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Jason Mendelson and Brad Feld, co-founders of Foundry Group, will be discussing their new book "Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist."

12:10-1:10 Discussion of "Venture Deals."
1:10-2:00 Book signing. Bring your copy or buy before. A limited number of books will be available for sale at the signing...

A very special Halloween edition of our regular 4th Friday Beer:30 event:

- Top Chef (Eve) catering!
- An amazing dessert display!
- Michigan microbrew kegs!
- More birds of prey (this time including a bald eagle)!

Organized and sponsored by newcomers LanguageMate - help welcome them to Ann Arbor (psst... they're hiring)! RSVP, bring a...

Join us for a special 3-course meal at Sava's with wine flights, cocktails, and an afterparty underground to benefit the Ann Arbor Skatepark!

Over 200 companies from nearly 19 countries applied to the 2011 Innotribe Startup Challenge. More than 40 expert judges evaluated the 87 Semi-Finalists for Innovation, Market Potential, Commercial Viability and Team, as well as their potential impact for SWIFT members and 10 finalists will present at Sibos in Toronto on September 21, 2011.

The UNITED (“Using New Ideas To Empower Defenders”) Security Summit is the premier venue entirely focused on innovation and collaboration in the security community. Bringing together security decision makers, practitioners, commercial vendors, open source projects and academia, the Summit highlights technologies and approaches that will help...

Register at leanstartupmi.com

The Michigan Lean Startup Conference is an event designed to unite those interested in what it takes to succeed in building a lean startup. The day long event will give startups, aspiring entrepreneurs, technology professionals, investors, educators and entrepreneurial stakeholders the opportunity to hear insights...

The AANM and Michigan Radio are presenting The Revolution is Online: Social Media + Arab World Uprisings, a panel discussion on the use of social media in recent Arab World democratic movements.

The panelists are New York-based journalist Mona Eltahawy (right); Knight Fellow and documentary filmmaker Jigar Mehta; Atef Said, an Egyptian civil...

Getting together before Funded By Night to hang out and chat. And eat.

Demo by day…funded by night.

Funded By Night is not another run-of-the-mill startup showcase. The premise is simple. Demo your startup during the day and when the dust settles, there will be at least 1 company with up to $100,000 in funding to get rockin' and rollin!

The Ann Arbor New Tech meetup welcomes members from any school, sector, or industry function (e.g. entrepreneurs, technologists, investors, lawyers, marketers, students, bloggers, etc.) interested in local high-tech startups.

This month, we're pleased to host Silicon Valley's guru of customer development and progenitor of the lean...

RSA Conference is the most comprehensive forum in information security offering enterprise and technical professionals one-stop learning. Learn about the latest trends and technologies, get access to new best practices, and gain insight into the practical and pragmatic perspectives on the most critical technical and business issues facing you...

Register at http://igniteannarbor.eventbrite.com

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Tech Brewery's holiday party for the local tech community

Ann Arbor's biggest little arts & craft fair, the Tiny Expo will feature local artists and crafters selling their wares in Kerrytown, right across from the Farmer's Market. And afterwards, stick around for a special screening from the Ann Arbor Film Festival...

Come get your holiday gifts from the locals!

Participating Artists...

A2's biggest little indie arts & crafts fair!

What are the next big ideas in technology, and where are they coming from? How will they rock your world? And how are entrepreneurs and investors building viable businesses around them? Xconomy has canvassed its national network for the most potentially transformative tech ideas—across mobile, software, hardware, energy, robotics, Internet, and...

We're expecting a bigger crowd than usual for our weekly startup mixer, as our fourth Friday event is cancelled for Thanksgiving. Come out and bring a friend! BYOB, or $2 for one of ours. :-)

What Halloween should be.

FREE day-long security conference at UM with @beaker, @0xcharlie, @mjranum, @deviantollam, crypto pioneer Whit Diffie, former NSC director Melissa Hathaway, and FBI asst director Gordon Snow!