The first 150 guests who register will be able to enjoy the festivities at Pedro's Cantina and will receive complementary entry courtesy of Google Places, simply for writing 20 Places reviews of local San Francisco...

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Girls in Tech, San Francisco has had an exciting year and are ready to celebrate all the wonderful achievements and accolades from 2011 as we look forward to another amazing year in 2012!!

Join us to mix and mingle as we celebrate the year and the holiday season on...

Put your game face on and come celebrate the holidays in high style for our very special Casino Royale Holiday Bash!

Get ready for an enchanting evening of blackjack, roulette and craps with real tables, real chips, and real dealers! We'll be playing for prizes (iPad anyone?) and donating a percentage of all ticket sales to worthy causes.
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If you've been keeping track, then you know the happy hour swings backs to Peninsula/South Bay.
This time 500 Startups is hosting us.
Please join us for our monthly happy hour at the 500 Startups office. We are looking forward to seeing some new faces, meeting some of the 500 startups, connecting with old faces, and getting an update on...

Date/Time:  Thursday, Dec. 08, 2011, 6:00 - 9:30pm Place:  Pillsbury Law Firm, 2475 Hanover St., Palo Alto  Want to know who else are coming too? RSVP on Facebook too to see them:  With the Holiday Spirit, ERT is gonna do something special. Here is what we are *cooking*.  1) Mini-Potluck:  Bring something (dessert, wine, side dish, anything...

Learn about hot new web technologies and mingle with 200+ fellow entrepreneurs, investors, bloggers, and tech enthusiasts. This meetup fills up quickly, so be sure to RSVP two weeks early each month.
We announce the lineup the day of the meetup, and we always feature four interesting companies.
The first hour of the meetup will be demos (actual...

Learn to give investors your perfect pitch.
First we will hear from Silicon Valley's top angel investors.
Then, we will see seven start-ups pitch to the investors. You will see the pitch and the investors' feedback.
Wine and dessert reception will happen before and after the panel. Come early.
Speakers:

1. Brian Hamel
Brian Hamel has 22...

This event is open to the public — no RSVP is required. A live stream of the event with online dialogue will be available on the Stanford Graduate School of Business YouTube channel.

Join Mobclix & MasterCard for the Official APPNATION After Party!
If you've been to our WWDC cocktail parties, then you know this APPNATION after party is one you won't want to miss. Not only will there be more fist-pumping music from DJ Solomon, but our co-host, MasterCard, will be giving away up to $2,000 in prepaid cards all night...

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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...

TEDxZurich is a day of wonder, inspiration and awe. You will meet and get to know interesting people and learn about topics you never thought about before. The event is a series of short talks, ranging from about five to eighteen minutes length. Between the talks, you get to listen to amazing music and eat some great food.

Invite Only

TechCrunch Disrupt is a three-day, single-track conference and startup competition to immerse you in the debate about what's changing in technology right now, what's causing it and what we need to do about it to survive and thrive in real time.

TechCrunch Disrupt gathers the leaders and innovators of the technology and media industries...

"The Hack is Back And We Want It To Be The Biggest Ever

Saturday, September 10
1 pm Registration opens (come fed or bring a brown bag lunch, beverages served)
dedicated area for people to network to form hack teams
2 pm Hacking Kickoff
3 - 9 pm API workshops scheduled in 30 minute intervals
7 pm dinner
midnight food and snacks
...

For all event details, visit mega.startupweekend.org Thanks! Startup Weekend Crew   Refund Policy:  No refunds will be granted within 7 days of the event if food and drink have already been ordered. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. About Startup Weekend: Startup Weekends are 54-hour events designed to provide...

Interested in the upcoming web and mobile Startup technologies, products, and the teams behind it all? Then you need to attend Pitch '11.

Join 2,000 attendees from the tech and Startup community and meet founders of the latest web and mobile Startups, get hands-on-demos, and make connections with other like-minded entrepreneurs.

Happening...

Monitoring Social Media 2010 (San Francisco), proved hugely popular, so we’ll be inviting the finest minds in monitoring back to San Francisco for an update on this fast-paced industry. Once again we’ll be highlighting the best tools and techniques for listening and measurement. Topics covered will include: sentiment detection, influencer...

TEDxSF seeks to develop and leverage the TED experience at a regional level, bringing together innovators and inspirational speakers in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Join us as we host Naval Ravikant for a fireside chat. Naval needs little introduction as the founder at Epinions, Vast, Venturehacks and the red hot AngelList. Feeling inadequate yet? He's also an investor in FourSquare, Twitter, Jambool (Google), Plancast, Uber, DISQUS, and more.

Come mingle with other entrepreneurs or aspiring...

Maker Faire is the World’s Largest DIY Festival - a two-day, family-friendly event to MAKE, create, learn, invent, CRAFT, recycle, think, play and be inspired by celebrating arts, crafts, engineering, food, music, science and technology. aker Faire is the premier event for grassroots American innovation. As the World's Largest DIY Festival,...

SF Beta is San Francisco's best and biggest startup mixer, attracting founders, innovators, investors, and executives from Silicon Valley and beyond. Our loosely structured event attracts over 500 people, and sometimes many more.

We provide tasty gourmet appetizers and a full cash bar, along with live startup demos throughout the night.

Our...